Wisconsin First Robotics INC

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Pewaukee, WI501(c)(3)Youth DevelopmentEIN 86-3733823Revenue $848K in FY2025

On file with the IRSfirstinspireswi.orgN41w28660 Imperial Dr, 53072-3179 · Pewaukee, WITax-exempt since Dec 2021Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To spread the reach of the First program through Wisconsin to provide k-12 student opportunities to develop skills in stem, business, teamwork and real world problem solving.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 530 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $177K a year · 27% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 79% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $438K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$31K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$848K
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$802K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$618K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$848K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$40K
FY2022$393K
FY2024$760K
FY2025$848K
Expenses
$802K
FY2025▲ +22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$12K
FY2024$656K
FY2025$802K
Net assets
$618K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$39K
FY2022$420K
FY2024$571K
FY2025$618K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2021.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $726K Management & general 7% · $57K Fundraising 2% · $19K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$88,660Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Renee Becker-Blau’s $89K as President is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1993 $100K–1M youth development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Renee Becker-Blau$88,660$40,355

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides K-12 students with opportunities to develop STEM, business, and teamwork skills through real-world problem-solving.

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3 programs · $726K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Successfully coordinated and supported three first tech challenge kickoff events, two offseason events, 10 qualifying tournaments, and one first tech challenge wisconsin state championship, which advanced three teams to the first championship and five wisconsin teams to FTC premier events.

$726Kprogram expense
02

Successfully coordinated and supported four first robotics competition kickoff events and three first robotics competition regional events. These events were coordinated by 265 unique volunteers, which allowed over 1,396 students to be supported across 70 teams. These teams were supported by 750 adult mentors.

Pt IX · col B
03

Hosted four first tech challenge certified professional development training sessions at milwaukee school of engineering (2), western technical college (1), and uw-stout (1) with one certified first tech challenge professional development trainer.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 10 grants · $133K · 2022–2024
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (first)FY2024$33,000
Elmbrook School DistrictFY2024$17,000
Milwaukee Public SchoolsFY2024$14,730
Hamilton School DistrictFY2024$6,000
Elmbrook School DistrictFY2023$14,500
Milwaukee Public SchoolsFY2023$8,000
Milwaukee Public SchoolsFY2022$10,500
Elmbrook School DistrictFY2022$9,750
Hamilton High SchoolFY2022$9,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$848K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$763K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$63K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Money outPt IX
$802K
Ln 25
Programscol B$726K
Managementcol C$57K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$618K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$597K
Total assetsLn 16$649K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$763K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$63K
Investment incomeLn 3$18K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7$282
Total revenueLn 12$848K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$142K
SavingsLn 2$455K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$597K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K
Other assetsLn 15$25K
Total assetsLn 16$649K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
Net assetsLn 32$618K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6530
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$558K$597K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$23K
Total assetsLn 16$579K$649K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K$31K
Net assetsLn 32$571K$618K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$139K$139K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$95K$44K$34K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$3K$3K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$79$79
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$32K$28K$4K$500
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11K$11K
Office expensesLn 13$1K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$597
OccupancyLn 16$1K$1K
TravelLn 17$9K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$6K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$481K$480K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$802K$726K$57K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $848K$802K$47K$618K 990 PDF
FY2024 $760K$656K$104K$571K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $393K$12K$381K$420K 990 PDF
FY2021 $40K$39K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $848,272 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $707,686$762,541
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $39,268$63,245
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,073$17,790
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,853$4,696
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $759,880$848,272
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $84,600$138,920
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $94,282$102,244
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $477,353$560,451
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $656,235$801,615
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $103,645$46,657
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $848,272 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,696 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$762,541
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$762,541
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $63,245$63,245
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17,508$17,508
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $282$282
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $68,223 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $17,508$848,272
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $801,615 across 14 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $138,920$138,920
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,814 · Management $34,289 · Fundraising $17,144$95,247
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,219 · Management $2,519 · Fundraising $1,259$6,997
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $79$79
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,954$10,954
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $27,500 · Management $3,500 · Fundraising $500$31,500
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,313$11,313
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,401$1,401
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,792 · Management $597$2,389
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,475$1,475
IX-17 TravelPrograms $9,062$9,062
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,110$3,110
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,884 · Management $1,961$7,845
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $479,922 · Management $1,401$481,323
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $726,011 · Management $56,701 · Fundraising $18,903$801,615
Part X · Balance sheet $649,371 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $173,639$142,027
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $384,723$454,731
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $300$2,491
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,331$2,331
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,278$22,950
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$24,841
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $578,771$649,371
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,340$8,132
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$23,151
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,340$31,283
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $520,931$518,974
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,500$99,114
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $571,431$618,088
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $578,771$649,371
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $618,088 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$848,272
XI-2 Total expenses$801,615
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$46,657
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$571,431
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$618,088

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