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Originally Posted by Andy L
A few questions
1. How much money does your team usually spend on a robot??
this includes tools you break or need new ones of, replacement parts, metal, practice robots, field, bolts, rivets, etc. etc.
NOT including shipping, competition entry fees, flying to comps
2. How much money does your team get from sponsors??
3. How much money do your team members donate to your team??
4. How many different services do you get from sponsors??
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I do not think that your questions are out of line at all. We were a rookie team last year asking the same questions. Many teams share this info on their web pages. That's a good place to start your search.
FIRST also has some good info for your reading pleaure.
Question 1:
About $1500 for last year and this year.
Question 2: Being new last year, we were bear bones. We had support from one major business sponsor
(Thanks GE) and
NASA. If it wasn't for the school district, the high school and some parents, we never would have made it to nationals. They bailed us out when we needed financial support. This year we took a different approach. We developed a budget and included all the things we wanted to do. This included 2 regionals and nationals. It's easy to find out that these costs are $15,000 without travel expenses. After including travel, tooling, clothing, food and misc. costs, we came up with the challenge of wanting to raise $25,000.
We now have three major (platinum)sponsors that help out the most ($5,000+) and 4 Gold sponsors that help out between $1,000 and $5,000. We also have about 4 silver sponsors that have donated below $1,000.
Question 3: They help subsidize costs for team clothing. And for the first time, we will charge $50 per person for anyone attending a regional outside of our area.
Question 4: It varies. Most like to donate money and they ask for updates. Others have donated material, facility use, discounts, and most importantly
ENGINEERING MENTORS.