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THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC

THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,446 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($134,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$196k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$279k
Net assets
$250k
7/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What The E3 Robotics Center Inc does

Mission

Provide youth robotics and stem-based programming to students k-12 in which we focus on exploration, education, and engagement of students and the surrounding community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Discover first lego league k-1st gradeexplore first lego league 2nd-3rd

    $0 spent$28,545 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  2. 4-6th grade first lego league challange

    $8,061 spent$39,662 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  3. 4-6th grade vex iq

    $1,612 spent$1,502 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  4. 7-8th middle school vex team9-12 frc teamesports team

    $70,937 spent$5,409 earned by the program
    88% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $80,610.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($68k) Expenses 100 ($50k) Net assets 100 ($18k)2020 Revenue 106 ($72k) Expenses 132 ($66k) Net assets 133 ($24k)2021 Revenue 139 ($95k) Expenses 195 ($98k) Net assets 1476 ($264k)2022 Revenue 149 ($102k) Expenses 268 ($135k) Net assets 1290 ($231k)2023 Revenue 313 ($214k) Expenses 407 ($205k) Net assets 1337 ($239k)2024 Revenue 189 ($129k) Expenses 217 ($109k) Net assets 1448 ($259k)2025 Revenue 287 ($196k) Expenses 385 ($194k) Net assets 1397 ($250k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (287)Expenses (385)Net assets (1397)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $24k to $264k (+1012%).

$18k
$24k
$264k
$231k
$239k
$260k
$254k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

68% of THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,418 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’19
$6k
’20
−$3k
’21
−$33k
’22
$8k
’23
$20k
’24
$2k
’25
3.9
months of
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

Brian Boehler

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20232025
Listed69
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $27k → $39k.

3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER 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

THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

55% 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 THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC.

48%
largest funder
67%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 60% · 2021 65% · 2022 35% · 2023 38% — 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.

How long its funders stay

57% of THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

52% of THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER 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 $134k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from Indiana funders.

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IN
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $146k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC has grown faster than half of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve3.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

42% of spending goes to programs.

Program 42%Management 48%Fundraising 10%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

77%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC?
THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,446 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($134,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $279,446 in grants to THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $134,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 12 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing