Coding and Maker Nonprofits Merge, Expanding Influence in the Computer Science Space, EdSurge
By Jenny Abamu
Nov 1, 2017
Today Code/Interactive, a New York City-based nonprofit known for their work training coders and teacher professional development, announced its merger with another New York City nonprofit, Mouse, a youth technology and engineering organization, popular for its middle school makerspaces.
Code/Interactive, valued at approximately $1.5 million, offers Mouse, currently valued at about $2.5 million, a financially viable and operationally sound partnership, says Daniel Rabuzzi, Mouse’s executive director.
In an interview with EdSurge, Rabuzzi and Tom O’Connell, the interim executive director of Code/Interactive, explained how their merger would allow them to expand their offerings—combining the core concepts behind coding and making with hopes to scale creative computing throughout K-12 schools across the nation.