Hollis Brookline Robotics Booster
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Statement of Program Service Accomplishments - Statement 3 The Mission of the Hollis Brookline Robotics Booster is to promote, guide and support all robotics K-12 programs within Hollis and Brookline. Our primary financial focus is on the high school robotics team FRC 1073 because they require the most support, but we engage with all teams in the Hollis Brookline communities. This year HBRB supported one FTC team 22760 at the middle school, one Community FTC team 24488 and a community FIRST Lego League team 62986 within the Hollis and Brookline communities. More information about FIRST can be found at http://www.firstinspires.org.
- Income
- $66,860
- Spending
- $105,428
- Reserves
- 5.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 87%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 21% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 58% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $24,885 spent. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Statement of Program Service Accomplishments - Line 28 - Support the Hollis Brookline High School (HBHS) FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 1073 (24 students) as they raise funds to purchase parts and supplies for designing and building robots to meet the annual FRC challenge. Using STEM skills, students design, prototype and manufacture parts to assemble their robots. These students successfully built and operated a robot that met all of the challenges in the game.
- $10,614 spent. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Statement of Program Service Accomplishments - Line 29 - Support one Hollis Brookline Middle School (HBMS) and 1 community based FIRST Technical Challenge (FTC) Team 22760 (13 students) and Team 24488 (9 students), respectively as they raise funds to purchase parts and supplies for designing and build a total of 3 robots to meet the annual FTC challenge. Using STEM skills, students design, prototype and manufacture parts to assemble their robots. These students successfully built and operated their robots that met all of the challenges in the game this year. We also supported one FIRST Lego League team 62986 by providing robot kits.
- $55,045 spent. Form 990-EZ, Part III, Statement of Program Service Accomplishments - Line 30 - Support the HBHS team and the HBMS FTC and community based teams as they raise funds to register for events and travel and participate in robot competitions. The FRC team registered for 3 regular season events and 4 off-season events, two of which required overnight accommodations. The FRC team also traveled to the World Championships in Houston. The HBMS FTC Team 22760 registered for 2 regular season events. The Community FTC Team 24488 registered for 2 regular season events and the NH State Tournament.
- Form 990-EZ, Part III, Statement of Program Service Accomplishments - Line 31 - We disbursed financial support to 1 existing college student and team alumni and 5 high school students attending college to study in robotics related fields. Students received $4500, $4000, $1500, $500, $500, and $500 in scholarship grants.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2018.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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