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FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC

FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC (Delaware) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,374,067 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$998k
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$1.4M
Net assets
$4.1M
11/22 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Forum to Advance Minorities in Engineering Inc does

Mission

Fame, inc. Prepares and motivates students in grades k-12 with a specific focus on underrepresented minorities and girls to enter college and complete a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering or math related fields of study.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Student education

    $1,137,419 spent
    99% of program spending
  2. Student education

    $9,504 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,146,923.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($711k) Expenses 100 ($669k) Net assets 100 ($720k)2018 Revenue 105 ($750k) Expenses 108 ($722k) Net assets 104 ($748k)2019 Revenue 99 ($704k) Expenses 150 ($1.0M) Net assets 62 ($446k)2020 Revenue 125 ($891k) Expenses 134 ($897k) Net assets 61 ($440k)2021 Revenue 714 ($5.1M) Expenses 198 ($1.3M) Net assets 582 ($4.2M)2022 Revenue 137 ($972k) Expenses 187 ($1.3M) Net assets 543 ($3.9M)2023 Revenue 274 ($2.0M) Expenses 202 ($1.4M) Net assets 626 ($4.5M)2024 Revenue 140 ($998k) Expenses 217 ($1.4M) Net assets 564 ($4.1M)
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Revenue (140)Expenses (217)Net assets (564)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.0M to $4.8M (+370%).

$722k
$748k
$766k
$1.0M
$4.8M
$4.4M
$4.8M
$4.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 34% · 2018 36% · 2019 36% · 2020 33% · 2021 65% · 2022 52% · 2023 69% · 2024 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

92% of FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 882 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$43k
’17
$28k
’18
−$302k
’19
−$6k
’20
$3.8M
’21
−$281k
’22
$600k
’23
−$450k
’24
27
months of
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.

Board chair

Travis Robinson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1114141414111112
Joined·+7+0+0+1+1+2+1
No longer listed·4001420
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $45k → $416k.

4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC’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

FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

36%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 58% · 2019 75% · 2020 43% · 2021 82% · 2022 47% · 2023 72% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

81% of FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC's grant income comes from Delaware funders.

ME
NY
NJ
CT
DE
NC
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Delaware out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−45% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve27.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 14%Fundraising 7%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DE

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Questions and answers

Who funds FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC?
FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC (Delaware) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,374,067 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,374,067 in grants to FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC?
LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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