Annual
Report
2016

Girls

Who

Code

Annual Report 2016

Letter from


Reshma

Girls Who Code was founded five years ago with the belief that computing skills are a critical path to security and prosperity in today’s job market. What began with 20 girls in the heart of New York City, Girls Who Code will reach 40,000 girls in all 50 U.S. states by the end of this year.

 

The demographic of Girls Who Code is the demographic of our nation. From Clubs in rural Oklahoma, to homeless shelters in Massachusetts, to the country’s most prestigious private schools—girls everywhere are united by their passion to use technology to solve problems in their day-to-day lives and make a positive impact on the world.

 

At Girls Who Code, we believe the gender gap in technology is an issue we must all come together to solve. With your support, we will continue to build a future where our next generation of girls and boys will prosper through creativity, through bravery, and through teamwork.

 

Thank you for your continued belief in our mission.

RESHMA SAUJANI

FOUNDER AND CEO

Our Mission

Girls Who Code was founded with a single mission: to close the gender gap in technology.

WE BELIEVE —

1

All girls are creators and able to make a positive impact on the world through computer science.

2

All girls of varying interests have the ability to be passionate about and interested in computer science.

3

Graduates of our programs will go on to deepen their CS learning and redefine cultural beliefs around what a computer scientist looks like.

Our Approach

CLUBS PROGRAM

After-school clubs for 6th–12th grade girls to explore coding in a fun & friendly environment

SUMMER IMMERSION PROGRAM

7-week summer programs for 10th–11th grade girls to learn coding & get exposure to tech jobs

CAPABILITIES

We offer learning opportunities for our students and alumni to deepen their computer science skills as well as their confidence.

CAREER

Our programs create clear pathways for Girls Who Code alumni from middle and high school into the computing workforce.

COMMUNITY

We build a supportive sisterhood of peers and role models who help our students and alumni persist and succeed.

Program Growth

STUDENTS YEAR OVER YEAR

GIRLS WHO CODE IS NOW IN

All 50

States!

PROGRAM MARKETS

Our Alumni

We’re building the largest pipeline of future female engineers in the United States.

High School | 55%

Middle School | 37%

College | 8%

30,000+

Girls

Reached To Date!

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

This year, Girls Who Code’s first group of alumni will graduate college. Here’s what Lesley, Maria, and Cora have been up to since graduating from Girls Who Code in the summer of 2012!

  • Lesley Panama

    Girls Who Code Class of 2012, AppNexus

    Computer Science Major, New York Institute of Technology

    Lesley credits Girls Who Code for not only sparking her interest in programming but for teaching her confidence, responsibility, and hard work. Today, Lesley is a computer science major and sociology minor at NYIT, and she plans to get her Master’s in Education after she graduates this year. She hopes to open doors for students who otherwise wouldn’t have access to technology.

  • Maria Gonzalez

    Girls Who Code Class of 2012, AppNexus

    Political Science Major, University of Albany

    In the short term, Maria plans to work in politics so she can make a difference in education policies. Long-term? She wants to be the first female Latina president of the United States! Maria will graduate with a political science degree from University of Albany this year and says Girls Who Code has “opened my eyes to the possibilities of what I am capable of.”

  • Cora Frederick

    Girls Who Code Class of 2012, AppNexus

    Engineering Major, University of Michigan

    Cora enlisted in Girls Who Code’s inaugural Summer Immersion Program in 2012. During the program, she developed a plan to use an algorithm to detect the difference between benign and malignant tumors to bring down the rate of false positives in cancer screenings. Cora is now studying engineering at the University of Michigan.

93%

of Summer Immersion Program participants said that because of the Summer Immersion Program, they now want to major in or are interested in computer science.

65%

of Girls Who Code Clubs participants say they were considering a major/minor in CS because of Girls Who Code.

84%

of Girls Who Code alumni said they were likely to pursue a career in technology.

2016 Highlights

Our Partners

$250K+

Accenture

Adobe and the Adobe Foundation

AOL Charitable Foundation

AppNexus*

AT&T

Dannon

Dell

Deloitte

 

* Hosts Girls Who Code NY Office

General Electric

General Motors

Microsoft

News Corp

Prudential Financial, Inc.

Synchrony Financial

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

$150K–$249,999K

Amazon

Amazon Web Services

Anonymous

Capital One

Craig Newmark Foundation

Goldman Sachs

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kate Spade & Company Foundation

Moody's

Pfizer

Salesforce.org

The Barlovento Foundation

Twitter

Verizon Foundation

$75K–$149,999K

AIG

Akamai

Autodesk

Bank of America

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Blackrock

Booz Allen Hamilton

BSA | The Software Alliance

Electronic Arts

ESPN

Facebook

Humble Bundle

IAC

IBM

Indeed

Intuit

Pivotal

Pixar Animation Studios

Sephora

State Farm

The Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation

for Women and Girls

The Walt Disney Company

TripAdvisor

Viacom International, Inc.

Workday Foundation

$25K–$74,999K

20th Century Fox

21st Century Fox

Barry S. Sternlicht

BNY Mellon

CA Technologies

Chanel

Cornerstone Research

DaRin Butz Foundation

DHI Group, Inc.

Expedia

Ford Motor Company Fund

Guardian Life

LifeLock

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

New York Life

New York Times

Sequoia Capital

Target

The DeVry Foundation

$10K–$24,999K

AARP

American Express

Arcadia Data

Beth Kobliner

Black Hat

Charles Broderick

Charles Eaton

Deena Shakir

Diamonds Unleashed

Digitas

Dolby

Goodwin Law

Greenberg Traurig

IEX

Intel

John F. Smiekel Foundation

Juniper Networks

Mike Karp

MongoDB

Motorola Solutions Foundation

NBA

Northern Trust

Northrop Grumman

O'Reilly Media

Pitney Bowes

Razorfish

Sara & Evan Williams Foundation

Tango Card, Inc.

Tania Ahuja

Texas Instruments

Toyota

Tremor Video, Inc.

Vanguard Charitable

Walmart

$5K–$9,999K

24 Seven LLC

Acquia

Colleen Baum

David Moench

EventBrite

Four-Four Foundation

Google

iHangar

International Avaya Users Group

Isobar

Iscol Family Foundation

Jae S. Lim Foundation

Joe Barth

Kara Sprague

Katherine O'Neil

Mikelynn Salthouse

Moira Forbes

Network for Good

Nike

NRF

Oracle

Rackspace

Razoo Foundation

Ted Oberwager

The Clorox Company Foundation

TrueCar

Summer Immersion Program University Partners (2016)

Austin Community College

Boyle Heights Technology YouthSource Center

CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

DePaul University

Fashion Institute of Technology

Florida International University

Georgetown University

Grand Central Tech

Idea Center at Miami Dade College

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Texas State University at Round Rock

University of Illinois at Chicago

USC Marshall School of Business

Financials

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Vision

For

2017

In 2017, we’ll focus on reaching more girls across the country—both through our existing programs and new initiatives. We’ll continue to scale our after-school Clubs Program to include thousands of clubs and tens of thousands of girls in every state. As part of this growth, we’ll invest in expanding our community partnerships, particularly in school districts reaching low-income students. We’ll also invest in growing our volunteer network and helping thousands of Clubs Facilitators to learn computer science alongside their students. We’ll also debut new initiatives, such as the Girls Who Code book series, a first-of-its-kind 11-book series for girls to learn to code and to join our national movement. The first books come out August 22, 2017 and include a nonfiction book, Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World, and a fiction book, The Friendship Code, which we like to think of as The Baby-Sitters Club meets coding.

 

2017 will be a big year for Girls Who Code; join us in making it possible.