Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2012.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Tarika Barrett’s $469K as CEO/Director is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarika Barrett | $469,052 | $439,385 | $372,564 | — | $232,480 |
| Tarika Barrett COO Through | — | — | — | $284,311 | — |
| Daniel Voloch | $283,130 | $273,384 | $230,760 | — | — |
| Laura Meli | $264,319 | $248,057 | $212,968 | $182,951 | $171,552 |
| Feargus Leggett | $247,315 | $243,782 | $226,385 | $211,158 | $192,690 |
| Deborah Singer | — | — | — | — | $216,905 |
| Jana Chandler-Ligon | $210,492 | $197,351 | $171,353 | $145,316 | — |
| Reshma Saujani CEO Through | — | — | — | $199,112 | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Inspiring and educating girls with computing skills for future opportunities.
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Gwc Clubs
A free after-school program for 3RD-5TH and 6TH-12TH grade girls. Clubs can be run in-person or virtually, following adaptation made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The clubs curriculum includes activities for girls with zero computer science experience as well as activities that introduce college-level coding concepts.
The Summer Immersion Program
A free 2-WEEK virtual summer program launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that iterated on our original 7 week in-person program for rising 11TH and 12TH grade girls to learn computer science. It considers accessibility issues, wifi, hardware, and living circumstances.
Gwc Marketing
Promotes widespread campaigns to change the perception of what a coder is and looks like through in person events, online platforms, books, and education of public officials. The primary goal of campaigns is to drive brand awareness for the organization. Campaign are typically tied to "tent-pole" moments (I.E.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $5.9M | $10.2M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $15.6M | $20.9M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $60K | $967K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $32.3M | $42.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $945K | $1.1M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $31.4M | $41.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $783K | $783K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $948K | $382K | $510K | $55K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $6.5M | $5.0M | $558K | $928K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $95K | $77K | $5K | $13K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $751K | $568K | $71K | $112K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $642K | $507K | $60K | $75K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $56K | $56K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $54K | $54K | ||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $230K | $230K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $12K | $12K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $401K | $312K | $76K | $13K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $246K | $245K | $2K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $293K | $157K | $89K | $48K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $236K | $79K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $583K | $403K | $88K | $92K |
| TravelLn 17 | $90K | $75K | $8K | $7K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $23K | $15K | $3K | $4K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $40K | $40K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $86K | $48K | $31K | $7K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $13.2M | $9.9M | $1.9M | $1.4M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Oct 16, 2025 | $29.4M | $24.3M | $5.1M | $74.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 30, 2024 | $28.0M | $24.1M | $3.9M | $66.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 3, 2023 | $27.1M | $19.5M | $7.7M | $61.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 2, 2022 | $28.1M | $14.6M | $13.5M | $54.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 21, 2021 | $23.2M | $13.2M | $10.0M | $41.4M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $23,210,540 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 13 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $23,210,540 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,241,669 across 20 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $42,491,683 assets, 18 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $41,358,752 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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