New Jersey · Nonprofit
Innovative Robotics Inc
Innovative Robotics Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,637 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($35,609). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $11k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $65
What Innovative Robotics Inc does
Mission
Innovative Robotics Inc was founded in 2017 to bring the excitement and inspiration of the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) to students from central New Jersey. Through our involvement in FTC, we introduce and inspire students to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Mentors from a wide variety of fields including teaching, engineering (mechanical, electrical, robotics), computer science, machinists, technicians, business executives and more, teach students relevant real-world experience and applications. We've also built strong relationships with our local school district, businesses and organizations to help provide our students the best possible experience; these sponsors are crucial to our long-term success.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Joined FTC competitions.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 Innovative 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
Innovative Robotics Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 Innovative Robotics Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 85% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of Innovative Robotics Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k 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.
Against its field
Innovative Robotics Inc receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $48k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,321 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
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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 Innovative Robotics Inc: 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 Innovative Robotics Inc?
- Innovative Robotics Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,637 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($35,609). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Innovative Robotics Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $47,637 in grants to Innovative Robotics Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Innovative Robotics Inc?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,609 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Innovative Robotics Inc 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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