Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation

Formed in 1998, Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation (i.c.stars) is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization and social enterprise that prepares young adults for technology careers and community leadership. Using project-based learning and full-immersion teaching, i.c.stars recruits and develops resilient individuals, placing 90 percent of graduates. Working as developers or business analysts, graduates see their annual earnings increase by an average of 400 percent as a result of i.c.stars. In 2016, i.c.stars opened its first affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, with plans to open in Milwaukee, WI, in 2017.