2020 Year in Review
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Support the next generation of ruckus makers and innovators.
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Free Ways You Can Support
Two easy ways to help Forge grow. Learn more →
Hire a Forge Student
Bring on an intern at your company. Learn more →
Support Network Perks
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$20,000
Our 2021 Fundraising Goal
Reaching this goal will enable us to continue providing $20,000+ in scholarships and support for 1,000+ students in 2022.

Donate here, or scroll to explore the various ways you can help us reach this goal.
1) Become a Monthly Supporter
Support Our Community
Your support at $3/month helps us support our day-to-day operations. Every bit counts!
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Sponsor a Skills Course Scholarship
We give over 150 students with significant financial need free access to our Skills Courses. 83% of these students receive financial aid from their university, and 54% are first-generation college students.

Your support at $10/month funds one scholarship. Support us at this level →
Sponsor a Community Impact Project
We complete about 20 tech projects for the local community every year through our Impact Program. Past projects have included data analysis work for local nonprofits, get-out-the-vote initiatives, and marketing campaigns to support local restaurants hurt by COVID-19.

Your support at $20/month funds one of these projects. Support us at this level →
Sponsor a Skills Course
We run 20+ Skills Courses each year in topics ranging from software development to graphic design to data science. This is the most popular program we offer, with 750+ students participating each year.

Your $50/month supports our core costs for one course. Support us at this level →
Sponsor a Launch Scholarship
All of our Launch interns are paid more than the cost of our tuition, so every intern ends the summer with money in the bank. However, we do offer additional scholarships for students with very significant financial need, many of whom are paying their way through college.

Your support at $100/month sponsors one of these students. Support us at this level →
Where Your Support Goes
15%
of our students receive financial aid from Forge
54%
of aid recipients are first-generation college students
80%
of aid goes to people of color
$20,000+
in scholarships are given out by Forge each year thanks to our Support Network
2) Free, easy ways you can support Forge
A) Support Forge with each Amazon purchase you make.
Amazon runs a program called AmazonSmile. You pick a nonprofit of your choice, and they'll donate 0.5% of every purchase you make to that nonprofit.

Click here to select Forge as your AmazonSmile nonprofit. (On Amazon, we still come up under our old name, HackCville.)

Donations only go through if you shop at smile.amazon.com; click here to install a Chrome extension that will always redirect any Amazon links to smile.amazon.com.
B) Switch your home's electricity to clean power.
We're proud partners with Arcadia, a terrific service that makes it easy to switch your home's electricity to clean, renewable energy. You can switch too and support us in the process. That's a win for you, a win for Forge, and a win for the planet.

Depending on where you live, Arcadia might be free or might cost just $5/month. If you sign up via our special link below, you'll also get $10 off your next electric bill, and we will too.

Click here to see if Arcadia is available in your area with our special referral link.
3) Hire one of our students
Bring on one (or a few!) of our vetted and trained students as an intern at your company via our Launch program. This helps us:

  1. Provide a terrific learning experience for our students. We strongly believe real-world work experience is one of the best ways students can level up their skills.
  2. Fund all of our programs and operations. Revenue from our Launch program helps us fund everything else that we do.
  3. Invest in the future of the Forge community. Most Forge interns come back and teach what they've learned to the next generation of students.

Learn more about the Launch program here, or email us at hello@joinforge.co.
Support Network Perks
Digital and IRL Recognition
We'll add you to our list of supporters on the Forge website and also to our "Wall of Supporters" wall in our clubhouse at 9 Elliewood Ave.
Free swag
Depending on your level of support, we'll send you stickers, a Forge t-shirt, tote bag, and coffee mugs.
Behind-the-scenes Newsletter
We'll add you to a monthly newsletter that will give you a close look at what we're working on and new projects that we're launching.
All donations to Forge are tax-deductible.
Join our network monthly, or make a one-time donation.