Utah · Nonprofit
UTAH FIRST
UTAH FIRST (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,961 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($52,503). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $86k
- Net assets
- $131k
What Utah First does
Mission
Utah First Robotics Competition promoting STEM education in Elementary through High School Robotic Classroom Activity, afterschool programs, Summer Programs and Robotic Competitions. The Competitions include support of build season which is a Yearlong effort. The winning teams earn the opportunity to attend the National Competitions. Utah First Provides a link for Industries to participate in the Public and Private Education systems in the Mentoring and financial support aspects.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Utah First Robotics promotes STEM Education in the High School Engineering Classroom and after school activities. Inclusive of Elementary through High School Grades for the entire season. The Mentoring efforts include year round support of the build season and summer events. Technical and Financial support of Teams participating in various National events with Multiple programs. 2024 saw support for 20 plus High Schools and after School Programs with support for Utah STEM Fest, Kick off for Utah STEM Week, Summer Events and training of New Teacher and Mentors. Specific support came in the development of a New Innovation Center and expanded Competitions.
$116,859 spentof which $116,859 as grants94% of program spendingUtah First was inducted in the service of Design and Industry Consultant to local School District Innovation Center to evaluate equipment and design curriculum for today Industry needs.
$7,830 spentof which $7,830 as grants6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $124,689.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $77k to $142k (+84%).
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.
100% of UTAH FIRST’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $86 → $36k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 UTAH FIRST’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
UTAH FIRST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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 UTAH FIRST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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
UTAH FIRST draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k 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
UTAH FIRST has grown faster than half of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UTAH FIRST
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 Utah
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 UTAH FIRST: 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 UTAH FIRST?
- UTAH FIRST (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,961 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($52,503). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UTAH FIRST have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $85,961 in grants to UTAH FIRST, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UTAH FIRST?
- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $52,503 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UTAH FIRST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 2020–2025), 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