The Marcy Lab School

What The Marcy Lab School does

The Marcy Lab School is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 2019 in Brooklyn, New York, that operates tuition-free one-year fellowship programs preparing underrepresented young adults aged 18-24 without four-year bachelor's degrees for careers in software engineering and data analytics. The school operates two core products: the Software Engineering Fellowship (covering computer science foundations, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, and AI-Assisted Development) and the Data Analytics Fellowship (launched April 2025, covering Python, SQL, Excel, Tableau, Power BI, and generative AI), both delivered through a hybrid model at a 17,000 sq ft Industry City campus (in-person Tuesday-Thursday, virtual Monday/Friday) and supported by an integrated Leadership & Development curriculum, coaching, and mentorship matching. Median graduate compensation is reported at $103,500 at 60 days post-graduation, with Fellows completing 3-4x more CS course hours than typical coding bootcamp peers.

The school's business model is structured as a 501(c)-style nonprofit fully funded by charitable donations and institutional grants rather than tuition. All program costs (tuition, books, laptops) are covered for Fellows, who are responsible only for housing, transportation, and meals. The institutional funder base includes Yield Giving, Tiger Global Impact Ventures, JPMorgan Chase, Salesforce, Cognizant, Charles Hayden Foundation, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Livelihood Impact, 1954 Project, Restoration, and Summerfield. Employer partnerships function as the placement channel: a dedicated partnerships team connects graduates to hiring companies including Salesforce, Bloomberg, Spotify, Asana, Squarespace, New York Times, JPMorgan Chase, Cockroach Labs, Palo Alto Networks, and WW. Student acquisition is community-led and direct-to-consumer, with recruitment team campus visits, school outreach, and multiple application rounds; employer acquisition is enterprise field sales through [email protected].

Name

The Marcy Lab School

Legal name

The Marcy Lab School

Website

https://marcylabschool.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Marcy Lab School is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit operating tuition-free one-year fellowship programs in software engineering and data analytics for underrepresented young adults aged 18-24 without four-year degrees, funded by charitable donations and placing graduates in tech roles at major employers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technical Education and Workforce Training

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Online/Hybrid Lifelong Learning Platforms & Open Enrollment Programs (EDAAAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Advanced Project-Based Learning & Portfolio Mentoring (STEM/arts portfolios, maker projects) (EDANAKAI), Virtual Labs, Remote Labs & Hands-On Practice Tools (EDAFABAH)

Keywords

• Technical education programs
• Software engineering training
• Data analytics fellowship
• Workforce development
• College alternative training

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donor & Funder Support: The organization is funded entirely through charitable donations and grants from institutional funders. Programs are free for all Fellows - tuition, books, and laptops are fully covered by supporter generosity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Marcy Lab School delivers tuition-free, one-year intensive fellowship programs in software engineering and data analytics to young adults aged 18–24 from underrepresented backgrounds. Programs combine a full-stack technical curriculum with a leadership and development layer, mentorship, coaching, and job placement support, and are delivered via a hybrid in-person/virtual model at the school's 17,000 sq ft Industry City campus in Brooklyn.

Product overview

The Marcy Lab School operates two fellowship programs—the Software Engineering Fellowship and the Data Analytics Fellowship—as a unified educational platform offering free, intensive one-year tech training. Both programs share a hybrid delivery model (in-person instruction Tuesdays–Thursdays at Industry City, Brooklyn, with virtual sessions Mondays and Fridays), integrated leadership and development curriculum, mentorship, coaching, and employer placement services. The two programs differ in technical focus: the Software Engineering Fellowship covers full-stack web development, computer science fundamentals, and DevOps, while the Data Analytics Fellowship focuses on data analysis, visualization, business intelligence, and generative AI.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Software Engineering Fellowship A 12-month intensive fellowship program that trains participants in full-stack software engineering, covering computer science foundations, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, responsive web development, relational databases, front-end frameworks, back-end APIs, DevOps basics, and AI-assisted development. Fellows attend hybrid classes (in-person Tuesday–Thursday at Industry City, virtual Monday/Friday) and receive free tuition, books, and laptops; for young adults aged 18–24 without bachelor's degrees from underrepresented backgrounds.
• Data Analytics Fellowship A 12-month fellowship program teaching data analytics skills including Python, SQL, Excel, Tableau, Power BI, data visualization, statistical analysis, product management, and generative AI, with cloud foundations. Designed to prepare graduates for roles such as business intelligence analyst, product manager, and marketing analyst; for young adults aged 20–24 without bachelor's degrees from underrepresented backgrounds.

Quantifiable outcome

• Median starting compensation of $103,500 at 60 days post-graduation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WW (Weight Watchers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner that has hired three Marcy Lab interns who converted to full-time tech team members. Provided testimonial praising the quality of Marcy graduates as 'mentored, entrepreneurial in spirit, technically strong, and well-rounded.'
• BloombergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner hiring from Marcy Lab talent pool for software engineering roles.
• SpotifycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner hiring from Marcy Lab talent pool for software engineering roles.
• SquarespacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner hiring from Marcy Lab talent pool for software engineering roles.
• AsanacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner hiring from Marcy Lab talent pool for software engineering roles.
• Cockroach LabscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner that hired Fall '21 alumnus Jan Morales as Software Engineer.
• Palo Alto NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner that hired Fall '22 alumni Bayzed Ullah and Fabrizio Corrales as Software Engineers.
• New York TimescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer partner hiring from Marcy Lab talent pool for software engineering roles.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Per Scholas: National nonprofit providing free tuition tech training to adults from underrepresented backgrounds, with a strong employer-partnership placement model. Marcy Lab's Chief Partnerships Officer spent nearly 15 years building Per Scholas' employer network, making it the most directly comparable peer in mission, structure, and target population.
• Year Up United: Large-scale nonprofit offering year-long training programs connecting young adults to corporate careers, with intensive employer partnerships. Marcy Lab's COO previously held leadership at Year Up, and the model (free training, wraparound support, employer-paid placement) is highly aligned.
• Multiverse: Apprenticeship platform providing tech and data training funded by employers, with a similar focus on non-traditional talent pathways. Several Marcy Lab senior leaders (Data Analytics SD, SE SD) previously worked at Multiverse, and the employer-funded training model overlaps.
• Flatiron School: For-profit coding and data bootcamp producing job-ready software engineers and data scientists. Comparable curriculum (full-stack web dev, data) and target learner (career changers), though Flatiron operates on a paid tuition model rather than donor-funded.
• Code Nation: Nonprofit equipping students from underrepresented backgrounds with coding skills and tech industry exposure, though typically serving high school students. Marcy Lab's SE Senior Director was previously National Program Director at Code Nation, indicating close operational overlap.
• Pursuit: NYC-based nonprofit training low-income adults in software engineering with intensive employer partnerships and a fellowship-style program. Highly comparable to Marcy Lab in geography, target population, and program structure.

Broad incumbents

• General Assembly: Global bootcamp and workforce-reskilling provider offering courses in software engineering, data, and digital skills. Comparable curriculum and target learner but operates at much larger scale and as a paid, for-profit model rather than free nonprofit.
• App Academy: Established coding bootcamp offering full-stack software engineering programs with deferred tuition and job-placement focus. Comparable curriculum and target learner, though for-profit and operating at broader scale.

Emerging players

• Victory Lap: Workforce-development program providing sales and tech training to young adults from underserved communities. Marcy Lab's Senior Director of Recruitment previously held senior roles at Victory Lap, and the recruitment, admissions, and placement model closely align.
• Flockjay: Workforce-development platform offering free tech sales training with employer-funded placement. While narrower (tech sales rather than engineering), the employer-paid model and target learner base overlap with Marcy Lab's GTM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/marcylabschool
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheMarcyLabSchool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marcylabschool

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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