Alabama · Nonprofit
FIRST IN ALABAMA
FIRST IN ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $244,420 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($151,715). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $115k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $244k
- Net assets
- $193k
What First in Alabama does
Mission
To provide technology based outreach to students
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
First robotics - the rocket city regional competition was held at the civic center, where 1000 high school students from 44 teams from across the country competed in a head-to-head robotics competition.
$53,231 spent58% of program spendingFirst tech challenge alabama state competition, where 24 middle and high school teams advanced to the alabama state championship. Tournaments also included the south east invitational tournament, featuring 12 middle and high school teams from across the southeast.
$23,959 spent$8,450 earned by the program26% of program spendingFirst lego league competitions included four official qualifying tournaments in which 50 teams statewide competed for the 24 slots at the alabama championship.
$8,899 spent$6,354 earned by the program10% of program spendingOther programs
$6,000 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $92,089.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $141k to $240k (+70%).
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.
81% of FIRST IN ALABAMA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $16k → $20k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FIRST IN ALABAMA’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
FIRST IN ALABAMA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 FIRST IN ALABAMA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 76% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 62% — 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
FIRST IN ALABAMA draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $102 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FIRST IN ALABAMA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FIRST IN ALABAMA
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIRST IN ALABAMA: 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 FIRST IN ALABAMA?
- FIRST IN ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $244,420 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($151,715). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIRST IN ALABAMA have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $244,420 in grants to FIRST IN ALABAMA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRST IN ALABAMA?
- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $151,715 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRST IN ALABAMA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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