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REWRITING THE CODE INC

EIN 81-4978877 DURHAM, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2025
$3,736,832
Expenses 2025
$6,036,500

Program services were 53.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1000
Street
2401 CRANFORD RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

REWRITING THE CODE IS DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER WOMEN IN TECH. THROUGH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND CAREER-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT, WE FOSTER BELONGING, CHAMPION OPPORTUNITY, AND EQUIP FUTURE INNOVATORS WITH THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND CONNECTIONS TO THRIVE, RESHAPING THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REWRITING THE CODE IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER WOMEN IN TECH. THROUGH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND CAREER-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT, WE FOSTER BELONGING, CHAMPION OPPORTUNITY, AND EQUIP FUTURE INNOVATORS WITH THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND CONNECTIONS TO THRIVE, RESHAPING THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY.

  • GENERAL PROGRAMMING: REWRITING THE CODE HOSTED 335 EVENTS & PROGRAMS ATTENDED BY 8,000+ MEMBERS, AWARDED $13,850 IN CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS. RTC ALSO AWARDED 1,024 NEETCODE AND LEETCODE PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTIONS TO SUPPORT MEMBERS IN THEIR JOB AND INTERNSHIP SEARCHES. 78% OF MEMBERS REPORT THAT RTC HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED THEIR STUDENT EXPERIENCE OR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,542,538 · Revenue $2,580,819

  • THE RTC FUTURE OF TECH FUND IS A $1.5M COLLABORATIVE FUND BETWEEN GOLDMAN SACHS AND REWRITING THE CODE THAT INVESTS IN DEGREE COMPLETION FOR UNDERGRAD WOMEN IN COMPUTING FACING FINANCIAL OBSTACLES TO GRADUATION. IN 2025 WE AWARDED $416,427 (INCLUDING UK AWARDS CONVERTED TO USD) TO 170 MEMBERS.

    Expenses $218,976 · Revenue $222,273

  • THE 25 TO F.I.N.I.S.H. INSTITUTE GUIDED BLACK, LATINA, AND NATIVE/INDIGENOUS COMPUTER SCIENCE WOMEN IN THE CLASS OF 2025 THROUGH A SENIOR-YEAR JOURNEY THAT INTEGRATED THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES, FOSTERING AGENCY, BELONGING, AND PERSISTENCE IN TECH. LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2024, THE INAUGURAL PROGRAM ENGAGED 80 COLLEGE SENIORS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, AND WASHINGTON, DC. PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED BI-MONTHLY VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOCUSED ON THE F.I.N.I.S.H. PILLARS: FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE, IDENTITY EXPLORATION, NETWORK EXPANSION, INSPIRATION, SOFTWARE SKILLS, AND HEALTH & WELLNESS.

    Expenses $442,143 · Revenue $448,800

  • THE UNITE & IGNITE SUMMIT WAS HELD IN MARCH 2025 - A MULTI-DAY EVENT WITH IN-PERSON CELEBRATIONS AND A VIRTUAL SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTING EARLY-CAREER WOMEN IN TECH. ACROSS 15 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS, OVER 700 MEMBERS JOINED LEARNING TRACKS AND NETWORKED WITH COMPANY PARTNERS.

    Expenses $21,673 · Revenue $22,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Susan Harnett

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $415,865
    From this org
    $406,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $324,900
    Bonus
    $81,225
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,718
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22
    Filer's total
    $415,865
  • Owen Astrachan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Tracy Doaks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Roz Francuz-Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Myra Gupta

    EXECUTIVE COMMITEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Leah D Houde

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jocelyn Lai

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Peter Lange

    EXECUTIVE COMMITEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Marykay Wells

    EXECUTIVE COMMITEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jessica Furness

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Clare Giffin-Pascoe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jade Barricelli

    SVP, MEMBER PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $165,757
    From this org
    $156,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,757
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,422
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,335
    Filer's total
    $165,757
  • Kristin Austin

    VP, CULTURE & SOCIAL IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $169,462
    From this org
    $159,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,962
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    $4,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,627
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,335
    Filer's total
    $169,462
  • Lucille Tasker

    VP, DATA & TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $174,152
    From this org
    $164,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,652
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,000
    Bonus
    $4,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,257
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,395
    Filer's total
    $174,152
  • Monique Perez

    VP, PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $173,919
    From this org
    $170,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,919
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,543
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,376
    Filer's total
    $173,919

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,736,832
    Expenses
    $6,036,500
    Contributions
    $457,522
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,094,541
    Expenses
    $5,098,273
    Contributions
    $19,407
    Grants paid
    $250,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,562,332
    Expenses
    $3,337,412
    Contributions
    $54,535
    Grants paid
    $237,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,215,571
    Expenses
    $2,565,113
    Contributions
    $1,854,923
    Grants paid
    $209,179

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,678,583
    Expenses
    $1,508,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,929,679
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,155,310
    Expenses
    $797,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $866,750
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $343,858
    Expenses
    $520,948
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,429
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $422,568
    Expenses
    $308,439
    Assets (EOY)
    $139,829
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $261,400
    Expenses
    $254,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,605

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.