Iowa · Nonprofit
Iowa City Robotics
Iowa City Robotics (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,645 to it, the largest being YOSEF AND CARMELA KLEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $90k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $20k
What Iowa City Robotics does
Mission
Iowa City Robotics provides PreK12 students in the Iowa City area with hands-on STEM education through robotics teams workshops and outreach that build technical skills creativity and leadership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
FIRST Robotics Competition FRC Team 167 Children of the Corn - Operated a high school robotics team of ~30 students from 6 area schools. Students designed built and competed with a 150-lb robot in regional and off-season competitions mentored by adult volunteers. Program fosters STEM skills teamwork and leadership. Benefited ~50 total participants including students and mentors.
$83,203 spentof which $41,728 as grants98% of program spendingFIRST LEGO League FLL Teams Explore and Challenge - Provided robotics and coding experiences for ~40 students in grades 38 through weekly practices and competitions at the Iowa City Public Library. Students learned teamwork research and presentation skills while building and programming LEGO robots. Benefited ~60 total participants including students families and volunteers.
$825 spent1% of program spendingSummer Robotics Camps and Community Outreach - Hosted Junior Bots and Mini Bots summer camps and workshops at local libraries and community centers introducing ~100 PreK-8 students to robotics and engineering concepts. Conducted community STEM demonstrations and outreach reaching an additional ~500 youth and families.
$1,286 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,314.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $25.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 Iowa City Robotics’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. 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
Iowa City Robotics leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 64% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Iowa City Robotics draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k 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
Iowa City Robotics runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,200 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Iowa City Robotics
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Iowa City Robotics: 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 Iowa City Robotics?
- Iowa City Robotics (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,645 to it, the largest being YOSEF AND CARMELA KLEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Iowa City Robotics have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $58,645 in grants to Iowa City Robotics, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Iowa City Robotics?
- YOSEF AND CARMELA KLEIN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Iowa City Robotics find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 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