Growing a Global Creative Learning Movement
2022 Annual Report
In the Scratch Foundation’s annual report, you can find a summary of our accomplishments and impact in 2022, including the stories and themes that made last year special and memorable.
2022 Highlights
“2022 was a year of incredible growth at the Scratch Foundation. This year, our creative learning and coding movement reached more people in more places than ever, especially those who have been historically excluded from creative coding.”
Sarah Smirnoff, Co-Executive Director
Mindee Barham, Co-Executive Director
In 2022, our online community reached over 50 million active Scratch users,
all of whom had an incredibly busy year!
We celebrated big milestones with the Scratch community, like our 15th birthday and our 100 millionth registered user. Check out some of the highlights:
Scratch Week
Our annual global community event brought thousands of Scratchers together to create over 6,000 projects about movement, fashion, nature, and more!
15th Anniversary Celebration
This year marked Scratch’s 15th birthday! More than 15,000 kids, educators, and Scratch supporters tuned into our virtual celebration event.
The Creative Learning Team Visits Rwanda
Our Creative Learning Team joined our fellow LEGO Tech & Play Community of Practice organizations in Rwanda to learn more about creative coding engagement across Africa.
We also made significant progress on the major priorities we outlined in our strategic plan, including:
Strengthening the Scratch Platform and Community Infrastructure.
We’re designing and implementing new usability and play-testing methods to identify barriers to onboarding, learning, sharing, and participation in ScratchJr and Scratch.
Expanding Pathways to Creative Learning.
We are expanding the Scratch Education Collaborative into new regions and creating localized materials and versions of Scratch so that children in diverse economic and cultural contexts are engaged in playful, creative learning.
Building Organizational Capacity and Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability.
The Foundation is diversifying and expanding our donor base—as well as continuing to strengthen our relationships with key institutional partners.
