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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INSCITE ILLINOIS.

Totals

Total revenue
$961,174
Total expenses
$800,148
Contributions and grants received
$797,886
Grants paid
$527,448
Program service revenue
$153,355
Investment income
$6,233
Other revenue
$3,700
Total assets, end of year
$659,355
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,257
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$655,098
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$780,625
Management and general expenses
$18,123
Fundraising expenses
$1,400
Program service expenses (Part III)
$780,625

Program services were 97.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $797,886

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $153,355 · related or exempt $153,355 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,233 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $6,233

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $12,324

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $8,624

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,700 · related or exempt $3,700 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $110,000 · program services $110,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $417,448 · program services $417,448

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $37,915 · program services $37,915

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,959 · management and general $6,959

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,504 · management and general $3,504

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,700 · program services $4,300 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,400

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,219 · program services $2,844 · management and general $2,375

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,403 · program services $6,403

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,285 · management and general $5,285

  • 24a · Other expenses: Robot Simulator Program

    total $45,701 · program services $45,701 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Tournament Expenses - Rentals

    total $21,308 · program services $21,308 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Tournament Expenses - Awards

    total $22,216 · program services $22,216 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Tournament Expenses - Fees

    total $64,012 · program services $64,012 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $48,478 · program services $48,478 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $117,378 · end of year $241,954

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $44,789

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,871

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $334,506 · end of year $366,741

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,783 · end of year $3,382

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $875

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $306,235 · end of year $378,257

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $144,866 · end of year $276,841

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The primary mission is to enhance STEM based education. The most significant activities are the coordination of FIRST Robotics programs in the state of Illinois. The organization currently focuses on children 6 to18 years old through three different programs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The primary mission is to enhance STEM based education. The most significant activities are the coordination of FIRST Robotics programs in the state of Illinois. The organization currently focuses on children 6 to 18 years old through three different programs.

  • FIRST LEGO League has 2 subprograms - FIRST LEGO League Challenge and FIRST LEGO League Explore. FIRST LEGO League Challenge - Over 400 teams participated in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge program in Illinois this season. Approximately 3000 students participated in the program. Approximately 400 students participated in FIRST LEGO League Explore last year.

    Expenses $225,355 · Grants $115,782 · Revenue $100,505

  • FIRST Tech Challenge - Over 160 teams participated in Illinois during the past year. All events returned to in person tournaments. An online robot simulator software application was also developed. Approximately 1600 students participated in the program.

    Expenses $353,400 · Grants $213,298 · Revenue $48,350

  • FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST Robotics Competition activity in Illinois is run by FIRST (501c3 in New Hampshire). Inscite Illinois (DBA FIRST Illinois Robotics) assists FIRST in this program. The majority of the revenue within Inscite Illinois is related to local fund raising to cover running the program nationally including Illinois. Approximately 1200 students were involved in teams in Illinois.

    Expenses $201,870 · Grants $88,368

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Hubberts

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • James Naughton

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Gaines

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Bowen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barry Greenhouse

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Armstrong

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deepak Kaul

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Berlin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ravi Gundimeda

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433179349300833

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