Virginia · Public charity
Robonation Inc
Robonation delivers educational programs in robotics, autonomy, and related technologies through student competitions, hands-on learning resources, and educator support. These programs provide applied stem learning experiences for students from elementary through higher education, developing technical, problem-solving, and teamwork…
- $179k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $15k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Robonation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $87k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $122k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seafarer Chapter Incorporated Auvsi | $114,000 | 4 | 57% |
| Sepdac Inc | $102,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Oakland University Foundation | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Robonation Inc
- How much does Robonation Inc give?
- Robonation Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $15,000, out of $179,052 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Robonation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (79%), Education (21%).
- Who are Robonation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Seafarer Chapter Incorporated Auvsi ($114k), Sepdac Inc ($102k), Oakland University Foundation ($41k).
- Does Robonation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robonation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Robonation Inc based?
- Robonation Inc is based in VA.
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