- Revenue 2023
- $389,055
- Expenses 2023
- $107,940
Program services were 99.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B90
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- PO BOX 202
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The mission of East Central Indiana Robotics (ECIR), PhyXTGears Team 1720, is to cultivate excitement, understanding and skill in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) through the FIRST Robotics.
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FIRST Robotics is a high-school level robotics program. This year 27 stucents compted in three events in Washington, Columbus, and Lafayette, IN.
Expenses $106,326 · Grants $79,105 · Revenue $117,377
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We have three separate FIRST LEGO League Teams, Planetary Gears, Worm Gears, and Sprockets. 20 children participated in this program for 6th through 8th graders. We attended competitions in Kokomo, Fort Wayne, and Westfield, IN.
Expenses $1,000 · Revenue $1,000
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We received a grant for the purchase and renovation of the property at 625 Massachusets Ave.
Grants $250,000 · Revenue $250,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Justin Charette
Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Frank Braswell
Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Bruce Howard
Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Todd Lail
Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Mike Koch
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
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Shawn VanNess
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Lisa Ritchie
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Julia Schlenker
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $389,055
- Expenses
- $107,940
- Contributions
- $375,824
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $68,945
- Expenses
- $74,971
- Contributions
- $58,516
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021
- Tax period
- 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022
- Principal officer
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Julia Schlenker
- Mailing address
- PO Box 202Matthews IN 46957
- Website
- www.phyxtgears.org
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2023 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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2022 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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2024 Program Support
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
- Exemption revoked 15 November 2013, reinstated 15 November 2013.
Publication 78
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.