Oklahoma · Nonprofit
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (Oklahoma) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,078 to it, the largest being INFOSYS FOUNDATION USA ($119,600). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $180k
- Net assets
- $931k
What KISS Institute for Practical Robotics does
Mission
Our mission is to improve the public's understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math; develop the skills, character, and aspirations of students; and contribute to the enrichment of our school systems, communities, and the nation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Botball Educational Robotics Program: The Botball Educational Robotics Program engages middle and high school aged students in a team-oriented robotics competition, and serves as a perfect way to meet today's new common core standards. It serves over 6,000 students per year in 13 US regions and 3 International regions. By designing, building, programming, and documenting robots, students use science, engineering, technology, math, and writing skills in a hands-on project that reinforces their learning. Students are exposed to an inquiry-based, learn-by-doing activity that appeals to their hearts as well as their minds. Botball addresses our nation's need for a well-prepared, creative, yet disciplined workforce with leadership and teamwork experience.
$691,774 spent$435,244 earned by the program62% of program spendingJunior Botball Challenge: The program provides professional development to elementary educators (K-5) to enable them to teach their students to write computer code. Curriculum is aligned to science and math standards and vertically aligned to concepts and skills in middle and high school. The program focuses on discrete programming skills and engineering design concepts designed to improve computational thinking skills and promote mastery. The program culminates in a one-day public event where students showcase their robot designs and solutions.
$312,365 spent$272,451 earned by the program28% of program spendingGlobal Conference on Educational Robotics (GCER): The Global Conference on Educational Robotics (GCER), produced by KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, is a professional conference designed for middle and high school students, their teachers and mentors, technology education professionals, robot enthusiasts, and invited professional guests. The GCER gives attendees the inspiration and experience of a professional conference, encouraging students to further their knowledge, network with other students from around the world and pursue related careers. Teachers and mentors have many opportunities to network, exchange best practices and develop new approaches to STEM education.
$117,335 spentof which $2,000 as grants$33,552 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,121,474.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $1.4M (+26%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 27% · 2018 21% · 2019 16% · 2020 20% · 2021 37% · 2022 21% · 2023 25% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of KISS Institute for Practical Robotics’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Steve Goodgame
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $57k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 KISS Institute for Practical Robotics’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
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 88%; 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 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 78% · 2021 82% · 2022 61% · 2023 86% — 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
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oklahoma, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics is better cushioned than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding KISS Institute for Practical Robotics receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.3M on record — $3.3M federal, $6k state.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.3M
- Admin Mgmt-Gen.Mgmt Consulting$5k
- Educational Supplies$500
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like KISS Institute for Practical 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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 KISS Institute for Practical 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 KISS Institute for Practical Robotics?
- KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (Oklahoma) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,078 to it, the largest being INFOSYS FOUNDATION USA ($119,600). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KISS Institute for Practical Robotics have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $180,078 in grants to KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KISS Institute for Practical Robotics?
- INFOSYS FOUNDATION USA is the largest funder on record, with $119,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KISS Institute for Practical Robotics find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 7 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