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CODE FOR LIFE USA INC

EIN 92-1885645 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2023
$369,045
Expenses 2023
$250,001

Program services were 75.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1200
Street
244 FIFTH AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CODE FOR LIFE USA, INC.'S MISSION IS TO EQUIP YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN UNDER-SERVED AND HIGH POVERTY COMMUNITIES, WITH PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROFICIENCY THEY NEED TO THRIVE IN THE NEW DIGITALLY-DRIVEN ECONOMY. BY CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD-FOCUSED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM THAT UNITES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INDUSTRY LEADERS, THE TECH COMMUNITY, LOCAL CHURCHES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FUTURES. THROUGH ITS THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF CHANGE, THE ORGANIZATION AIMS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME CREATORS AND MAKERS OF TECHNOLOGY, AND TO CREATE A PIPELINE OF YOUNG CODERS AND AN ONRAMP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO THRIVE TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EQUIP YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN UNDER-SERVED AND HIGH POVERTY COMMUNITIES, WITH PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROFICIENCY THEY NEED TO THRIVE IN THE DIGITALLY-DRIVEN ECONOMY.

  • THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FACILITATING THE CREATOR & MAKER TRAINING, COMPRISED OF COURSES INCLUDING: WEB BASICS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, AND ADVANCED JS. IN THE COURSES, YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO CODE IN VARIOUS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, REACT, NODE.JS, PHYTHON, MONGODB, AND C. THE PROGRAM CURRICULUM ALSO INCLUDES AGILE METHODS (I.E., COLLABORATION, IDEA DEVELOPMENT, AND GIVING & RECEIVING FEEDBACK) TO HELP PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP PERSONALLY THROUGH LIFE COACHING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND VISION CASTING. THE CREATOR & MAKER TRAINING PROGRAM EQUIPS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH WEB, MOBILE AND HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS WHILE EXPOSING THEM TO THE CREATIVE PROCESS, COLLABORATION, SOCIAL INNOVATION, AND DESIGN, WHICH CULMINATES IN A CAPSTONE PROJECT THAT ENCAPSULATES THEIR LEARNING. THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS, THE MATH AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, AND A LOCAL NETWORK OF SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, HIRE, AND SUPERVISE COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SERVE AS INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH THE COURSE CURRICULUM. THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH COALESCES A RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED IN SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER IN SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THE INITIAL COMMUNITIES SERVED INCLUDE EAST HARLEM AND THE BRONX. THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE ORGANIZATION ARE DIVERSE, FOR EXAMPLE, EAST HARLEM'S POPULATION IS YOUNG, WITH 30 PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 18, AND DIVERSE, WITH 24 PERCENT FOREIGN BORN, PERCENT AFRICAN AMERICAN/AFRICAN, PERCENT LATINO WITH 10.7 PERCENT OF MEXICAN DECENT, 7.5 PERCENT ASIAN, AND 15 PERCENT WHITE NON-HISPANIC.

    Expenses $188,119

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Richard Ricks

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vance Leon

    TREASURER & CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Christopher Troy

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $45,000
    From this org
    $45,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $369,045
    Expenses
    $250,001
    Contributions
    $368,694
    Grants paid
    $0

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
Principal officer
Christopher K Troy
Mailing address
244 Fifth AvenueNew York NY 10001
Website
Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.