New Jersey · Nonprofit
Fair Use Building and Research Labs
Fair Use Building and Research Labs (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,018 to it, the largest being BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB FOUNDATION INC ($11,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Fair Use Building and Research Labs does
Mission
Community makerspace providing collaborative workspace, tools, education, and hands-on learning opportunities to foster technical, scientific, and artistic skills.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
1. Makerspace Operations Operated a shared facility providing members with access to workspace, power tools, CNC equipment, 3D printers, electronics workstations, and fabrication materials throughout the year. Served approximately 50 active members, supporting a diverse community of makers, engineers, artists, and hobbyists engaged in collaborative hands-on projects. 2. Robotics Events and Public Outreach - Garden State Robotics League / Maker Faires Members co-founded the Garden State Robotics League and design and build combat robots competing in organized events. In 2025, FUBAR Labs participated in two major public maker events: Philadelphia Maker Faire 2025: approximately 1,000 public attendees reached Sussex County Maker Faire (October 2025): co-organized by FUBAR Labs, drawing over 500 public attendees, with a concurrent combat robotics tournament attracting approximately 150 participants and spectators Trenton Computer Festival 2025: members presented/spoke, reaching approximately 500 attendees Registration fees of $1,470.00 were collected for robot combat events across two days. Combined public reach across all three events: approximately 2,150 people.
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $2k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Fair Use Building and Research Labs’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
Fair Use Building and Research Labs leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% 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
38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Fair Use Building and Research Labs.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 96% — diversifying over time.
“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 Fair Use Building and Research Labs's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
Fair Use Building and Research Labs runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 479 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Fair Use Building and Research Labs
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Fair Use Building and Research Labs: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Fair Use Building and Research Labs?
- Fair Use Building and Research Labs (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,018 to it, the largest being BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB FOUNDATION INC ($11,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Fair Use Building and Research Labs have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $19,018 in grants to Fair Use Building and Research Labs, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Fair Use Building and Research Labs?
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Fair Use Building and Research Labs find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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