Ada Developers Academy

Thank you, Ada community. 💛

Together, you raised more than $30,000, powered in part by a $15,000 matching gift from Cynthia Tee. Every dollar goes towards supporting the next cohort of Adies.
Our campaign closes today, and there's still room to join.

https://give.adadevelopersacademy.org/campaign/adies-supporting-adies/c789904

"From my cohort peers to mentors, instructors, and industry professionals, I’ve formed a network of people who understand the challenges of breaking into tech and genuinely want to help each other grow." That's how a Lorraine Shi, a Cohort 22 Adie described her time at Ada Developers Academy.

Ask any Ada graduate how they got here, and you'll hear about a mentor who said the right thing at the right time, an internship manager who made room for real questions, a teacher who stayed late, or a volunteer who showed up to coach interview prep on a Saturday. Behind every Adie is a community.

Adies, who showed up for you? Tag the mentors, internship managers, volunteers, and instructors who helped you get here. Let them know they mattered.

Be that person for another Adie by joining
https://give.adadevelopersacademy.org/campaign/adies-supporting-adies/c789904

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. 🌸

A late-night pair programming session. A coffee chat that turned into a job referral. A "you've got this" text right before your first technical interview. The small moments add up to something bigger, and we want to see them.

Screenshot our story template, fill it in, and tag . We'll reshare your stories all week. This is what Adies Supporting Adies looks like, in your words. 🌸

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

To cap off Teacher Appreciation Week, we're overjoyed to see alumni giving back to the people who taught them.

In just one week, over 38 donors have contributed to our spring campaign, and many dedicated their gifts to their former instructors. One was a Cohort 24 Adie, still in their internship phase, making their first gift to Ada. Their dedication read:

"Thank you, Ansel, for believing in me at the C24 interview, and for teaching with such heart. Forever grateful. 💛"

Ada's instructors and staff don't just teach syntax and frameworks. They show up for career changers in moments of doubt, celebrate every small win, and help our Adies see what's possible. To every educator who has done this work for an Adie: thank you!

To our alumni community: if an Ada teacher shaped your path, you can honor them with a gift in their name.
give.adadevelopersacademy.org/campaign/adies-supporting-adies

Yesterday, Washington gave. And Ada's community showed up. ❤️
We did it, $5,605 raised on GiveBIG day.

Thank you. Genuinely. Every gift is a door that stays open for the next Adie who needs it.

Our spring campaign, Adies Supporting Adies, runs through May 29. If you want to stay connected to Ada's work and watch your impact grow, follow along.

give.adadevelopersacademy.org/adiessupportingadies

A few hours left to for Ada. 🧡
Ada's community has been showing up all day, and we are $1,377 away from our $5,000 goal. You can help close that gap before midnight tonight.
14 more gifts at $100 gets us there. Will yours be one of them?
https://www.wagives.org/organization/adadevelopersacademy

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.