Sponsorships and Donations
Foremost: thank you to everyone who has contributed thus far and continues to support our mission. Your support is what makes it possible to bring these critical services to our local community. As a 501c(3) non-profit, your contributions are tax-exempt.
500 Strong Campaign
This is an annual fundraising campaign to support apprentice training for the underserved in Oakland. Our goal is for the first 500 supporters to contribute at least $20 as a demonstration of how much value the Guild can deliver with the support of our community!
It takes a village ...and only a village. We are enough!
The Impact of Your Support
Our singular mission is to create apprenticeships for aspiring software developers within our local community.1 Ultimately, this is about eradicating economic equality. We serve non-traditional candidates from low-income communities. Sponsors are how we do this at no cost to participants.
In return, successful candidates become Apprentices, who develop software with the Guild. Each software development project produced by the Guild funds itself, accomplishing our goals: provide training, provide paid work for junior developers, and set their career off to a running start by completing successful software projects. Programs like ours are very rare, yet highly impactful. A stable career is the strongest path to economic equality.
Programs for Sponsors
The best way to get involved is by becoming a sponsor of a program. This makes it possible for us to develop expert training, provide mentors, and deliver career workshops. Participants pay nothing -- our training programs in the Bay Area are free. To learn more, call us.
- Apprentice Training Program: This is an end-to-end training from Novice to entry level full-time role as an Apprentice Software Developer.
- Youth Tech Workshops: Primarily organized during school breaks or after school for youth ages 12+ to engage and inspire them pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)!
- Skill Workshops: Community tech workshops to improve basic tech literacy and encourage skill development.
- Specialty Training: Skill training for developers in specialty fields (e.g.Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, Game Development, Web Development, Data Science, etc)
When you sponsor one of these programs, you're providing computer equipment and technical education for the next generation of Software Developers.
How to Become a Sponsor
If you'd like to become a sponsor, we invite you to our tech workshop to meet us and explore how we serve our mission. Call to schedule or to learn how you can get involved. Sponsors can opt to be prominently displayed on our website and publicly available materials, or to remain private.
For returning sponsors, supporting Programmers Guild is simple: use our official code. For questions you can call, visit or email us and we'd be happy to talk with you about our work and the impact of your support. We love meeting all supporters and members of the local community!
Why You Should Become a Sponsor
The key to safe and prosperous communities is supporting organizations where young people can develop their skills and talents. That responsibility falls ultimately to us, members of the community, to ensure we're providing opportunities for the next generation.
1We primarily serve Oakland, Hayward, Berkeley and other neighboring communities.