code.org
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Code.org is a non-profit organization and educational website founded by Hadi and Ali Partovi, aimed at K–12 students who specialize in computer science. The website includes free coding lessons and other resources. The initiative also targets schools in the United States in an attempt to encourage them to include more computer science classes in the curriculum. In 2013, they launched the Hour of Code across the United States to promote computer science during Computer Science Education Week.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Code.org
- Organization.image
- Code.org logo.svg
- Organization.image_size
- 160px
- Organization.caption
- Former logo used, primary, 2013–2025, secondary, 2025-present
- Organization.founders
- Hadi Partovi and Ali Partovi
- Organization.type
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Organization.headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Organization.tax_id
- 46-0858543
- Organization.purpose
- Computer science education
- Organization.leader_title
- CEO
- Organization.leader_name
- Hadi Partovi
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.code.org
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- inception
- 2013-01-00
- Commons category
- Hour of Code
- social media followers
- 1025792
- translation contribution URL
- crowdin.com/project/hour-of-code
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Hour of Code
- Curriculum efforts
- Legislative efforts
- Goals
- Reception
- See also
- References
- External links
Code.org is a non-profit organization and educational website founded by Hadi and Ali Partovi, aimed at K–12 students who specialize in computer science. The website includes free coding lessons and other resources. The initiative also targets schools in the United States in an attempt to encourage them to include more computer science classes in the curriculum. In 2013, they launched the Hour of Code across the United States to promote computer science during Computer Science Education Week.
==History== Code.org was launched in January 2013 by Iranian-American twin brothers Hadi Partovi and Ali Partovi, as a non-profit focused on making computer programming more accessible. The initial focus was on creating a database of all computer science classrooms in the United States. At the time, Hadi Partovi stated that about ninety percent of US schools do not teach programming, despite it now being a "foundational field". The idea for the organization came from Hadi, who states that he thought of it on the day of Steve Jobs's death in 2011 while mulling over his own potential legacy. After this, Hadi began working full-time in attempt to further grow the platform and organization.