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GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC

GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,033,144 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($1,325,115). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$923k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$2.0M
Net assets
$713k
8/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Georgia First Robotics Inc does

Mission

To inspire young people to be sciense and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication and leadership.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Georgiafirst had a very successful season. We experienced program growth and service to the following individuals: 76 frc teams which represents over 3,000 students; 145 ftc teams representing over 2,000 students; 525 fll teams representing over 5,500 students and 67 discovery & explore fll teams representing over 700 students. The demographics of the students served were 32% female, 39% minorities & 71% from title I schools or underserved areas.

    $761,354 spent$424,705 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $761,354.

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 ($750k) Expenses 100 ($689k) Net assets 100 ($310k)2018 Revenue 100 ($750k) Expenses 115 ($796k) Net assets 77 ($238k)2019 Revenue 137 ($1.0M) Expenses 111 ($764k) Net assets 218 ($676k)2020 Revenue 90 ($672k) Expenses 96 ($662k) Net assets 221 ($685k)2021 Revenue 45 ($341k) Expenses 42 ($289k) Net assets 237 ($736k)2022 Revenue 79 ($592k) Expenses 104 ($715k) Net assets 195 ($604k)2023 Revenue 132 ($989k) Expenses 134 ($926k) Net assets 215 ($668k)2024 Revenue 118 ($888k) Expenses 125 ($861k) Net assets 224 ($695k)2025 Revenue 123 ($923k) Expenses 131 ($906k) Net assets 230 ($713k)
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Revenue (123)Expenses (131)Net assets (230)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 2018 to 2019, from $248k to $695k (+180%).

$310k
$248k
$695k
$688k
$736k
$616k
$671k
$754k
$929k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

52% of GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$61k
’17
−$46k
’18
$265k
’19
$10k
’20
$51k
’21
−$123k
’22
$64k
’23
$28k
’24
$18k
’25
9.4
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.

Chief executive

Connie Haynes

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed131312141415161415
Joined·+0+0+4+2+2+1+2+3
No longer listed·01221042
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income fell $236k → $117k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS 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

GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

88% 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 GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC.

65%
largest funder
84%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 86% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 57% · 2023 43% — 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.

How long its funders stay

17% of GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 7 states in all.

NH
IL
NJ
CA
DC
MS
GA

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

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’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $210k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC is better cushioned than half of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve9.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC

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In Georgia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 15%Fundraising 1%

Governance

14
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

58%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC?
GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,033,144 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($1,325,115). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $2,033,144 in grants to GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC?
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $1,325,115 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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