For Inspiration And Recognition Of Science And Technology First
EIN 22-2990908 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 1,196 grants · $12.0m
Who it funds most
592 of its 1,291 grantees were funded in more than one year.
For Inspiration And Recognition Of Science And Technology First's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202513169349306166
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $73.0m | — | $88.9m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $77.0m | — | $82.3m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202513169349306166 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202433319349300818 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202333339349300523 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202223259349300212 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202113279349300601 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
For Inspiration And Recognition Of Science And Technology First made 2,418 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $43.3m as filed.
- Grants
- 2,418
- Total, as filed
- $43.3m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST In Michigan | 4 | $3.5m |
| FIRST IN TEXAS | 4 | $2.6m |
| Ingenuity New England Inc | 4 | $1.8m |
| FIRST Chesapeake | 2 | $1.5m |
| FIRST NORTH CAROLINA | 4 | $1.3m |
| MID ATLANTIC ROBOTICS | 3 | $1.1m |
| GEORGIA FIRST ROBOTICS INC | 4 | $1.1m |
| Washington FIRST Robotics | 5 | $1.1m |
| IngenuityNE Inc | 1 | $1.1m |
| INDIANA FIRST INC | 3 | $580.9k |
| FIRST ILLINOIS ROBOTICS | 5 | $399.5k |
| PLAYING AT LEARNING | 4 | $367.7k |
| COLORADO ROBOTICS EXCELLING AT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC | 3 | $362.8k |
| NYC FIRST INC | 4 | $362.4k |
| OREGON ROBOTICS TOURNAMENT & OUTREACH PROGRAM | 2 | $342.9k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 378 | $6.5m |
| 2021 | 468 | $8.3m |
| 2022 | 550 | $4.1m |
| 2023 | 542 | $11.6m |
| 2024 | 480 | $12.9m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-222990908. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified