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Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T

FIRST in Texas provides life-changing robotics programs that equip young peple across Texas with skills, confidence, and resilience to build a better world.

$851k
Granted FY2019
38
Itemized grants FY2019
38
Organizations funded FY2019
32%
First-time grantees FY2019
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Itemized, FY2019
$449k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2019
$9,150
Largest grant, FY2019
$48,050
Organizations funded a year
26 to 65
FY2017 to FY2019
States reached, FY2019
1
Total assets, FY2019
$763k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 32% of the organizations Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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EducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY201938$449k32%
FY201865$726k74%
FY201726$770kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Education$1.3MYouth Development$76kScience & Tech$35kCrime & Legal$16kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First$492,6802n/a
Dallas Isd$98,7252n/a
McAllen Isd$72,4763n/a
Leander Isd$70,5753n/a
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District$57,4173n/a
Houston Independent Sch Dist$54,3252n/a
Mission Consolidated Independent School District$46,7253n/a
Lubbock Independent School Di$42,9502n/a
Sastemic$42,599112%
Austin Independent School District (Aisd)$42,3813n/a
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All grantees of Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First$492,6802n/a
Dallas Isd$98,7252n/a
McAllen Isd$72,4763n/a
Leander Isd$70,5753n/a
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District$57,4173n/a
Houston Independent Sch Dist$54,3252n/a
Mission Consolidated Independent School District$46,7253n/a
Lubbock Independent School Di$42,9502n/a
Sastemic$42,599112%
Austin Independent School District (Aisd)$42,3813n/a
Westlake & Eanes Science & Technology Association$41,025312%
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District$35,1753n/a
Judson Isd$34,0693n/a
Northside Independent School District$29,3333n/a
North East Independent School District$28,6003n/a
San Antonio Independent School District$28,5453n/a
Grants$26,1252n/a
Synergistic STEM Outreach Center$26,1242n/a
Somerset Independent School District$25,5882n/a
Katy Isd$24,5002n/a
Uplift Education$23,55020%
Harmony Public Schools$23,15520%
Tomball High School Stage Hands$21,0002n/a
Sharyland Isd$19,9002n/a
Plano Independent School District$18,8502n/a
Fort Worth Isd$16,9002n/a
Laredo Independent School District$15,9502n/a
Harlandale Isd$15,8002n/a
Allen ISD$15,1252n/a
Mequite ISD$14,7002n/a
Flower Mound HS Tech Boosters Inc$13,725118%
La Joya Independent School District$13,5001n/a
Usoc Robotics Club$13,5001n/a
Girl Scouts of Central Texas$13,15020%
Rockwall-Heath High School$13,0001n/a
Garland Isd$12,5001n/a
Cistercian Preparatory School$12,5002n/a
Conroe ISD$11,5501n/a
Pearland Independent School District$11,5001n/a
Edgewood Independent School District$10,1002n/a
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation$9,96711%
Advancing STEM for Students in South Texas$9,9001n/a
Fort Bend ISD$9,5001n/a
Brownsville Independent School District$9,1501n/a
Spring Branch Independent School District$9,0751n/a
Belton Isd$9,0001n/a
Viperbots Friends & Family Inc$8,7751n/a
E L Furr High School (Ms)$8,6501n/a
Texas Tech University System$8,6201n/a
St Agnes Academy$8,5001n/a
San Jacinto Community College District$8,1001n/a
Atx Robotics Inc$8,0001n/a
Irving Independent School District$7,5001n/a
Weslaco Independent School District$7,1001n/a
Brazosport Independent School District$7,0501n/a
Wimberly Isd$7,0001n/a
Front Line Youth in Science Engineering and Technology$6,8501n/a
KIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc$6,52510%
Livingston Isd$6,5251n/a
Bastrop Robotics Booster Club$6,5001n/a
Greenville Independent School District$6,5001n/a
Central Catholic High School$6,5001n/a
Palacios Isd$6,5001n/a
Cypress Fairbanks Isd$6,5001n/a
Crosby Isd$6,5001n/a
The Awty International School$6,50010%
Stafford Municipal School District$6,5001n/a
Comal Isd$6,0001n/a
Keller Independent School District$6,0001n/a
El Paso Indep School District$6,0001n/a
Ingram Isd$6,0001n/a
New Caney ISD$6,0001n/a
Lyford Consolidated Independent School District$6,0001n/a
Frisco Independent School District$6,0001n/a
Glen Rose ISD$6,0001n/a
Veritas Academy$6,00010%
The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brainhealth$5,6291n/a
Pearce Robotics Booster Club$5,5501n/a
Dimmitt Isd$5,1001n/a
Southwest Isd$5,0251n/a
Killeen Independent School District$5,0251n/a
Dripping Springs High School Engineering Boosters Inc$5,000114%
Vanguard Academy Inc$4,52510%
Humble ISD$4,5001n/a
San Diego Isd$3,3251n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSastemic: $42,599 over 1y, 12% of budgetWestlake & Eanes Science & Technology Association: $41,025 over 3y, 12% of budgetUplift Education: $23,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarmony Public Schools: $23,155 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlower Mound HS Tech Boosters Inc: $13,725 over 1y, 18% of budgetGirl Scouts of Central Texas: $13,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Hispanic Development Corporation: $9,967 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc: $6,525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Awty International School: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeritas Academy: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDripping Springs High School Engineering Boosters Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetVanguard Academy Inc: $4,525 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 12.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)NH94.3× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Round It Up America Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Project Lead the Way Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The George W Bush Foundation · Share Our Strength · I Car Education Foundation · Undies for Everyone · Justin J Watt Foundation Inc · San Antonio Food Bank

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T

How much does Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T give?
Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T reported 38 itemized grants totaling $448,600, out of $850,766 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 65 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
What does Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (68%), Youth Development (4%), Science & Tech (2%).
Who are Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: First ($493k), Dallas Isd ($99k), McAllen Isd ($72k).
Does Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T fund new organizations?
In FY2019, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), Round It Up America Inc, GenYOUTH Incorporated.
Where is Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T based?
Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 86 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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