Illinois · Nonprofit
CODENOW INC
CODENOW INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,021 to it, the largest being FORDHAM STREET FOUNDATION ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $356k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Codenow Inc does
Mission
Codenow's mission is to diversify the talent pipeline of students who pursue computer science and technology. We do this by providing free, out-of-school training to students on the weekends hosted at tech companies. Our program is essential because it lowers the barriers normally associated with technology by giving students exposure to programming at an early age when they are beginning to explore their options and opportunities.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Codenow is a nonprofit focused on teaching underrepresented high school students computer programming through free, extra-curricular, off-campus trainings. Our goal is to lower the barriers normally associated with technology by giving students exposure to programming at an early age when they are beginning to explore their options. Currently, we are operating workshops in new york city, miami and san francisco. Codenow has worked with more than 1,400 students, providing free training.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $10.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CODENOW INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CODENOW INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 77% · 2019 80% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CODENOW INC draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CODENOW INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CODENOW INC?
- CODENOW INC (Illinois) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,021 to it, the largest being FORDHAM STREET FOUNDATION ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CODENOW INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $75,021 in grants to CODENOW INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CODENOW INC?
- FORDHAM STREET FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CODENOW INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing