Garage Script
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Garage Script is a non-profit public benefit organization dedicated to connecting, helping and training underserved people who are pursuing new career, career change, or career enhancements in the software development industry and working with them to further develop their technical skills as well as soft skills and knowledge that employers seek in their employees.
- Income
- $88,124
- Spending
- $80,067
- Spent on programs
- 100%
- Reserves
- 1.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 15
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 60 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (employment, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 29% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15100% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 82% of charities in its peer group (employment, under $250k).
Independent board
18 of 253 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $80,067 spent. In 2025, a total of 1,005 students were enrolled in our online coding curriculum ( https://www.c0d3.com ) which consists of 9 foundation tracks. These students will be spending between 10 to 18 months to complete all the 9 foundation tracks. In 2025, 10 students completed our coding curriculum and were employed by various companies and they were earning salaries of at least $100,000 per year. The remaining students will continue to learn in 2026 at various stages of the curriculum. These students also used their newly acquired skills and knowledge to build industry standard components for our foundation tracks. In addition, we have 15 volunteers mentoring and guiding new students and they have donated nearly 3,500 volunteer hours of service to the organization. The value of the donated time is estimated to be over $175,000 (3500 x 50). Furthermore, due to Covid-19 restrictions, we have developed the YouTube version of the coding curriculum where students can follow the 9 foundation tracks through the video version on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJ7Gw_fL6QT6aEszp1agtA/videos ). We also have the chat room on Discord.com where students can seek help by posting their questions and someone will assist them. Additionally, the organization also provided financial assistance to low- or no-income students while they are learning how to code. This financial assistance totaling $23,625.00 helped these students to pay for their rents and living expenses. In 2025, the organization did not provide any reimbursements to expenses incurred by volunteers. To date, the organization has helped 10 low- or no-income people to be gainfully employed in the software development industry. The organization will continue to raise more funds so that more low- or no-income people can be retrained to be software engineers. 3 initiatives were implemented between 2020 and 2025; we improved and added more functionality to our initiatives. Initiative 1: Online self-paced modules: The years 2019 through 2025 saw the completion of our structured online curriculum at https://c0d3.com. Based on the student's learning and interviewing experiences, we have established a comprehensive learning curriculum to properly structure the student's learning process. 160 students have enrolled and completed various levels of the online curriculum. 15 students who had completed our new curriculum were offered full-time jobs in 2025. Initiative 2: Open-Source Initiative: The establishment of our open-source initiatives to teach engineering standards and to provide students with the opportunities to master the best practices in the industry and make an impact in their skills (https://github.com/garageScript). One Open-source project (MyProxy) was launched in 2019. Blog post was written by a student. Initiative 3: Local Community Support: In late 2019, we also established a working relationship with our local city public library (San Jose Public Library) and started a daily meetup group at the library for providing a physical presence for our local community who needs help. In every meeting, we have consistently about 5-8 students showing up to learn. However, in late December 2019, due to COVID-19, we had to put a pause on our library presence. Since then, we have been focusing on building a stronger online community support. Our working relationship with the public library will resume after the lifting of COVID-19 shelter in place order by the city. Our online curriculum on c0d3.com was launched for external students to join and provided a platform for our volunteers to engage with more students who need guidance. Initiative 4: Video version of self-paced modules: In 2020, the video version of our structured online curriculum was created and launched on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWJ7Gw_fL6QT6aEszp1agtA/videos ). This version allows students to follow the instructions and lessons on YouTube. Students can rewind and repeat any parts of the lessons presented on YouTube and the online curriculum.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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