[KenWittlief]

I have to agree with Mike (post above)

If FIRST wanted established teams to contribute money to new teams, they would ask us to do so, and there would be little concern over sending money to them

since many corporate sponsors already send millions of dollars a year directly to FIRST to fund their organizational needs.

Maybe you would be better off making iF a part of FIRST itself. If the services you are providing a genuinely beneficial to the teams (im not imply they arnt) then Im sure FIRST would stand behind you.

or maybe you can create a relationship like Innovation FIRST has with FIRST?

BTW, I understood from your 1st post about the money coming from parents and teachers - those people already are a part of their own FIRST team - and we tap them out as much as they can stand to support their own teams - thats what I mean, that the money your are asking for is already coming from FIRST teams, not from outside.