Washington · Nonprofit
SWERVE ROBOTICS INC
SWERVE ROBOTICS INC (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,493 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($92,264). 4 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 FY2025
- $111k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $146k
- Net assets
- $105k
What Swerve Robotics Inc does
Mission
Swerve robotics promotes lifelong intellectual growth opportunities to students by providing access to science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) through first robotic competitions and other related activities. The programs assist youth and volunteer staff, through informal education, to acquire knowledge and develop life skills and values that enable them to become increasingly self-directing, productive, contributing citizens. Our youth participate in robotics competitions such as first tech challenge, first lego challenge and first lego explorer, where they have opportunities to have fun while developing 21st century skills that employers are looking for such as problem solving, conflict resolution, persistence, time management and communication.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support of first technology challenge teams (ftc): we maintain two teams made up of 12 students each supported by a volunteer coach and three mentors. The team is also supported by the swerve robotics board and executive director. The students are taught engineering skills and how to make decisions beyond engineering. The program teaches them about teamwork and how to engage other students and adults while building a robot to compete in various challenges. The teams have access to a shop that has industrial machining equipment and office space for collaboration. The shop is an in-kind donation from a private benefactor. 24 students served. Teams meet three times a week during the season, and four times a week leading up to competitions. The season typically runs from september to april. Competitions organized through the state and national first program: the first three competitions are guaranteed events. The final two competitions are qualification events. League 1: november. League 2: december. Interleague: february. Washington state championship: march. World championship: april. Swerve robotics coordinates mock competitions for teams in the area before and during the league…
$65,783 spent$10,551 earned by the program66% of program spendingSupport of first lego league challenge teams (fllc): we maintain four teams made up of six to eight students supported by a volunteer coach and mentor. The team is also supported by our executive director and the swerve robotics board. The students are taught engineering skills and how to make decisions beyond engineering. The program teaches students how to work as a team and to engage other students and adults while building a lego robot to compete in various challenges. 24 students served. Teams meet twice a week and will increase in frequency prior to competitions. They will also have practice competitions between each of the teams. The teams have access to a build zone that has open space for the competition field and office space for collaboration. The space is an in-kind donation from dynon, a private aerospace company. The season typically runs from september to april. The first competitions are back to a normal schedule. Qualifiers: december. Qualifiers: february. Washington state championship: march. World championship: april.
$25,762 spent$22,637 earned by the program26% of program spendingSupport of fist lego league expolorer team (flle) - first lego league explorer is an entry level program for students aged 6-10. We have two flle teams that are supported by a volunteer parent and our executive director. The team is also supported by the swerve robotics board. The students are taught basic engineering. The program also teaches them how to work as a team and to engage other students and adults while building legos and working on solving an engineering problem. The season ends with all the teams in the league presenting their projects to volunteer judges. 10 students served. Teams meet twice a week at the build zone. The season typically runs from may to august. Presentations: august.
$7,750 spent$205 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $99,295.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $111k to $132k (+19%).
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.
67% of SWERVE ROBOTICS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
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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
Sara Jones
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $30k.
4 of 6 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 SWERVE 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
SWERVE ROBOTICS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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 SWERVE ROBOTICS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 95% · 2022 50% · 2023 53% — 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
96% of SWERVE 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 $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140k 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.
Against its field
SWERVE ROBOTICS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SWERVE ROBOTICS 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SWERVE ROBOTICS INC?
- SWERVE ROBOTICS INC (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,493 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($92,264). 4 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 SWERVE ROBOTICS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $146,493 in grants to SWERVE ROBOTICS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SWERVE ROBOTICS INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $92,264 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SWERVE ROBOTICS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 6 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