I will say that programs (not just funding FIRST) that fund STEAM programs in general are seeming to become relatively popular. In Iowa we have the
Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council with their STEM Scale-Up grant that has started hundreds of FLL and FTC teams since 2013 and has now moved onto starting new FRC teams by providing them $8,000 ($6,000 registration fee + $2,000 coach stipend)!!! It's exciting to see governors both democrat and republican put money up (in Iowa it's been ~$5.2 million/year) for the importance of STEM education programs for both in school and after school programs!