Illinois · Nonprofit
ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC
ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,950 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($80,378). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $117k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $318k
What Roboteers Team 2481 Inc does
Mission
To inspire youth to recognize career opportunities in science and technology, provide youth with experience in a project-oriented activity, and obtain the funding necessary for students to participate in the for inspiration and recognition of science and technology robotics competition program.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
For the 2024 season we had 23 students and 15 mentors. The team competed in the central il regional in peoria il and then rocket city regional in huntsville alabama. The team qualified for the first robotics world championship by winning both regional events and attended the first robotics world championship in houston tx. While at the competition, students lead the team by scouting, running the pit and working on the robot, and by operating the robot as members of the drive team.
$83,406 spent$5,500 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $83,406.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $73k to $261k (+258%).
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.
95% of ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $113 → $31k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
100% 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 ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 80% — 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
ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $572 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 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 ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC?
- ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,950 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($80,378). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $86,950 in grants to ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC?
- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $80,378 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROBOTEERS TEAM 2481 INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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