Women Who Code (WWC)

WWC supports the far-left Black Lives Matter movement. ³ The group is committed to the critical race theory-influenced concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion ¹ and opposed the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that overturned the purported federal right to abortion access in Roe v. Wade. ⁴

History and Leadership

Women Who Code (WWC) was launched as a community group in 2011 ⁵ and received tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service in 2014. ⁶

As of May 2023, Alaina Percival is the CEO of Women Who Code.  Percival is a co-founder of WWC and has worked at the company since its launch in September 2011. ⁷ She has said the biggest challenge to the technology sector is gender diversity. ⁸

Activities and Funding

Women Who Code (WWC) is an international left-of-center organization dedicated to having more women work in technology-related careers and having more women represented as technologists, technology leaders, executives, founders, venture capitalists, and software engineers. WWC argues that racial inequities persist in the technology industry, ⁹ supports the left-of-center economic concept of a gender pay gap, ¹⁰ and celebrates and is committed to the critical race theory-influenced concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). ¹

As of May 2023, WWC has grown to include 343,000 members in 147 countries. ⁵ The organization has conducted more than 14,000 free events around the world and delivers programming to members in more than 140 countries to identify more potential members. ⁷

WWC also trains women with professional skills, ¹¹ educates companies to promote and retain women leaders, and has built a global networking community, resource board, and job board to support its members. ^{12 13}

WWC supports the far-left Black Lives Matter movement ³ and the critical race theory-influenced concept of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. ^{14 15} The organization is committed to elevating the voices of Asian women in technology and contributing to a more diverse and inclusive technology industry. ¹⁶ WWC also opposed the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that overturned the purported federal right to abortion access in Roe v. Wade. ⁴

As a part of its programming, WWC has built a global leader in tech program, offered low-barrier entry programs, events, and scholarships for women to build technology and leadership skills to advance their career progression. The organization has also awarded $3.9 million in technical scholarships and industry conference awards for its members. ¹⁷

As of May 2023, WWC consists of 86 different global networks to identify speakers, host events, and moderate talks. ^{18 19} WWC’s partner organizations include large technology companies. ²⁰ In 2020, WWC partnered with Kenzie News to host the Teach for Black Lives and Systemic Change event. ²¹

Funding

Women Who Code receives funding from individual donations and grants. ²²

Women Who Code reported revenue of $4,299,491 and expenses of $3,033,370 in 2021. In 2020, the organization reported revenue of $2,518,639 and expenses of $2,141,909. ²³

In 2021, WWC received a $150,000 grant from the Algorand Foundation. ²⁴ In 2019, WWC received $10,000 from the Python Software Foundation  ²⁵ and $2,000 from the Silicon Valley Bank Foundation. ²⁶

WWC has also received $10,000 from the Stephen Case Foundation in 2017, ²⁷ $12,500 from the Zendesk Foundation in 2016, ²⁸ and $20,000 from the Craigslist Charitable Foundation in 2015. ²⁹

Previously, the organization has been eligible for grants from the Australian government. ³⁰