Code for Fun

Analysis

Code for Fun is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Altos, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Code for Fun reported income of $766k and spending of $816k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $692k to $766k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Code for Fun sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sages Education and Research Foundation ($766k), Kentucky Association for Academic Competition Inc ($767k) and Foundation for the Advancement of Music & Education Inc ($766k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $604k. At year end it held assets of $282k against liabilities of $39k, net assets of $243k. It reported 52 employees.