Code Nation equips students in under-resourced high schools with the skills, experiences, and connections that together create access to careers in technology.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$453K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $91K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$453K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $60K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$627K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.7M
Spent
$3.8M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$4.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.7M
FY2021$6.5M
FY2022$6.2M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$146K
Expenses
$3.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$6.9M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2025$126K
Net assets
$4.5M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.5M
FY2021$6.9M
FY2022$7.7M
FY2023$4.4M
FY2024$186K
FY2025$207K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending July 2020) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2013.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $3.0M Management & general 9% · $332K Fundraising 14% · $534K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $453K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$171,766Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Fin. & HR
$125,847Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$100,535Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Found/CEO Em
$54,796Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ron Summers’s $262K as CEO is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ron Summers$261,846$261,846———
Kellie Hinkle$208,753$208,753———
Rebecca Novak——$173,465$173,220$171,766
Francesca Balbi$141,047$141,047$134,135—$125,847
Diana Walters$134,239$134,239———
Shane a Morris$128,800$128,800$116,347$105,800$100,535
Jennifer Mahoney$128,741$128,741———
Shantina Jackson-Romero——$127,647$115,819—

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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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Teaches tech skills and career connections to students in under-resourced high schools.

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1 program · $3.0M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Code Nation served 1283 students during the 2019-2020 school year, including 1077 in our Introduction to Web Development Courses, in both New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Chicago. 206 students participated in our Fellowship program hosted by partnering Tech companies.

$3.0Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Vivo FoundationFY2024$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$60K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $45K · 2019–2019
Unitemized GrantFY2019$45,074

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$269K
Other incomeLn 4–11$578
Money outPt IX
$3.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.0M
Managementcol C$332K
Fundraisingcol D$534K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$627K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$269K
Other incomeLn 4–11$578
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$6.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.2M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$627K
Net assetsLn 32$4.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 584
VolunteersI 6316
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$5.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K$627K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$4.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$45K$45K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$175K$105K$26K$44K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.4M$2.0M$181K$317K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$24K$19K$2K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$375K$294K$30K$51K
Payroll taxesLn 10$205K$161K$16K$28K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$33K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$35K$35K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$12K
Office expensesLn 13$53K$33K$3K$16K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$123K$96K$10K$17K
TravelLn 17$17K$10K$1K$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$19K$19K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$7K$687$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$269K$242K$12K$15K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.8M$3.0M$332K$534K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $146K$126K$21K$207K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.5M$5.3M−$2.9M$186K 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.3M$6.9M−$2.6M$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.2M$5.4M$822K$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $6.5M$4.2M$2.4M$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $6.7M$3.8M$2.9M$4.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $6,703,150 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,206,465$6,433,572
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $405,660$269,000
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,366$578
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,620,491$6,703,150
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $109,685$45,074
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,084,706$3,228,123
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $784,094$575,632
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,978,485$3,848,829
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$357,994$2,854,321
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,703,150 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,433,572
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,433,572
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $269,000$269,000
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $578$578
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $269,000 · Excluded from tax $578$6,703,150
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,848,829 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $45,074$45,074
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $105,000 · Management $26,250 · Fundraising $43,750$175,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,952,063 · Management $180,831 · Fundraising $316,534$2,449,428
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $18,663 · Management $1,879 · Fundraising $3,269$23,811
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $293,932 · Management $29,590 · Fundraising $51,481$375,003
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $160,589 · Management $16,166 · Fundraising $28,126$204,881
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $6,366$6,366
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,814$32,814
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesFundraising $35,165$35,165
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $11,500$11,500
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,181 · Management $3,340 · Fundraising $16,111$52,632
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $96,149 · Management $9,679 · Fundraising $16,840$122,668
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,107 · Management $1,017 · Fundraising $6,349$17,473
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $18,983$18,983
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,820 · Management $687 · Fundraising $1,194$8,701
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $241,792 · Management $12,048 · Fundraising $15,490$269,330
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,982,353 · Management $332,167 · Fundraising $534,309$3,848,829
Part X · Balance sheet $5,144,792 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,348,791$3,219,569
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $324,828$1,916,104
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,208$6,208
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $21,894$2,911
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,701,721$5,144,792
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $37,988$35,009
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$591,729
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $37,988$626,738
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,161,312$4,372,606
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $502,421$145,448
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,663,733$4,518,054
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,701,721$5,144,792
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,518,054 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,703,150
XI-2 Total expenses$3,848,829
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,854,321
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,663,733
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,518,054

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