One thing to keep in mind with questions like these and with our responses is that money is very important to the success of the team. Each penny counts for those with less. For those with more, maybe not so much but each has a boundary, a budget.
There are some teams that can and will feel comfortable sharing their information. There are many who won't.
We have teams that span the history of FIRST, teams in their middle years, teams that are rookies - all with different resources and budgets.
One way to address this would be to give percentages of the budget in the areas that can be discussed.
Let's not be quite so hasty to judge - indeed, there are some past threads that have discussed this or different aspects of this.
Jane
Edit:
I'm searching for some threads. I'll add them as I find them and if I think they can provide helpful info. They won't necessarily be specific to this thread but will discuss money/budgets - and they have some good info.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=58602
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=49186
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=50096
These are 3 that touch on areas you are asking about. If you do searches for : sponsor donations or sponsor support, things like that - it will lead you to threads. Also, in the threads you will see references to white papers as resources.
In the FIRST website, there is a section on corporate sponsors and their impact/how they can get involved.
http://www.usfirst.org/community/res...er.aspx?id=646
One of your questions has asked about different services our teams are provided from our sponsors. I thought this information was great for showing some clear examples of how the building of partnerships between the teams and their sponsors can develop.