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Technovation 2024 Annual Impact Report
Year Published: 2025
Technovation Girls is a global program that empowers girls from underserved communities to become entrepreneurs and leaders. The program’s 2024 Annual Impact report found positive outcomes related to participants’ self-efficacy and confidence in pursuing STEM fields, as well as long-term impacts on program alumnae, who report increased technical skills, such as programming, and soft skills, like leadership and teamwork. Program volunteers also recognize the positive professional and personal impact the experience has on their lives.
Program Name: Technovation Girls
Program Description:
Technovation empowers girls (ages 8-18) around the world to become technology entrepreneurs and leaders. Through its core program, Technovation Girls, students work in teams to identify a community problem and create a mobile application or AI solution to solve it, while developing business and coding skills. Girls and mentors can connect with Technovation Girls locally through Chapters and Clubs, which provide a way for students to meet and work together as they complete the program. These chapters include schools, nonprofits, and other program partners who support 15+ students on teams and recruit volunteer mentors to support them.
Scope of the Evaluation: National
Program Type: Summer, Afterschool
Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Demographics:
Technovation reaches girls ages 8-18, particularly those from underserved communities and girls of color, across the U.S. and globally. The vast majority (86%) of participants in the U.S. and Canada identified as a race/ethnicity other than White, and 59% were from low- or middle-income countries, as defined by 2022 World Bank data.
Program Website: https://www.technovation.org/
Evaluator: Technovation
Evaluation Methods:
Program data, as well as pre- and post-program survey responses, are used to measure changes in participants' confidence and skills. Surveys track improvements in technical skills (such as programming) and business development capabilities. The program also relies on alumni surveys to assess long-term impact on career trajectories.
Evaluation Type: Non-experimental
Summary of Outcomes:
Findings shared in Technovation’s 2024 Annual Impact report highlight how the program positively impacted girls’ confidence, self-efficacy, and interest in STEM, as well as the positive impact on program volunteers.
Girls improved in various ways after participating in Technovation programs, including their:
- Confidence: 70% of participants reported greater self-confidence and self-efficacy
- Interest in STEM: 87% of Technovation Alumnae 18+ plan to study or are currently pursuing a STEM-related degree
Technovation alumnae report long-term benefits on their:
- Skills development: Almost all (97%) Technovation alumnae report that Technovation helped them improve their technical and soft skills, including coding, leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, confidence, and their ability to make an impact in their community.
- Sense of belonging: Approximately 9 in 10 alumnae (91%) report that their participation in Technovation gave them a sense of belonging within STEM fields.
- Network and community: 8 in 10 report that they are better equipped to achieve their goals because of their participation with Technovation’s alumnae community.
Technovation’s 6000+ volunteers not only made an impact on the girls they supported, but volunteers report that the experience also positively impacted their own:
- Sense of purpose: 96% of volunteer mentors reported an increased sense of purpose and fulfillment after volunteering with Technovation
- Professional skillset: 98% of volunteer mentors increased their work-related skills like leadership, project management, and mentoring
