Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,340,467 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($861,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute does
Mission
The corporation is formed to foster collaboration among government, industry, and academia to further the goal of organizing the u.s. Capabilities concerning robots in the manufacturing environment into a coherent ecosystem that will better position the u.s. Relative to global competition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Research activities to aid in the advancement of transformative robotic technologies and education to increase u.s. Global manufacturing competitiveness.
$26,699,405 spentof which $12,490,582 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $26,699,405.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $6.0M to $9.5M (+57%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 70% · 2022 69% · 2023 68% · 2024 65% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ira Moskowitz
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $152k.
From the IRS filings of ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 56% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE has grown faster than half of the 78 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 78 science & tech nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $328.2M on record.
- Department of Defense$305.5M
- Department of Commerce$19.7M
- Department of Labor$3.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 8 related entities
- Carnegie Mellon University · exempt
- Benjamin Garver Lamme Scholarship Fund · exempt
- Jack G Buncher Charitable Fund for Carn · exempt
- Mpc Corporation · exempt
- The Dietrich Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE?
- ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,340,467 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($861,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,340,467 in grants to ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $861,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing