Ada Developers Academy

A few weeks in, this community has already shown up.

73 people have given to Adies Supporting Adies so far. We hit our first goal, and now we're just $9 away from our stretch goal of $15,000.

Cynthia Tee, Ada's former Executive Director, is one of them. When she watched this community blow past the goal in the first week, she put another $5,000 on the table. Here's the rest of what she shared with us:

"Talent is everywhere; access isn't. That's the whole premise Ada was built on, and it's what keeps me in this work long after my time running the organization ended. Creating real pathways into the work of building software, for people the industry was never built to welcome, is still one of the most concrete ways I know to change who gets to build the future."

With a new $15,000 goal in sight, every gift goes further right now. Help us build that future.

Link in bio to give. 🌸

Adies didn't just hit the goal, they blew past it. 💗

On Tuesday, 9 Adies rallied in the last 24 hours to push our Adies Supporting Adies campaign past the $10,000 mark, officially unlocking our full $10,000 match. Every dollar given just doubled!

Then it got better. Cynthia Tee, Ada's former Executive Director and our lead match donor, was so inspired by this community unlocking the match three weeks early that she added another $5,000 matching gift. Get us to $15,000 raised, and that match is ours too. We're $3,849 away.

Make a gift, forward this to someone who supported your journey, or share with a note about why Ada matters to you.

https://give.adadevelopersacademy.org/campaign/c789904

Today we for Ada. 🧡 And tonight, there's a moment to make your gift count even more.

From 7 to 8 p.m. PT, GiveBIG is hosting a Power Hour sponsored by Beneficial State Bank. The nonprofit with the most unique donors in that hour wins a $300 boost, and every gift gets us closer to our $5,000 goal today.

"For the first time, the transition didn't feel like a fantasy. It felt possible." — Jane Kashanskaya, Ada Core Graduate, Cohort 23

That feeling of possibility is what your gift passes forward. Whether you give now or save it for 7 p.m., today is the day.

https://www.wagives.org/organization/adadevelopersacademy

The hesitation women in STEM face before stepping into leadership isn't a confidence problem. It's a stability problem. MIT astrophysicist Anna Frebel, Ph.D., makes a compelling case for why self-leadership is the foundation everything else is built on. A timely read for our community this Women's History Month. Link is in our bio.