[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by nfhammes

That information isn't right.

There is a Non-Profit registered, named FIRST California Robotics, that was announced by one of the RDs at the San Jose kickoff in 2016. To my knowledge, it was formed in late 2015. I know they filed for 501c3, and I believe they have received it. The CIN is C3836142. I don't know anything concrete about their board.

But FIRST California Robotics doesn't have any explicit authority, in terms of running regional events. This is still done by local planning committees, and the appropriate Regional Directors, employed by FIRST. You will notice that donations on the cafirst.org website go to FIRST California Robotics. Also, anyone who read the program books from SVR carefully may have noticed that FIRST California Robotics was a "Friends of the Future" level sponsor of the event.

Originally Posted by Michael Blake

Mike... here you go on info for that FIRST California Robotics nonprofit...

https://lendindex.com/companies/firs...us_ca/C3836142

There isn't a 990 IRS filing yet with Guidestar.org since the nonprofit was just activated Fall 2015.

--Michael

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Thanks to both of you for the information!

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-Mike