Coins For Futures
Coins For Futures is a fundraising organization dedicated to making education accessible for all. Our mission is to turn dreams into reality—unhindered by financial barriers—and we need your support to continue doing so. Our team, to date, has distributed more than 12,000 educational manuscripts & 3 self-published E-books, impacting over 10K+ students across 3 schools, and directly mentored 500+ students—but we’re just getting started.
Help us make an even greater impact. A new GoFundMe has been established for current donations, and additional ways to contribute can be found on our website.
Education is the quiet force that lifts generations—when given freely, it transforms not just individuals, but entire communities.
Coins For Futures is a sister initiative under G.I.R.L.S. dedicated to raising school tuition funds for underprivileged children, with a focus on supporting institutions like Educators Bhimjori School in India. We believe that education is a right, not a privilege, and we are committed to making it accessible to every child, especially in underserved regions across the Asian community. Through school partnerships, we identify students at risk of dropping out and provide them with full or partial scholarships. These funds cover school fees, uniforms, books and learning materials, and, when needed, transportation costs, creating a comprehensive support system that helps students stay enrolled, remain motivated, and view education as a real and achievable future.
Our goal is to offer more than just short-term assistance. By creating multi-year funding plans and involving school administrators in decision-making, we ensure that this support is both sustainable and impactful. Beyond providing financial assistance, we are also sending every child a powerful message: You belong here. Your future matters. To date, we have sponsored the education of more than 150 students and achieved remarkable student retention rates of over 92%. Every sponsorship reinforces our belief that no child should have to give up their dreams because of financial hardship.
Looking ahead, Coins For Futures is committed to expanding its reach by partnering with more schools, community leaders, and supporters who share our vision of educational equity. Every donation, whether it funds one semester or an entire academic journey, creates opportunities that extend far beyond the classroom. Education empowers children to break cycles of poverty, strengthen their families, and become future leaders who contribute positively to their communities. We also believe in accountability and transparency. Donors receive meaningful updates on the impact of their contributions, allowing them to see how their generosity is transforming lives. By investing in education today, we are not only supporting individual students but also helping build stronger, more resilient communities for generations to come. At Coins For Futures, every coin represents hope, every scholarship represents opportunity, and every child represents the promise of a brighter future. Together, we are proving that small acts of generosity can create lasting change, one student, one family, and one community at a time.
CodeHer: Coding and AI Workshops for Girls
Alongside our scholarships, G.I.R.L.S. runs CodeHER, a free workshop series that teaches girls to code and to use artificial intelligence with confidence. Youth leaders teach hands-on sessions in G.I.R.L.S. chapters across the United States and in partner schools in Raipur and Bhimjori, India, and every session pairs technical skills with confidence building and career preparation.
CodeHER follows a three-level curriculum built on our three published computer science books, which take girls from their first line of code to professional engineering practice. At the beginner level, Byte by Byte: Navigating Your First Lines of Code introduces Scratch and Python, along with variables, data types, control flow, and the first ideas of object-oriented programming. At the intermediate level, Code, Cloud and Cognition: A Journey into Advanced Software Programming covers advanced Python, web development, databases, application programming interfaces, cybersecurity, and DevOps. At the advanced level, Mastering Advanced Practices in Software Engineering teaches software architecture and testing, scalability, continuous integration and deployment, and the design of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems.
Our 60-minute workshop, Life Skills You Need in the Era of AI, shows girls how artificial intelligence tools work, where they make mistakes, and how to use them responsibly. Each participant leaves with My ONE Skill: a 30-Day Plan, a printed worksheet that helps her build one new skill on her own after the session ends.
Our lessons draw on real engineering projects, including a hurricane power-grid resilience model that was named a national finalist in the Modeling the Future Challenge, so that girls can see how code and data are used to solve problems in their own communities. Engineers representing the National Academy of Engineering have also led CodeHER sessions on confidence, leadership, and careers in engineering, giving participants the chance to learn directly from women working in the field.
Girls who complete the program can train to lead workshops themselves, which allows CodeHER to grow into new schools and new chapters through the students it has already reached.