Oregon · Nonprofit
OPERATION CODE
OPERATION CODE (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,531 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($43,845). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $160k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Operation Code does
Mission
Operation Code is a 501c3 registered nonprofit with the mission to help our transitioning military service members Veterans and military spouse enter and grow in their tech careers. We achieve this mission by providing scholarships for ongoing professional development 1:1 mentoring access to industry conferences wraparound services and case management. Operation Code also provides diversity and military cultural competency training for tech enterprises to break down barriers in talent acquisition and employee retention. We build custom curriculum for paid apprenticeship to hire programs at tech companies to expedite the hiring pipeline for marginalized members.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Programs: In 2024 Operation Codes active programs included several impactful initiatives. The 1:1 Mentorship Program completed 93 mentorship request sessions. The Professional Development Scholarships Program awarded 71 scholarships. The Project Rebuild Afghan Refugee Tech Training Program celebrated the graduation of its second cohort with 2 students. Additionally our Case Management via the Referrals Team provided comprehensive wraparound services to 40 members. Collectively these programs have been instrumental in advancing our mission impact and community growth. Additionally Operation Code leveraged over $1 Million through the efforts of 93 volunteers who provided 11,960 hours of hands-on tech training and ongoing mentorship to equal $1,112,280 in-kind labor rate donations.
$127,061 spentof which $104,809 as grants95% of program spendingCommunity Growth: In 2024 Operation Codes community grew by 2,780 members to a total of 15,025. We utilized Google Ads to broaden our reach to a larger veteran and military spouse population with gratitude to Google for their in-kind contribution. This in-kind service is not reflected on Form 990 as Operation Code could not have independently purchased Google Ads. Operation Code also became a registered community partner of Hire Heroes USA continued our partnership with Unite Us and a registered training community partner with CompTIA.
$7,348 spent5% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $134,409.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $76k to $33k (−57%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of OPERATION CODE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Cynthia S Kao
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $629 → $41k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 OPERATION CODE’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
OPERATION CODE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OPERATION CODE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 84% · 2023 60% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of OPERATION CODE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $46k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k 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.
Against its field
OPERATION CODE has grown faster than half of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like OPERATION CODE
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPERATION CODE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds OPERATION CODE?
- OPERATION CODE (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,531 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($43,845). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OPERATION CODE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $93,531 in grants to OPERATION CODE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION CODE?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $43,845 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION CODE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Operation Code →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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