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Replying so that the other person pleading for skepticism in this thread, and myself, can be seen near the top. This non-profit is not vetted, has a very basic
by Scipio_Afri 8y ago
Replying so that the other person pleading for skepticism in this thread, and myself, can be seen near the top. This non-profit is not vetted, has a very basic website, has no proof of the students, this persons account is 24 days old.
Please be mindful that while this all sounds like a great idea and I hope it really exists, this also could be a scam as there is no evidence or any 3rd party that this is a real nonprofit which has been paying 20 people 2k a month to learn to code.
Please don't donate until you're sure this person is using the money as they claim. Attempting to verify their website and facebook leads to some red flags - no pictures of events, just events on facebook with 1 or 2 people attending, no documented proof of the 16 people who are full stack developers. If the non-profit is successful as they've said it is, then if he doesn't want to burn through his own savings (again supposedly) then he needs to seriously do better marketing and proof. Even with those things, I'd be skeptical unless it was independently verified.
- yjhoney 8y agoThanks for reminding people be aware. Fundraising wasn't the point of my original comment, so I took out the donation link. My focus primarily has been to teach students, so I haven't had time to update any of the social media or the landing page. I lost the pw to my original account on HN, but here's my username: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=songzme https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=songzme
- ma2rten 8y agoHere is a link to your previous post about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16043552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16043552
- ma2rten 8y agoI would generally only donate to non-profits that have 501(c)(3) status (not sure if this one does). Not just because I want to save money on my tax, but also because the IRS has some checks in place to make sure the money is used as intended. EDIT: It looks like they do have it.