CCpathways - College to Career Pathways

What CCpathways - College to Career Pathways does

CCpathways (College to Career Pathways) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization founded in 2023 and headquartered in the San Jose / Silicon Valley area of California. It runs apprenticeship and internship programs targeted at community college students seeking entry into the software technology workforce, offering three structured tracks: Full-Stack Development (an 18-month program), IT/Cybersecurity, and Data Analytics. Programs pair students with industry professional mentors and emphasize hands-on applied learning on live projects, supported by career coaching and portfolio development.

The organization delivers curriculum through an AI-powered Learning Management System provided by its technology partner Campus Insights. Six published courses — Introduction to IT Support and System, Introduction to Data Analytics, Introduction to Machine Learning, Introduction to Deep Learning, Introduction to Data For AI, and AI Essentials — are offered free of charge to participants. AI content is integrated across all apprenticeship tracks to ensure students train on current technologies; the company also references a Gen-AI based marketing automation platform used for student projects.

CCpathways operates on a nonprofit donation-based model with no charge to students. Its go-to-market is community-led: direct partnerships with community colleges (including San Jose City College, where founder Sanjay Dorairaj teaches) drive student recruitment, with programs tailored to align with community college academic calendars. Leadership consists of CEO/Founder Tennyson Williams and Founder Sanjay Dorairaj (an AWS team lead). The organization markets through its website, social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X), a newsletter, and Calendly scheduling, and displays FERPA compliance for handling student education records.

Name

CCpathways - College to Career Pathways

Legal name

CCPATHWAYS

Website

https://ccpathways.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CCpathways is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering free apprenticeship programs in Full-Stack Development, IT/Cybersecurity, and Data Analytics for community college students, delivered through an AI-powered LMS partnership with Campus Insights and supported by industry mentors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development and Apprenticeship Training

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Research, Innovation & Fellowship Prep (Labs, Competitions, Publications) (EDAMAKAI)

Keywords

• Apprenticeship programs
• Workforce training
• Career pathways
• Tech education
• Mentorship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Nonprofit Funding/Donations: As a 501c3 tax-exempt nonprofit organization (EIN: 93-1708013), CCPathways operates primarily through donations and likely grant funding. The programs appear to be free for community college students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CCPathways provides free, structured apprenticeship programs in Full-Stack Development, IT/Cybersecurity, and Data Analytics for community college students. Students learn through an AI-integrated curriculum delivered via the Campus Insights LMS, complete hands-on training on live projects guided by industry-professional mentors, and receive career coaching to transition from the classroom into the software technology workforce.

Product overview

CCPathways is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering an apprenticeship program for community college students. The company provides a structured educational ecosystem consisting of three apprenticeship tracks (Full-Stack Development, IT/Cybersecurity, and Data Analytics) that blend mentorship, career coaching, and applied learning. Within this framework, students access six published courses powered by an AI LMS platform: Introduction to IT Support and System, Introduction to Data Analytics, Introduction to Machine Learning, Introduction to Deep Learning, Introduction to Data For AI, and AI Essentials. AI is integrated throughout each program's curriculum to ensure students are trained on up-to-date technologies. The apprenticeship follows the community college schedule, starting with intensive training followed by mentor pairing for production code development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Full-Stack Development Apprenticeship An 18-month apprenticeship track that teaches community college students to build and manage both user-facing and server-side components of web applications, blending mentorship, career coaching, and applied learning on live projects.
• IT/Cybersecurity Apprenticeship An apprenticeship track providing community college students with hands-on experience in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity, supporting the IT backbone of a giver-focused platform under industry-professional mentorship.
• Data Analytics Apprenticeship An apprenticeship track that teaches community college students to use AWS and other platform services to collect, store, analyze, and visualize data, blending mentorship, career coaching, and applied learning.
• Introduction to IT Support and System A foundational free course teaching common IT issues and structured troubleshooting methods, part of the IT/Cybersecurity apprenticeship track.

Quantifiable outcome

• Students gain practical experience working on live projects with industry professionals
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Campus InsightscoreTechnology or IntegrationCampus Insights provides the AI LMS (Learning Management System) platform that powers CCPathways' online course delivery. The platform hosts their free courses including Introduction to IT Support, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data For AI, and AI Essentials.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Per Scholas: Nonprofit providing tuition-free tech training (software development, cybersecurity, IT) tied to employer partnerships and apprenticeship-style pathways. Highly comparable in offering free technical training to career-launchers, similar in focus on stack-agnostic skills, and overlapping in apprenticeship framing.
• Ada Developers Academy: Nonprofit tuition-free software development training program serving gender-marginalized individuals with industry-aligned curriculum. Comparable in its nonprofit, free-of-charge, apprenticeship-style model centered on launching people into tech careers.
• Generation: Global nonprofit operating tuition-free technology and data training programs designed to move learners into jobs within 4–12 months. Comparable in its employer-aligned curriculum, apprenticeship placement, and focus on underemployed learners transitioning into tech roles.
• Year Up: A well-established 501c3 nonprofit that provides year-long apprenticeship-style training combined with work-based learning and corporate placement, primarily for young adults from underserved communities. Year Up is the most direct comparable in mission and model to CCpathways, just operating at vastly greater scale.
• NPower: Nonprofit offering free IT and cybersecurity training plus professional development and job placement for veterans and underserved young adults. Closely comparable business model: tuition-free tech tracks, employer partnerships, mentorship-driven apprenticeship-like programs.
• Apprenti: Nonprofit apprenticeship intermediary that sponsors tech apprenticeships in software development, cybersecurity, and IT. Highly comparable as a bridge between community college / non-traditional learners and employer-paid apprenticeship roles in exactly the same tech tracks.
• The Last Mile: Nonprofit that provides coding and tech training inside correctional facilities to support reintegration through employment. Comparable as a nonprofit running free technical training with apprenticeship pathways to the tech workforce, albeit serving an incarcerated population.
• Pursuit: Long-running nonprofit that trains underrepresented adults in software engineering with employer-aligned apprenticeships. Comparable in combining full-stack software training with apprenticeship placement and mentorship, though geographically rooted in NYC.

Emerging players

• Code for America: Nonprofit using technologists in service roles (fellowships/apprenticeships) to modernize government services. Less direct overlap but comparably uses applied tech training to benefit underserved communities through apprenticeship-like engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Galvanize / Hack Reactor: Established for-profit coding bootcamp network delivering full-stack, data science, and cybersecurity training with employer-aligned curricula. Comparable in target competencies and apprenticeship-style partnerships with employers, but for-profit and tuition-based instead of nonprofit/free.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CCpathways_org
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61552129239424
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ccpathways-org
• Instagraminstagram.com/ccpathwaysorg

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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