Code for America helps governments work better for everyone with the people and the power of the web. Through our Fellowship, Accelerator, and Brigade, we're building a network of cities, citizens, community groups, and startups, all equally committed to reimagining government for the 21st century.
Ruthie Bendor
Jesse Bounds
Rob Brackett
Jim Craner
Nick Doiron
Matt Hampel
Elizabeth Hunt
Angel Kittichavalit
Michelle Lee
Jessica Lord
Joe Merante
Emily Moore
Sheba Najmi
Alex Pandel
Amir Reavis-Bey
Alicia Rouault
Ben Sheldon
Tamara Shopsin
Prashant Singh
Eddie Tejeda
Mick Thompson
Aurelio Tinio
Diana Tran
Serena Wales
Zach Williams
Alex Yule
Code for America is a new non-profit, and a new kind of organization. Our team is made up of web geeks, city experts, and technology industry leaders. We are building a network of civic leaders and organizations who believe there is a better way of doing things and want to make a difference.
We make it easy and attractive for the web generation to give back through our Fellowship, which connects technologists with cities to work together to innovate; our Accelerator, which will support disruptive civic startups; and our Brigade, which helps local, community groups reuse civic software.
Code for America helps governments become more connected, lean, and participatory through new opportunities for public service -- both inside and outside government -- so we're not only making a direct impact everyday, but also creating the relationships and network for lasting change.
| $1,500,000 | |
| Omidyar Network | $1,000,000 |
| Knight Foundation | $750,000 |
| Bluehost | $250,000 |
| Kauffman Foundation | $135,000 |
| ESRI | $100,000 |
| O'Reilly Media | $100,000 |
| Kaphan Foundation | $50,000 |
| O’Reilly Foundation | $50,000 |
Nov 29, 2010, Fast Company
This January, a new organization called Code for America, with support from Yahoo, Microsoft, and others, will launch, aiming to leverage the idealism of a generation of young programmers, this time from within city hall… “This transcends political ideology,” says Jennifer Pahlka, Code for America’s founder. “One thing that people of different backgrounds can agree on is that government needs to get better.”
Nov 3, 2010, Government Technology
Four cities will each receive a team of five open source Web programmers for 11 months, as selected by Code for America, a new nonprofit that’s pairing Web geeks with city governments. The selected cities were Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Each city paid $250,000 to participate, which included submitting applications and proposals for what they wanted from a team of fellows.
July 6, 2010, New York Times
Talking about government and computer programming most likely doesn’t evoke the feeling of “fun” for most Americans. But a group of Web geeks and technology leaders is trying to change that with a new nonprofit project, Code for America, which aims to import the efficiency of the Web into government infrastructures.