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Ingenuityne Inc

Ingenuityne, inc.

$472k
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$54k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$347kPublic Benefit$123kYouth Development$66kScience & Tech$63kArts & Culture$6k
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 43 grants below total $409,690, the rows itemized in this filing. The $471,753 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $62,063 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $217k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $139k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $54k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$430k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONNECTICUT 4-H FOUNDATION INC$53,606
FIRST IN VERMONT INC$30,000
CITY OF WATERBURY$18,792
SOUTH WINDSOR BOARD OF EDUCATION$15,871
ROBODOMINATORS FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM 5142 INC$13,144
ACCESS Educational Services Inc$13,144
SHELTON HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM$13,142
TEAM PARAGON ROBOTICS INC$13,142
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 15$12,000
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE$10,000
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 18$9,572
MERCY HIGH SCHOOL CORPORATION$9,572
GRANBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$9,571
CYBERNIGHTS ROBOTICS INC$9,571
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH$9,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TOWN OF WEYMOUTH: $9k → 7%BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $8k → 16%THE HACK FOUNDATION: $12k → 14%REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT #4: $6k → 7%REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT #1: $6k → 9%ALUMINUM FALCON ROBOTICS INC: $6k → 9%ACCESS Educational Services Inc: $13k → 9%TEAM PARAGON ROBOTICS INC: $13k → 11%CONNECTICUT 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $54k → 11%POMFRET SCHOOL: $6k → 12%MILFORD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6k → 12%RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE: $10k → 7%FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE ROBOTICS: $86k → 7%THE HACK FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%MERCY HIGH SCHOOL CORPORATION: $10k → 7%COLCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION: $6k → 9%SHELTON HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM: $13k → 9%SOUTH WINDSOR BOARD OF EDUCATION: $16k → 11%RAGE ROBOTICS INC: $6k → 11%QUIET CORNER ROBOTICS INC: $6k → 12%CITY OF NEW HAVEN: $6k → 12%FIRST IN VERMONT INC: $46k → 10%NEW LONDON PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $6k → 9%BROOKFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $6k → 9%CONNECTICUT STATE DEPT OF EDUCATION: $13k → 11%CONNECTICUT 4-H: $13k → 11%GUS ROBOTICS TEAM INC: $6k → 12%FIRST IN VERMONT INC: $30k → 10%LEDYARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $6k → 9%NHS PARENTS CLUB: $6k → 9%NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL CORP: $6k → 11%CITY OF WATERBURY: $19k → 12%REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 18: $10k → 9%ReadyCT: $6k → 11%REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 15: $12k → 12%GLASTONBURY BOESTUDENT ACTIVITIES: $6k → 11%TOWN OF WOLCOTT - BD OF EDUC: $7k → 12%GRANBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10k → 11%ROBODOMINATORS FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM 5142 INC: $13k → 12%FRIENDS OF FARMINGTON FIRST ROBOTICS INC: $6k → 11%AMISTAD ACADEMY INC: $6k → 12%BERLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION: $6k → 11%HOPKINS SCHOOL: $7k → 12%CYBERNIGHTS ROBOTICS INC: $10k → 11%CHESHIRE DEPT OF EDUC: $6k → 12%SIMSBURY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $6k → 11%CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL: $6k → 12%BUZZ ROBOTICS: $6k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$161k · 3 repeat orgs$444k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
5

Total granted

$161k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+15%

Still filing today

67%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $326k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentScience & TechOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • FI
    FIRST IN VERMONT
    2× · 2024–2025 · $76k
  • C4
    Connecticut 4-H Foundation Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $66k · revenue +30%
  • TH
    THE HACK FOUNDATION D/B/A HACK CLUB
    2× · 2023–2024 · $19k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • FN
    FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE ROBOTICS
    one grant, 2021 · $86k · revenue +14% · 25% of their budget
  • SO
    STATE OF CONNECTICUT
    one grant, 2022 · $13k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE MENDELL NON PROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +15%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Robomaster North America

Supporting robotic contests in schools

Science & Tech
2
Perrybotics

High school students learning to make robots

Youth Development
3
Southeastern Ct Robotics Inc

Southeastern ct robotics, inc is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to provide accessible, hands-on stem education programs for students in southeastern connecticut from ates 6-17. the organization delivers…

Education
4
Reading Engineering Teams Inc

To provide a means of funding and financial support to the Reading Robockets (Team 4761), a FIRST Robotics Competition Team at Reading Memorial High School.

Science & Tech
5
Scituate First Robotics

The support of a local FIRST robotics team for the town of Scituate. Helping to fund raise so that the team can compete in the national FIRST competition every year. Helping to identify and supply technical mentors for the team each year.…

Science & Tech
6
Middlesex County Robotics Club Inc

Middlesex County Robotics Club, Inc's mission is to inspire young people to become the next generation of leaders in science and technology by engaging them in challenging programs that build science, technology, engineering, art and math…

Education
7
Port City Robotics

We mentor young people (Grades K through 12) as they learn to design, build and program robots, which are then taken to regional and national competitions. This practical, collaborative, hands-on experience in science and technology has…

Recreation & Sports
8
Capital Region Robotics Team

Promoting students' interest in technical and STEM careers through designing and building robots, creating computer software for data collection, analysis, and reporting to enhance robot use during competition matches, and involving…

Education
9
Downingtown Area Robotics

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education through competitive youth robotics.

Youth Development
10
Minneapolis Southwest Robotics Foundation

STEM enrichment for grade 7-12 students through participation in First Robotics programs.

Science & Tech
11
Byte Force Foundation

This foundation educates and informs community teens in robotics, engineering, coding, and participating in robotics competitions. We provide the opportunity to develop critical skills in STEM while fostering teamwork.

Youth Development
12
Milford Area Youth Homeschoolers Enriching Minds

Educational Enrichment for students in science / technology.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is First New Hampshire Robotics; the most unlike its peers is Norwalk High School Parents Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
6/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST IN VERMONT: $75,765 · OtherFIRST IN VERMONTCITY OF WATERBURY: $18,792 · OtherCITY OF WATERBURYSouth Windsor Board of Ed: $15,871 · OtherGRANBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $15,571 · OtherROBODOMINATORS FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM 5142 INC: $13,144 · OtherTEAM PARAGON ROBOTICS INC: $13,142 · OtherSTATE OF CONNECTICUT: $12,500 · OtherREGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 15: $12,000 · Other+22 more: $142,517 · Other+22 moreFIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE ROBOTICS: $85,865 · EducationFIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE ROBOTICSACCESS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC: $13,144 · EducationACCESS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INCShelton Robotics Inc Richard Vogl: $13,142 · EducationShelton Robotics Inc Richard VoglRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE: $10,000 · EducationCYBERKNIGHTS ROBOTICS INC: $9,571 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE MENDELL NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $8,000 · Education+10 more: $60,590 · Education+10 moreConnecticut 4-H Foundation Inc: $66,106 · Youth DevelopmentConnecticut …THE HACK FOUNDATION D/B/A HACK CLUB: $19,000 · Science & Tech
Other$319,302Education$200,312Youth Development$66,106Science & Tech$19,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE ROBOTICS: $85,865 over 1y, 25% of budgetConnecticut 4-H Foundation Inc: $66,106 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetTHE HACK FOUNDATION D/B/A HACK CLUB: $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC: $13,144 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetShelton Robotics Inc Richard Vogl: $13,142 over 1y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MENDELL NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $8,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $6,590 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMISTAD ACADEMY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILFORD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAluminum Falcon Robotics Inc co Robert E Fitch High School: $6,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBUZZ ROBOTICS: $6,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetREADYCT INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

For Inspiration and R…Fairfield County's Co…Hartford Foundation f…Connecticut Network f…Fidelity FoundationIbm International Fou…Aetna Foundation IncThe Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)NH56.1× affinity32 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) · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Connecticut Network for Children and Youth Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ingenuityne Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ingenuityne Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Readyct Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Aluminum Falcon Robotics Inc co Robert E Fitch High School: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ingenuityne Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ingenuityne Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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