· Public charity
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k22 grants · $157k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $292k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DALLAS ISD | $48,050 |
| HOUSTON ISD | $34,350 |
| LEANDER ISD | $28,825 |
| LUBBOCK ISD | $21,825 |
| MCALLEN ISD | $21,250 |
| WESTA | $19,350 |
| MISSION CISD | $15,900 |
| HARLINGEN CISD | $15,050 |
| LEWISVILLE ISD | $13,725 |
| CONROE ISD | $11,550 |
| PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD | $11,200 |
| PLANO ISD | $10,475 |
| CORPUS CHRISTI ISD | $10,200 |
| MESQUITE ISD | $10,100 |
| TOMBALL ISD | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 57% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2019, 6 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WEWESTLAKE & EANES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION3× · 2017–2019 · $41k · revenue +21%
- UEUPLIFT EDUCATION2× · 2018–2019 · $24k · revenue +75%
- HPHARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS2× · 2018–2019 · $23k · revenue +77%
Funded once
- SSASTEMICone grant, 2017 · $43k · revenue -32%
- LJLA JOYA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTone grant, 2018 · $14k
- URUSOC ROBOTICS CLUBone grant, 2018 · $14k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Our mission is to challenge and nurture young women to thrive in future global markets through personalized STEM advanced academics. Through a supportive small school and single-gender environment, project-based learning, and STEM advanced…
STEM Education Grades K - 12
High school students learning to make robots
BEST of Texas Robotics (BTR) will strive to positively impact education systems across Texas and the United States, encourage students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, and return real value to our…
The Organization's primary purpose is to assist and support student members in the design and construction of a robot each year which is built to the specifications of the F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Program. The students then compete with their…
The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.
To provide critical financial & logistical support for school's competitive UIL Robotics team
To increase student interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) by engaging students in hands-on programs and competitions in robotics, programming, engineering, math, and other stem-related areas.
Our mission is to inspire and support students in the stem fields by hosting and participating in community events, and providing opportunities for hands-on experience in designing, building, and programming robots. through mentorship,…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 86 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology in T. Bigger dots raise more.