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2019 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT Celebrating 30 years of FIRST ® inspiration

30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION TIMELINE For 30 years, FIRST ® has helped young people – and our mentors, educators, volunteers, sponsors, and alumni – š 1989 go beyond anything they could have imagined. Prolific inventor Dean Kamen founds Powered by an incredible, mission-driven global robotics FIRST® to inspire young people to be community and evidence-based programs designed to science and technology leaders and ignite curiosity and encourage exploration, FIRST prepares innovators. His hope is to transform culture young people for the future. by creating a world where scientists and technologists are held in the same esteem Just as previous generations led a movement that put as pop-culture celebrities. the first human on the moon 50 years ago, the FIRST Tim Berners-Lee, an English engineer and computer movement is leading the world into its next chapter and building a better future for us all – here on Earth and to k scientist, invents the World Wide Web while working Mars and beyond. at CERN. The web was conceived to meet the demand for automated information sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world. 1992 ] 28 teams of high school students compete in the inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition in a school gymnasium in New Hampshire. Sitting President George H. W. Bush attends the event. 1994 The 31-mile Channel Tunnel opens, connecting England to France via a railway across the English Channel. The Chunnel includes the world’s longest underwater tunnel. 1995 Š The inaugural FIRST Championship is held at Epcot® at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, where it remains through 2002. 2 2019 Annual Impact Report

FOUNDER’S LETTER I founded FIRST in 1989 to inspire and recognize science TABLE OF CONTENTS and technology in young people. In fact, we were one of the 2 24 first organizations to do it – setting in motion a movement to transform our culture to one where science, technology, FIRST ® & Beyond FIRST ® Robotics Competition 30-year Timeline & engineering, and invention are celebrated, and young Season Highlights Start 26 people dream of becoming leaders in these fields as much as they do in athletics and 3 FIRST, Inspire Gala entertainment. Founder’s Letter 28 We began with 28 robotics teams competing in a U.S. high school gym, and we’ve come 5 FIRST Championship a long way since then. In 2019, we celebrated our 30th anniversary. From just one season event in our inaugural competition year, this year we held 3,600 official FIRST events for Co-Chairs’ Letter 30 four FIRST programs in over 100 countries – that’s more than half the world’s countries – and we capped it off with two international FIRST Championship events attended by more 6 In Memory of than 75,000 people. Kendrick Castillo Impact That Goes Dean Kamen By fueling curiosity and fostering community, FIRST builds tomorrow’s challenge facers, Beyond High School 32 Founder, FIRST risk takers, and change makers – what every young person can become, if supported. As our past 30 years have shown, leaders in education, industry, and community must 8 Sponsors work together to develop the future workforce and ensure it’s one where everyone can succeed. Progression of Programs 33 As our world grows more complex, having a meaningful understanding of science and 10 Contributors technology is more important than ever for next generations to effect change. Among other incredible findings from our unrivaled longitudinal impact study (see page 6), FIRST Beyond Barriers & 41 participants are twice as likely as their peers to show gains in STEM knowledge. Even Stereotypes for Girls more critical are the inspiration and community that drive their desire to learn and move and Women in STEM FIRST, Inspire Gala Sponsors us forward. With 70% of FIRST alumni declaring engineering and computer science majors by their second year of college, we’re quickly getting there. 13 42 KIDS LEARN BETTER AND GROW STRONGER WHEN THEY’RE SURROUNDED Beyond the Robots FIRST Championship AND SUPPORTED BY PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY COME Sponsors FROM AND WHO CAN SEE THEIR POTENTIAL – PEOPLE LIKE YOU. AS 16 AN ORGANIZATION, FIRST LEARNS AND GROWS STRONGER WHEN IT IS 43 SUPPORTED BY YOU, TOO. FIRST Alumni FIRST Scholarship Program With your support, we’re focused on expanding participation; improving equity, diversity, 17 and inclusion in our programs; scaling our programs efficiently; ensuring sustainability; 44 and achieving broad recognition. These strategic objectives have driven our actions FIRST LAUNCH: these past few years, and they will continue to be our guiding pillars going forward. A Season in Numbers Program Delivery Partners 18 46 FIRST ® LEGO® League Jr. Volunteers of the Year It’s thanks to the full FIRST community that FIRST participants have the confidence and 20 50 strength to move past their toughest challenges and forge their way into the future. FIRST is uniquely positioned to reach deep into neighborhoods around the world to help young FIRST ® LEGO® League Financials people overcome obstacles standing in their way and give them a place to belong – and yet there are still so many neighborhoods without access to FIRST. We must continue 22 51 expanding our reach until youth robotics is as ubiquitous and accessible as youth soccer. FIRST ® Tech Challenge Leadership As we move into the next decade of FIRST, let’s build a better future – together. This Annual Impact Report covers the period of July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. 2019 Annual Impact Report 3

30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION 1996 š: Š The inaugural FIRST Scholarship is awarded by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). 1997 {} FIRST Founding Sponsors (see page 33) pledge support to kickstart growth of FIRST. ° The domain name for the web search engine Google is registered. 1998 ! FIRST and the LEGO Group partner to pilot a junior robotics program, FIRST LEGO League. 200 teams of students ages 9-14 participated. 2001 € Apple releases the iTunes media player and first-generation iPod portable media player. 4 2019 Annual Impact Report

CO-CHAIRS’ LETTER This season of FIRST, it was ALL SYSTEMS GO. For the first time, FIRST programs were united under a common theme, FIRST LAUNCH, helping to further strengthen the connections between students and volunteers across our programs. This season brought together more than 570,000 students with 175,000 volunteers and thousands more sponsors, donors, alumni, and other supporters who help fuel the mission of FIRST in 110+ countries. We dedicated our FIRST LAUNCH season to space exploration to mark both 50 years of moon exploration and 30 years of FIRST inspiration. On that Sunday night in July 1969, when the first humans touched down on the moon, the world was united in celebration of human ingenuity and inspired by the possibility that by working together, we can quite literally reach the stars. Kelly Ortberg We hope this is the feeling FIRST has brought you, whether you’ve been involved in our DR. WOODIE FLOWERS (1943-2019) Co-Chair, Board of Directors community for 30 years or one. Just like all those who were involved in the Apollo 11 mission, the FIRST community is working together to solve problems and build a bright Dr. Woodie Flowers was Co-Chair of the FIRST future. Thank you for being part of it. Executive Advisory Board, Distinguished Advisor to FIRST, and Pappalardo Professor We’re especially grateful for the FIRST alumni who continue to be a part of our Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the community. It’s amazing to see what our alumni can accomplish thanks to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Soon after lasting impact of FIRST. Three decades of FIRST alumni are changing the world as Dean Kamen founded FIRST, he and Woodie entrepreneurs, community leaders, and key contributors to organizations like NASA, a collaborated on the development of the FIRST FIRST Strategic Partner. While addressing the U.S. Congress, NASA Administrator Jim Robotics Competition. Woodie was also critical Bridenstine made an out-of-this-world case for supporting FIRST participants and alumni: to establishing the ethos of FIRST by coining the “If you look at the people who are building our robots that are currently on Mars, they term Gracious Professionalism® and nurturing its were participants in FIRST robotics when they were coming up through school. That’s an meaning in his every action. amazing program that has paid dividends for NASA and, in fact, for the country.” Throughout the 30 years of FIRST, Woodie has Bob Tuttle Through our partnership with LEGO® Education, we’re learning we need even earlier on- been an incredible supporter of our mission, a Co-Chair, Board of Directors ramps for engaging children in STEM and preparing them for the future. In consultation friend to everyone he met, and an inspiration to our students, alumni, mentors, volunteers, with early childhood education experts, we developed the FIRST LEGO League Jr. supporters, and staff. Recipients of our Woodie Discovery Edition for teams of children ages 4-6 and will continue our pilot into next year. Flowers Award (see page 25), past and future, will carry on his legacy as mentors who inspire young Shortly before publication of this report, Dr. Woodie Flowers, an innovator in design and people through the art and science of engineering engineering education and an incredible advisor and supporter of our mission (see and design. right), passed away. As thousands of heartfelt tributes to Woodie have poured in from around the world, it is clear his legacy will live on indefinitely through the gracious nature Throughout the 2020 season and beyond, the of our community and our ongoing commitment to empowering educators and building FIRST community will celebrate Woodie’s life global citizens. and legacy. Woodie’s beloved wife, Margaret, has and will continue to be a key part of FIRST. After nearly seven years of outstanding leadership, Don Bossi is retiring from his She has graciously asked that those wishing to position as President of FIRST. During his tenure, FIRST teams have more than doubled honor Woodie do so through the Woodie Flowers in number and high-priority strategic initiatives were significantly advanced. We thank Memorial Fund: Don for all that he has done for FIRST and know he will remain a great supporter. firstinspires.org/woodie-flowers-memorial As an organization, our efforts will continue to focus on ensuring every kid has access to the STEM inspiration and knowledge our programs provide. Every day, the world 2019 Annual Impact Report 5 changes a little more, and our problems grow a little more complex. That’s why it’s on us to support the young people who will join us in solving them. Using the tools we give them now, they’ll change our future.

Š 30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION 2004 FIRST LEGO League Jr. is launched, bringing the FIRST experience to children as young as age 6. ¬ Facebook is launched. 42005 FIRST Tech Challenge is introduced as a pilot 1 IMPACT THAT GOES program for middle and high school students. BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL ± The first video is uploaded to the online FIRST PREPARES STUDENTS FOR A STEM FUTURE. video hosting service, YouTube. Our programs use strategies known to increase STEM interest among students in K-12. These include hands-on 2007 š learning, working as a team on real life-life problems, exposure to careers and adult mentors, emphasis on FIRST Core Values (see page 13), and a culminating celebration where students can showcase what they 8 President George W. Bush honors created and learned. FIRST teams at the White House. These strategies increase students’ awareness of STEM, which leads to increased interest and engagement and later influences their education and career choices. We are partnering with Brandeis University to conduct a multi-year longitudinal study measuring STEM-related impacts. Findings at 60 months from the FIRST Longitudinal Study (April 2019) provide evidence that after high school, student interest in STEM is sustained and results in increased actions, including taking courses in computer science and engineering and declaring STEM-related majors. 6 2019 Annual Impact Report }

FIRST A LUMNI By sophomore year of college, FIRST alumni are more likely to be majoring in STEM fields “It’s been a few years since than comparison group peers.* I participated in FIRST and I still find instances  DECLARE A MAJOR DECLARE A MAJOR IN ENGINEERING where I have more IN STEM OR COMPUTER SCIENCE experience with problem solving and working with FIRST alumni 89% FIRST alumni 70% a group than many of my peers … I can still Comparison group 59% 25%Comparison credit FIRST as my catalyst for pursuing a career in group engineering, but also as my first contact with WOMEN IN FIRST Young women in FIRST have significant gains in all STEM areas including STEM interest, problem solving, building, career interest, activity, knowledge, and identity compared to their non-participating peers. and designing.” DECLARE A MAJOR IN ENGINEERING OR TAKE COURSEWORK IN ENGINEERING OR – FIRST female alum COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE FIRST female alumni are more likely to declare Compared to their peers, FIRST female alumni 2019 Annual Impact Report 7 majors in engineering and computer science are more likely to take coursework in engineering than their peers. and computer science. FIRST female alumni 59% 3.7x Engineering Comparison 5.3 x Computer science 12%group BENEFIT S OF FIRST Positive impacts are evident for all FIRST students regardless of race, gender, income, or community type.  FIRST students are three times more likely to show an increase in STEM interest than comparison group students. FIRST STUDENTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY TO SHOW GAINS IN STEM OUTCOMES THAN COMPARISON STUDENTS 3.0x Interest 2.6x Activity 2.5x Career interest 2.0x Knowledge 1.9x Identity View more information about the study at www.firstinspires.org/impact. *Comparison group includes students who did not participate in FIRST programs but were enrolled in science and technology classes at the same schools. SOURCE: FIRST Longitudinal Study, 2019, Center for Youth and Communities, Brandeis University; All differences statistically significant, p ≤ .05

30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION 2008 PROGRESSION OF PROGRAMS _ FIRST creates Strategic Partner designation ` for top-tier FIRST sponsors that support FIRST combines the rigor of FIRST at the highest level (see page 32). STEM learning with the fun and excitement of traditional 2010 sports and the inspiration that comes from community President Barack Obama honors FIRST teams through a progression of FOR AGES  6-10 at first-ever White House Science Fair. programs that have a proven impact on learning, interest, It’s never too early to discover STEM t and skill-building inside and outside of the classroom. THE CHALLENGE: FIRST LEGO League Teams of children explore scientific concepts introduces the Global FIRST ALUMNI ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR through a real-world theme. Kids then work Innovation Award MORE THAN $80 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS to honor students’ FROM COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND together to build a model and, with LEGO® solutions to real-world TECHNICAL PROGRAMS THROUGH THE FIRST Education WeDo 2.0, code it to make it move. problems during the SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (SEE PAGE 43). biomedical engineering- THE JOURNEY: themed season. 8 2019 Annual Impact Report Each team documents its work in an Engineering Notebook and creates a Show Me ‘ poster to chronicle its research journey. In a season-culminating Expo, teams celebrate 2011 what they learned and created together. M In a global first for artificial intelligence, THE OUTCOME: IBM’s Watson supercomputer defeats two Through their own research, critical humans on the “Jeopardy!” quiz show. thinking, and imagination, young children develop an early interest in STEM, learn to work together as a team to achieve a common goal, and have a ton of fun.

FOR AGES  9-16* FOR AGES  12-18 FOR AGES  14-18 Young innovators using skills and It’s way more than building robots An exciting sport built around the world of STEM imagination to solve problems as a team THE CHALLENGE: THE CHALLENGE: THE CHALLENGE: Teams of students design, build, code, and Under strict rules, with limited time and resources, Teams collaborate to design, build, code, and operate Android smartphone-controlled robots high school teams use sophisticated technology to compete head-to-head in an alliance format. test LEGO® Education MINDSTORMS® EV3 to build and program industrial-size robots for a robots for autonomous missions on a themed, Students are encouraged to create team challenging field game. Each team develops a brands and reach out to their communities. brand, raises funds to meet its goals, and works table-top playing field. Each team works together to solve a real-world problem. THE JOURNEY: to promote STEM in the local community. Teams compete at local and regional events, THE JOURNEY: building up to the FIRST Championship. They THE JOURNEY: Each season culminates in a series of earn awards based on their teamwork, creativity, At district and regional events, cheering crowds regional tournaments and championships, innovation, and the engineering design process. root for qualifying teams as students compete where teams compete with their robots and share what they’ve learned and invented. THE OUTCOME: with their robots for prestigious awards and a While developing their STEM skills and mastering coveted spot at the FIRST Championship. THE OUTCOME: engineering principles, students learn the value Using STEM concepts, students overcome the THE OUTCOME: of persistence, innovation, and teamwork. As students learn real-world engineering concepts, same challenges that face scientists today. They develop critical-thinking and presentation they build their confidence and workforce skills, and connect with professional team mentors skills, build self-confidence in STEM, and and sponsors who can help them succeed. have fun while working as part of a team. 2019 Annual Impact Report 9 *Age varies by country

30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION ^ 2012 FIRST LEGO League becomes “One Million Strong” and celebrates more than 1M STEM-learning experiences provided to children around the world. æ NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover, a giant mobile science laboratory, lands on Mars. m 2013 200+ Fortune 500 Ô companies support FIRST. ¼ The Dr. Bart Kamen Memorial FIRST Scholarship Fund is established, honoring Dean Kamen’s late brother, a pediatric oncologist. ` BEYOND BARRIERS & STEREOTYPES FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN IN STEM / Women account for one-half of the college-educated workforce in the United States, but less than one-third of the science and engineering workforce*. FIRST robots cut the opening ribbon and lead 10 2019 Annual Impact Report *Source: National Science Foundation, Science & Engineering Indicators 2018 the 87th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Girls and women play a critical role in the TEEN SISTERS CREATE SPACE FOR GIRLS ELEVATING VOICES OF GIRLS IN FIRST advancement of STEM – but a significant gender TO CODE gap remains within STEM careers. At FIRST, we FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1902 “Exploding are actively developing ways to address the overall To close the gender gap in STEM, girls in FIRST should Bacon” from Orlando, Florida, started #FIRSTLIKEAGIRL issues and barriers, particularly in managing and have equitable opportunities to fill all roles on their teams, as a local project targeting FIRST LEGO League students allocating resources, programs, and educational including technical roles like coding. That’s what inspired to combat a drop in female STEM participation during opportunities fairly to all genders. We are committed sisters Parker and Greta Mayer to start the “Nerdy Girls” middle school. IT AIMED TO HELP GIRLS FIND to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable project. Parker and Greta give robot-building tutorials ROLE MODELS THEY IDENTIFY WITH AND ARE community for all participants. and mentor two FIRST Tech Challenge teams from their INSPIRED BY AND EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME barn in rural Ellensburg, Washington. EACH GIRL GETS ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST COMMUNITY AND WH AT FIRST IS DOING: A CHANCE TO BUILD AND CODE ROBOTS – AND FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS IN STEM. #FIRSTLikeAGirl EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF A ROBOT RUNNING exploded to a global social media campaign within the ■■ Launched online resources for elevating girls and young HER CODE. “WE WANTED AS MANY GIRLS AS FIRST community, engaging 2,200 FIRST teams from women in STEM POSSIBLE TO HAVE THAT FEELING,” said Parker. 70 countries. “Exploding Bacon” won the 2019 Chairman’s “Our ultimate mission is to target teams in rural areas to Award for their efforts. ■■ Developed Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) make trying to start robotics teams a little bit easier.” training modules for mentors and youth participants The hands-on experience and supportive community they ■■ Facilitated grants to lower barriers to entry for are providing is creating a pipeline for an exciting future for underserved communities the “Nerdy Girls” and their families. “It’s made me hopeful for my kids’ futures in a way I haven’t been able to be for a ■■ Collaborated with FIRST community-led initiatives very long time,” said Nikki Pollock, a team parent. “I really such as #FIRSTLikeAGirl and LGBTQ+ of FIRST and can see that she’s got a bright future, and I know how to nonprofits such as Society of Women Engineers, Girl get her there.” Scouts, and Girls Inc. to raise awareness and access, including through women-in-STEM-focused panel sessions and representation on the FIRST Board of Directors and ED&I Youth Advisory Committee PROGRESS: ■■ Over the past several years, young women’s participation in FIRST in the United States has risen steadily from 25% to 32%. ■■ Of the 29,800+ young people reached through FIRST ED&I strategic initiatives in 2019, 48% are girls and 90% are economically disadvantaged. ■■ Girls who join FIRST see amazing impacts. While all FIRST participants are significantly more likely to show gains in STEM than their classmates, girls in FIRST indicate even greater gains in STEM than boys in FIRST or their peers, according to the FIRST Longitudinal Study (see page 6). 2019 Annual Impact Report 11

30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION 2014 »7 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MOTHERS 9 Dean Kamen’s “Luke Arm”, an advanced robotic arm prosthesis, receives approval FIRST Robotics Competition Team 6664 “LadyBots” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. is changing lives for young women from the Sonia Sotomayor Early College High School in Pharr, Texas, a ª2015 high school that supports expectant and teenage mothers in completing their education. Students join the FIRST FIRST and several U.S. team to build skills that will help them succeed in their states take steps to careers and gain support and encouragement from each recognize robotics as an other and other FIRST teams. “JUST BECAUSE WE official extracurricular ARE MOMS, WE ARE NOT LIMITED IN WHAT WE sports activity. CAN DO, AND WE ALSO BUILD EACH OTHER UP BECAUSE WE KNOW EACH OTHER’S HARDSHIPS”, vw > said FIRST alum Salma Sayas. ? The inaugural FIRST, Inspire Gala is held in New FIRST STEM EQUITY GRANTS REACH York City honoring Michael Bloomberg, will.i.am, YOUNG WOMEN and FIRST alum Diana Lee Guzman for advancing STEM education in underserved communities. When The Young Women’s Leadership School (TYWLS) of Astoria launched a FIRST Tech Challenge team, student The presence of water leader Tania N. said the team ignited a lot of interest is discovered on Mars. for robotics at the school, with many girls approaching Tania to teach them how to build. “I LOVE SEEING THE SPARK IN THEIR EYES. THEIR LIVES WILL CHANGE, JUST LIKE MINE DID. WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE WOMEN IN STEM,” said Tania. The team’s impact inspired them to apply for a 2018-2019 FIRST STEM Equity Community Innovation Grant. The funding enabled them to bring FIRST programs to three TYWLS locations in underserved communities in New York City, which school leadership says has been critical in fostering students’ creativity, engagement in STEM, and teamwork skills. “TYWLS aims to develop future female leaders, and the competitive teamwork and entrepreneurship skills developed through FIRST clearly support this goal,” said Michell Tollinchi-Michel, Managing Director of TYWLS at Student Leadership Network. To learn more about FIRST Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives, visit firstinspires.org/diversity. f 12 2019 Annual Impact Report

BEYOND THE ROBOTS The FIRST Core Values encourage teams from all programs to become global citizens and create meaningful change within their communities and around the world. These stories are just a sample of the thousands of teams whose involvement in FIRST goes beyond robots. FIRST CORE VALUES We express the FIRST philosophies of Gracious Professionalism ® and Coopertition® through our Core Values: DISCOVERY We explore new skills and ideas. INNOVATION We use creativity and persistence to solve problems. IMPACT We apply what we learn to improve our world. INCLUSION We respect each other and embrace our differences. TEAMWORK We are stronger when we work together. FUN We enjoy and celebrate what we do! 2019 Annual Impact Report 13

30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION YEAR IN REVIEW BEYOND THE ROBOTS CONTINUED ~ v2018 Presented By Presented By FIRST announces a landmark 2019 season theme celebrating space innovation and the organization’s 30th anniversary – the first-ever unified cross-program season, FIRST LAUNCH. G The FIRST Scholarship Program ~› expands to make available $80 million in college scholarships to FIRST alumni. Twelve underserved and FIRST TEAMS BUILD FOR KIDS WITH MOBILITY NEEDS underrepresented communities receive STEM Equity Community In April 2019, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2987 world can connect with local FIRST teams, download how- Innovation grants from FIRST to start FIRST teams and support “Rogue Robotics” from Farmington, Minnesota, received to manuals, and share their success stories. Teams come inclusion strategies, reaching 3,820 youth on 615 teams. national attention from NBC Nightly News, CBS News, together for community build sessions where teams work The New York Times, and other media when they built together to build multiple cars at once. ¼ a customized power wheelchair for a 2-year-old boy The modified cars are a less-expensive alternative with limited mobility. The team gained as much as they to power wheelchairs; a customized ride-on toy car gave with the project: Team member Nicole Cash said, costs about $300 compared to several thousand for a “I THINK WE WON HERE MORE THAN WE DO IN motorized wheelchair. THE CARS RESTORE PHYSICAL OUR COMPETITIONS,” while team member Alex Treakle INDEPENDENCE, ALLOWING KIDS TO ACHIEVE said, “THE JOY ON HIS FACE REALLY MADE MY ENTIRE YEAR.” CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AND PLAY WITH THEIR PEERS AND FAMILIES. Retrofitting Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, and “Rogue Robotics” is one of many FIRST teams creating a car allows teams to use the design, mechanical, and FIRST alum Melissa Smith are honored at the fourth customized wheelchairs by modifying ride-on toy cars programming skills developed in FIRST to create a annual FIRST, Inspire Gala in New York City. for kids with mobility needs. FIRST Robotics Competition meaningful, life-changing impact on the recipient and Team 1939 “KUHNIGITS” from Kansas City, Missouri, their families. Donna Strickland, an associate created an online forum where families in need across the professor in physics at the University of & Waterloo, wins the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics. Strickland is only the third woman in history to receive this honor. R 14 2019 Annual Impact Report

PHOTO Leah Wilingham, Concord Monitor TORNADOES PROVIDE NECESSITIES TO THEIR PEERS BUCKETS BRING CLEAN WATER TO 7,000 PEOPLE FIRST SPARKS PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE FIRST Robotics Competition Team 7314 “Tornadoes” from During the 2017-2018 FIRST LEGO League HYDRO Some FIRST alumni pursue public service after graduating Franklin, New Hampshire, lives in a school district where DYNAMICSSM season, Team 7304 “Buckets” from high school. FIRST alum Amanda Pham said the strong more than 60% of the students receive free or reduced Ravena, New York, established a nonprofit called We role models she met through FIRST sparked her passion lunch and approximately 8% are homeless. THE TEAM Give Water. THEIR PROJECT BROUGHT TOGETHER for volunteerism: “I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THE WORKED TO EXPAND THE SIZE AND REACH OF SOLAR-POWERED DEEP-WATER WELLS, MOBILE VOLUNTEERS I ENCOUNTERED. I REMEMBER THE SCHOOL’S MAKESHIFT THRIFT SHOP, “KARMA PAYMENT SYSTEMS, AND CROWDFUNDING TO THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE REFEREE WHO DANCED KORNER,” BY CONTACTING LOCAL BUSINESSES BRING CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER TO COMMUNITIES AT OUR TABLE, THE JUDGE WHO TOLD US SHE AND COMMUNITY CENTERS TO SECURE SUPPLIES IN NEED. The team continued its work on We Give STOOD ON A CHAIR TO VOUCH FOR MY TEAM, AND AND FUNDING. Water after the season and has raised more than its THE PASSIONATE PARTNERS AND DIRECTORS WHO $20,000 goal to fund clean water projects. NEVER CEASED TO LOVE THEIR WORK.” Through their outreach, the team was able to add a food pantry to Karma Korner, as well as purchase washers We Give Water implemented its first clean water After graduating high school, Amanda applied to be and dryers so students can clean their clothes at school. system in June of 2019, bringing clean water to more a national service member with AmeriCorps VISTA Team members spend several hours a week stocking the than 7,000 people in the village of Wellingara Ba, (Volunteers In Service To America), a U.S. program shelves and taking inventory to provide clothing, shoes, Gambia. “FIRST LEGO LEAGUE HAS BEEN A VERY that works to alleviate poverty by finding, training, and toiletries, school supplies, and food anonymously and POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND supporting full-time volunteers to build capacity for at no cost to their peers. “WE’RE NOT JUST ABOUT NOW WE’RE SEEING GLOBAL IMPACT AS WELL. nonprofit organizations. She was even able to serve with BUILDING ROBOTS; WE’RE ABOUT MAKING THE THE HYDRO DYNAMICS THEME INSPIRED OUR FIRST as part of her service. Now that her VISTA service COMMUNITY WHOLE,” team member Xiomara Head CHILDREN TO BRING LASTING CHANGE TO THE has ended, Amanda is pursuing her bachelor’s degree told the Concord Monitor. WORLD,” said team parent Kate Robertson. and is currently working at FIRST headquarters. 2019 Annual Impact Report 15

Vr2019 30 YEA RS OF FIRST ® & INNOVATION FIRST ALUMNI »FIRST Championship events in Houston,Texas,FIRST prepares students for life beyond high school: scholarships, and Detroit, Michigan, see record numbers: careers, and beyond. 77,000 people from around the world participate in FIRST ALUMNI STAND OUT TO EDUCATORS FIRST CONTINUES TO SUPPORT FIRST ALUMNI AFTER the two-week event. FIRST Championship remains AND EMPLOYERS. HIGH SCHOOL. the world’s largest celebration of STEM for students. ■■ FIRST Scholarship Program (see page 43) They are smart, innovative, driven, and prepared for life ■■ FIRST Internship Portal [ beyond high school, whether they choose to pursue ■■ FIRST Alumni Networking Groups public service, continue their education, or dive into the ■■ Resources for career advice online and at “Good Morning America” workforce. highlights FIRST and the FIRST alumni events exciting sport of robotics ■■ The vast majority of FIRST alumni report more in a segment reaching an confidence in leadership roles, time management, Learn more at www.firstinspires.org/alumni creative thinking, perseverance, and problem solving ¿audience of 4.2 million after FIRST participation. people in the U.S. ■■ 89% of FIRST alumni declare majors in STEM by year two of college, compared to 59% of a comparison FIRST LEGO League Jr. Discovery group of students, according to the FIRST Longitudinal Edition is piloted, providing students Impact Study conducted by Brandeis University. ages 4-6 with hands-on STEM learning experiences. “WHEN YOU BECOME A FIRST ALUM, YOU UNDERSTAND JUST HOW WIDE THE FIRST Y ] FIRST introduces Class Packs, enabling Z NETWORK REACHES AND JUST HOW WILLING educators to incorporate FIRST programs AND EXCITED THAT NETWORK IS TO HELP YOU into their classroom curriculum. ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS. I GOT INVOLVED WITH FIRST ALMOST NINE YEARS AGO, AND IT’S BEEN Š… The first plants germinate on the moon, AMAZING TO SEE THE WAYS IN WHICH FIRST AND THE CONNECTIONS I FORMED THROUGH / a landmark discovery for learning how well IT HAVE SHAPED MY JOURNEY EVER SINCE. I humans can grow food on the moon. GRADUATED FROM A FIRST PARTNER SCHOOL, 2020 YALE UNIVERSITY, AND NOW WORK AS A The FIRST movement will MECHANICAL ENGINEER FOR DEAN KAMEN’S continue to grow until R&D COMPANY, DEKA, WHERE I GET TO WORK every kid, everywhere, has EVERY DAY ON REALLY COOL, LIFE-CHANGING access to transformative MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY.” FIRST programs, as we work together to build a better – Naoka Gunawardena, FIRST alum and mechanical engineer future for us all. 16 2019 Annual Impact Report

FIRST LAUNCH: A SEASON IN NUMBERS 4 570,000+ 300,000 20 million students in 110+ countries volunteer hours served space-themed challenges mentor, coach, judge, and volunteer roles 3,500+ 3,600 77,000 45,000+ official events in attendees at annual robots constructed scholarship opportunities totaling 100+ countries FIRST Championship $80 million+ from 200+ providers 2019 Annual Impact Report 17

AGES 6-10 (GRADES K-4) Teams explored what they would need to live on Earth’s Moon. They designed, built, programmed, tested, and improved a Team Model of a Moon Base to show their ideas for solving a challenge of living on the Moon. They used the MISSION MOONSM Inspire Model (a LEGO® rocket) in their design and LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 to build and program a motorized part. Teams documented their journey in an Engineering Notebook and a Show Me poster. 18 2019 Annual Impact Report

TEAM GROWTH 21,718 10,655 125 702 1,203 2,147 3,347 5,653 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 FISCAL YEAR SEASON FACTS SEASON SNAPSHOT  FIRST developed and piloted FIRST LEGO League Jr. Discovery Edition – aimed at providing 130,300 21,718 age-appropriate STEM experience to build habits of learning – based on the LEGO Education STEAM Park and Duplo® children teams in 103 countries system. This level of FIRST LEGO League Jr. focused on PreK-1 will roll out during the 2019-2020 season. discovered the excitement of STEM. “WE HOSTED OUR FIRST-EVER KIPP NYC STEM FIRST LEGO LEAGUE JR. EXPO IN FEBRUARY 2019. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY KIND OF STEM EXPO ACROSS THE KIPP NYC NETWORK, AND THIS ONE WAS A REAL Teams presented their Team Model SUCCESS. WE HAD OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS ON A SATURDAY! KIDS WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE MEDALS and Show Me poster in THEY RECEIVED THAT THEY WORE THEM FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK AFTERWARDS. THIS REALLY HELPED SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND GET PEOPLE EXCITED.” 984 68 events. countries. – Chéla S. Wallace, Director of K-12 Science, KIPP NYC Public Charter Schools (FIRST STEM Equity Community Innovation Grantees) 2019 Annual Impact Report 19

AGES 9-16 (GRADES 4-8) Teams worked together to break out of earthly constraints. They identified a physical or social problem faced by humans during long-duration space exploration and designed a solution. Each team also built and programmed an autonomous LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robot to solve missions on a playing field. Each mission represented the engineering and science behind space travel. 20 2019 Annual Impact Report

TEAM GROWTH 16,762 20,430 26,044 31,079 35,140 200 3,001 8,847 1999 2003 2007 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 FISCAL YEAR SEASON FACTS SEASON SNAPSHOT  In its ninth year, the 2019 FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award ceremony brought 281,120 35,140 together 20 semi-finalist FIRST LEGO League teams to celebrate their innovations in long-duration space exploration and students teams in 107 countries attend workshops on crafting strong pitches, business models, user experience design, and more, led by supporters and sponsors. Inventions in space-friendly health care and clothing products received awards. Team FrancoDroid from explored what’s possible when we work together Rio de Janiero, Brazil, won the top $20,000 prize and also the inaugural 2019 Global Innovation People’s Choice Award. to solve pressing issues facing our planet. “FIRST LEGO LEAGUE HAS HELPED ME BECOME A BETTER INNOVATOR, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, AND NOT Teams competed with their robots and shared TO BE SCARED TO TACKLE PROBLEMS LIKE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE FOR what they learned through their projects and YEARS. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF PEOPLE THINK YOUR SOLUTION IS TOO WEIRD OR TOO DIFFERENT TO WORK. WHEN YOU SHOW YOU CAN FIX A PROBLEM IN A NEW WAY, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND. THE FACT THAT IT WAS FIRST Core Values in DIFFERENT IS WHAT MADE IT SUCCESSFUL.” 1,531 107 – Camilla Salvagno, Student, FIRST LEGO League Team “iDB-Tech-No-Logic,” Verona, Italy (2019 Global Innovation Award Runner-Up) events. countries. 2019 Annual Impact Report 21

AGES 12-18 (GRADES 7-12) Teams worked in an alliance to go on a space adventure. Students designed, built, coded, and operated sophisticated robots to descend from the lander, collect and sort minerals into the cargo holds, and perform autonomous tasks to compete on the field during two-and-a-half minutes of gameplay. 22 2019 Annual Impact Report

TEAM GROWTH 6,818 4,445 5,222 2,779 53 DEMO 130 PILOT 554 986 1,606 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 FISCAL YEAR SEASON FACTS SEASON SNAPSHOT  “Winning is temporary; Learning is forever.” That was the quote of the day from a winning team at 68,180 6,818 the national championship for FIRST Tech Challenge Romania. 145 teams from all over the country gathered in Bucharest students teams in 37 countries for the event held March 23-25, 2019. Romania experienced 61% team growth this season. developed STEM skills, practiced engineering “MY MENTORS ARE MY HEROES. I DID NOT KNOW IT THEN, BUT I DEFINITELY KNOW IT NOW. I KNOW THE principles, and explored the value of teamwork. WORLD TO BE A CHALLENGING PLACE, AND I’M GLAD MY MENTORS TOOK THE TIME TO TEACH ME HOW TO FISH, INSTEAD OF FISHING FOR ME. FIRST GIVES YOU THE SKILLS TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT IN THE WORLD.” Teams competed with their robots and to earn awards based on their teamwork, creativity, –Connor Tinker, FIRST alum, FIRST Tech Challenge Team “Some Disassembly Required,” Clarksville, Maryland innovation, and community outreach in 877 24 events. countries. 2019 Annual Impact Report 23

AGES 14-18 (GRADES 9-12) All systems go! Teams built and programmed industrial-sized robots to compete in alliances to collect samples on planet Primus. Unpredictable terrain and weather patterns made remote robot operation essential to their mission on the planet. With only two-and-a-half minutes until liftoff, the alliances were challenged to gather as much cargo as possible and prepare their spaceships for liftoff before the next sandstorm arrived. 24 2019 Annual Impact Report

TEAM GROWTH 927 1,501 2,072 2,546 2,900 3,357 3,802 28 372 1992 2000 2004 2008 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 FISCAL YEAR SEASON FACTS SEASON SNAPSHOT  For the first time, a FIRST alum received the Woodie Flowers Award, which celebrates an 95,050 3,802 outstanding mentor who demonstrates excellence in teaching science, math, and creative design. Allen Gregory IV, students teams in 35 countries who participated in FIRST Robotics Competition in high school and is now a mentor for Team 3847 “Spectrum -△◅” in Houston, Texas, received the high honor at the 2019 FIRST Championship. unlocked real-world engineering concepts, self-confidence, and workforce skills, supported “I’M SUPER PROUD TO BE A FIRST ALUM. THE PROGRAM SINGLE HANDEDLY CHANGED MY LIFE. I LEARNED LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC SPEAKING, HOW TO RAISE MONEY, HOW TO ACTUALLY BUILD A ROBOT, HOW TO DO by professional team mentors and sponsors. PROGRAMMING, AND I MADE FRIENDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.” Teams competed with their robots for prestigious –Neil Parikh, FIRST alum, FIRST Robotics Competition Team “Raider Robotix,” North Brunswick, New Jersey; co-founder, Casper awards in front of cheering crowds in 175 6 events. countries. 2019 Annual Impact Report 25

Dean Kamen presents Jeff Bezos the “Leadership in Technology” Award. FIRST HONORS JEFF BEZOS, “HIGH-QUALITY STEM LEARNING AND CELEBRATES YOUNG CHANGE MAKERS ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE FIRST CAN BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR YOUNG The fourth annual FIRST, Inspire Gala brought hundreds of PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT HAVE FIRST supporters to New York City on November 1, 2018, to ACCESS TO PATHWAYS TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS raise funds to further expand access to FIRST programs and reach underrepresented, underserved, and vulnerable students. THEY NEED TO BE LEADERS, INNOVATORS, 26 2019 Annual Impact Report AND CHANGE MAKERS.” – Don Bossi

“FIRST TRULY ALLOWS STUDENTS TO Don Bossi with Melissa Smith FEEL EMPOWERED TO SHAPE THEIR and her guest, Newton Smith. OWN DESTINIES.” – Melissa Smith Jeff Bezos speaks with Walter Isaacson Jeffrey P. Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, received the on stage at the FIRST, Inspire Gala. “Leadership in Technology” Award. The award recognizes outstanding visionaries whose leadership in innovation 2019 Annual Impact Report 27 and advancing technology has changed the way we live, work, and communicate. At the gala, Bezos sat down with journalist Walter Issacson for an inspiring, forward-looking conversation. FIRST alum Melissa Smith, a senior user experience researcher at Google, received the “Evelyn Kamen Rising Star” Award for her dedication to continuing to live the FIRST ethos in a way that is inspiring the next generation of FIRST participants. Melissa strives to share the excitement and possibilities STEM can offer people who otherwise may not encounter them. She continues her 18-year involvement in FIRST as a head referee and regional planning committee member at FIRST Robotics Competition events. “I was able to take my love for technological creation and development, that I learned through FIRST, and literally make a life’s work out of it,” said Smith. Thank you to our FIRST, Inspire Gala sponsors who appear on page 41 of this report. “YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LEARN. WHATEVER YOU DO, CHOOSE SOMETHING YOU CAN BRING PASSION TO.” – Jeff Bezos

RECORD-BREAKING FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATES INNOVATION AND STEM INSPIRATION For back-to-back weeks in April 2019, MORE THAN 77,000 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TRAVELED TO HOUSTON AND DETROIT TO CELEBRATE INSPIRING YOUNG INNOVATORS, LEADERS, AND CHANGE MAKERS at the 2019 FIRST Championship, presented by Qualcomm® Incorporated. The event brought together tens of thousands of students from around the world who participate in our programs – along with the passionate volunteers, educators, industry professionals, sponsors, organizations, and colleges/universities who support them – for a celebration of STEM inspiration and space exploration. 2019 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS 34,000+ 2,200+ volunteers 77,000 70 team members (students, mentors, attendees countries coaches, and adult supporters) represented 1,300 1,367,854,087 159,570,937 robots traditional media impressions social media impressions DEAN KAMEN PRESENTED THE 2019 FOUNDER’S AWARD TO RAJ SUBRAMANIAM, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FEDEX, AT FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN DETROIT. FEDEX RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR ITS LONGTIME SUPPORT OF FIRST, INCLUDING SHIPPING THE KIT OF PARTS, ROBOTS, AND FIELD COMPONENTS, BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, FOR FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION TEAMS. 28 2019 Annual Impact Report

“THIS IS THE AGE WHEN A PASSION THIRTEEN OF THE FOURTEEN STUDENTS ON FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION FOR INNOVATION STARTS WITH TEAM 7906 “UNDERDOGS” WERE REFUGEES FROM SEVEN COUNTRIES. STEM. WE ARE COMMITTED TO NONE HAD STEM EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY JOINED THE TEAM. THAT DIDN’T GIVING TODAY’S STUDENTS THE STOP THE COTTONWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TEAM (SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH) FROM FOUNDATIONS THEY NEED TO MAKING IT TO THE 2019 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. FIRST INVENT THE FUTURE AND ARE STRATEGIC PARTNER BOEING HEARD THEIR STORY AND SURPRISED THE PROUD TO SUPPORT FIRST.” STUDENTS IN HOUSTON WITH $5,000 AND A DEDICATED BOEING MENTOR. “CONGRATULATIONS! LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL BEING EMPLOYEES ONE – Angela Baker, Director of Corporate DAY,” SAID JOHN BLAZEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF BOEING GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT. Responsibility at Qualcomm “I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO NASA JET PROPULSION CENTER IN CALIFORNIA … MANY WERE GRADUATES OF THE FIRST ROBOTICS PROGRAM. THEY WERE ALUMNI. THINK ABOUT THIS: TEN YEARS AGO, THEY WERE IN YOUR SEAT. TEN YEARS FROM NOW, WHERE WILL YOU BE? WHAT WILL YOU DISCOVER?” – Jim Bridenstine, Administrator of NASA HOUSTON MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER DECLARED APRIL 17, 2019, “FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP DAY” IN RECOGNITION OF THE IMPACT OF FIRST ON HOUSTON’S YOUTH AND FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE CITY. Thank you to our FIRST Championship sponsors who appear on page 42 of this report. 2019 Annual Impact Report 29

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The FIRST community is FIRST COMMUNITY HONORS ONE OF OUR heartbroken by the death of OWN: IN MEMORYOF KENDRICK CASTILLO FIRST Robotics Competition Team 4418 “STEM Impulse” The FIRST community is heartbroken by the death Donations poured in from the FIRST community, along member Kendrick Castillo, of FIRST Robotics Competition Team 4418 “STEM with condolences expressing support and solidarity who was killed after Impulse” member Kendrick Castillo, who was killed after and heartfelt messages on social media. Over just a few blocking a shooter at his blocking a shooter at his Colorado high school, STEM weeks, the community raised more than $100,000 from Colorado high school, School Highlands Ranch, on May 7, 2019. Kendrick over 1,200 donors. Donations came from 43 states and STEM School Highlands quickly emerged in global media as an incredibly brave seven countries and were given by 180+ FIRST teams, Ranch, on May 7, 2019. and selfless hero – one who was passionate about plus many more FIRST alumni, staff, mentors, volunteers, robotics and mentoring others and had a bright future parents, and other supporters. The family and team plan to ahead of him. use the fund to help others. In response to the outpouring of support and At a celebration of life memorial service for Kendrick, desire to help by the FIRST community, we launched local teams from FIRST Colorado lined up outside the the Team 4418 Victim Support and Memorial Fund. church with their robots, creating a robot procession in his The fundraising campaign was in support of Team honor. Inside, team mentor Dakotah Mann spoke about 4418 and Kendrick’s parents, team volunteers John Kendrick’s legacy: “No matter how small his influence on and Maria Castillo, as they grieve and memorialize each and every one of us, we have love in our hearts that Kendrick. he chopped, riveted, and welded together.” 2019 Annual Impact Report 31

SPONSORS AND 2018-2019 FIRST STRATEGIC PARTNERS CONTRIBUTORS As we celebrate 30 years as a mission-driven nonprofit leading a global movement for preparing young people for the future, we know we couldn’t have gotten here without the support of our sponsors, suppliers, donors, and other financial contributors. Their partnership, acknowledged on these pages, has helped us to inspire an entire generation of kids to pursue their dreams, big and small – and the best is yet to come. 32 2019 Annual Impact Report

FIRST FOUNDING SPONSORS 2018-2019 FIRST CONTRIBUTORS CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS ADCO Manufacturing BioNex Solutions Constantly Pizza Inc. $1,000,000+ Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Bloomberg L.P. Consumers Energy Amazon Advanced Research Chemicals, Inc. Bloomberg Philanthropies Corning Incorporated Apple Advanced Technology Services, Inc. Blue Canyon Technologies, Inc. Cox Communications The Argosy Foundation Aegion Corp. BNY Mellon Creative Werks The Boeing Company Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation Bonding Source Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. Collins Aerospace AES Controls, Inc. Boston Scientific Corporation CSC Holdings, LLC DoD STEM Ahresty Wilmington Corporation BounceX CUNY Hunter College LEGO Education AIAA Foundation Bradley University The Cup Lab, LLC The LEGO Foundation All Around Roofing & Exteriors Bridgeview Business Services CVS Health National Aeronautics and Space Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Briggs & Stratton Corporation D & R Heating & Cooling, LLC Alliance Academy Butler Tech Dairyland Power Cooperative Administration (NASA) ALM Holding CACI, Inc. Dan Brown Family Service Qualcomm Incorporated Alpha Omega Epsilon (A.O.E.) California University of Pennsylvania Dana Corporation Qualcomm Matching Gift Program ❤ Alta Resources LLC Cambridge Teachers Federal Credit Union Davis Robotics Foundation Rockwell Automation, Inc. Altec Canal Park Lodge LLC Dell, Inc. United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Altice USA Canon Solutions America Delphi Corporation American Express Capital Region Robotics Delphi Foundation (Aptiv) $250,000 - $999,999 American Legion Post 21 Cardinal Robotics Association, Inc. Delta Air Lines The 3M Company America’s Charities Carol Temporaries, Inc. Demand Electric, Inc. Arconic Foundation Amgen Foundation Cedar Falls Scheels Denso Corporation BAE Systems AMN Healthcare / Club Staffing Cedar Falls Tourism and Visitors Bureau Denso International America, Inc. Bayer Corporation Anonymous Center Art LLC Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau Bechtel Group Foundation Applied Materials CenterPoint Energy Devon Energy Corporation Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Arizona Community Foundation Central Michigan University Digi-Key Electronics Bosch Arizona State University The Chickasaw Nation DISTek Integration, Inc. Caterpillar, Inc. ARL Bio Pharma Chipotle Mexican Grill Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. DEKA Foundation ARM, Inc. Christian Fellowship Doolittle Institute Dow ARMI | BiofabUSA Ford Motor Company Arris “I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT FIRST PROVIDES General Electric Company Arrow Electronics TO YOUNG PEOPLE. I HOPE THAT MY DONATION General Electric Energy (Power & Water) Ascent Resources, LLC HELPS SOMEONE TO FIND THEIR PASSION, General Electric Power Systems ASRC Federal System Solutions THEIR CONFIDENCE, OR JUST A CHANCE TO General Motors Company Association for Talent Development LOOK AT STEM IN A NEW WAY.” –FIRST DONOR Google, Inc. Atlantic Health System Google Matching Gifts Program ❤ Atlassian Ciena Dr. Electric GSD&M Idea City/United States Air Force Autodesk, Inc. Cirrus Aircraft Driscoll’s Inc. John Deere Autodidactic Intelligent Minors Cisco Foundation DTE Energy John Deere Matching Gift Program ❤ Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Citizens Equity First Credit Union (CEFCU) Duluth Entertainment and Leidos, Inc. Avenues New York, LLC Citrix Systems Lockheed Martin Corporation B&B Transportation Cleveland State University Conference Center Magna International B&E LLC The Coca-Cola Company Duluth Robotics, Inc. Marathon Petroleum Baker Hughes Incorporated Cognizant Technology Solutions Dunn & Semington Motorola Solutions Foundation BancFirst Combined Federal Campaign Dunwoody College of Technology PwC US Bank of America Charitable Comcast Foundation East Grand Middle School TE Connectivity Comcast NBCUniversal East Pierre Landscape & Garden Center TE Connectivity Foundation ❤ Foundation, Inc. Comfort Inn of Duluth Eastman Chemical Company University of Central Florida Bank of Utica Community Foundation for the Easton Robotics Barr Engineering Ecolab Foundation Up to $249,999 Baxter International, Inc. Greater Capital Region Education First 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc. Bayer Corporation The Community Foundation of Westchester Edwards Vacuum AAON, Inc. Beam, Inc. Concord Rotary Foundation EFC Systems AAR Beckman Coulter Foundation Cone Communications Emerson Automation Systems Aavid Thermalloy, LLC Becton Dickinson Consolidated Edison Company Endurance Services Limited AB L.P. ❤ Belcan, LLC ABB, Inc. Bemis of New York, Inc. Abbott Fund Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC Abbott Laboratories Matching Benevity Community Impact Fund, The Best Buy Co., Inc. Gift Program ❤ Beverly Education Foundation, Inc. Accenture Accumetra, LLC 2019 Annual Impact Report 33

Epic Metals Corporation Hartel’s / DBJ Disposal Kennametal Foundation Maurice’s Oklahoma City Convention The Roddenberry Foundation Charitable Foundation H-E-B Kerr Foundation, Inc. Maxine Smith Steam Academy and Visitors Bureau Roseland Mackey-Harris Architects The Bruce J. Heim Foundation Kerrville Robotics Alliance R. J. McElroy Trust Rotary Club of White Sands Equity Education Management Solutions The Heinz Endowments Kettering University McKesson Corporation Oklahoma State University Royalty Pharma Essentia Health Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Keysight Technologies McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc. OneWeb RPM International Inc. ETCS OLS Outreach Kimberly-Clark Corporation MCPc Optum Services, Inc. S&P Global Explore LaCrosse CVB Charitable Trust KIPP Foundation NYC The Medtronic Foundation Oracle Corporation Sager Electronics Express Employment Professionals Helping Hands Foundation Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc. Medtronic, Inc. Osbourn Park High Saginaw Arts and Science Facebook Herman Miller Cares KLA-Tencor The Merck Foundation ❤ Ozeno, LLC FCA Foundation Hewlett-Packard Company Komatsu Mining Corp. MessageWatcher, LLC P&G Global Engineering Robotics Boosters FedEx Corporation Hidden Valley Orthodontics Korea-US Cultural Exchange Method Park America, Inc. Palm Beach County 4-H St. Louis Community College Foundation FileBound Document & Workflow Hilton MHI (Material Handling Institute) Palm Beach County Convention Center St. Luke’s The Home Depot, Inc. Foundation (KORUS) Microsoft Corporation Panasonic Salad Savoy Automation Software Honda of America Mfg., Inc. KoTrie Microsoft Matching Gifts Program ❤ Parametrix, Inc. Salesforce.com Fine Designs Great Plains, LLC Honeywell International Inc. Kraiburg TPE Corp. MidAmerican Energy Parker Hannifin Corporation Salesforce.org Fine Designs of Midwest Region, Inc. Houston First Kwik Trip Mile High United Way Parker Hannifin Foundation San Diego FIRST Tech Challenge Fine Designs, Inc. Hunter Industries Ladish Co. Foundation The Milk Money Foundation, Inc. Paycom Payroll, LLC Sanmina First American Financial Corporation HX5 Sierra Joint Venture Lam Research Foundation Fund at the Minneapolis Foundation Paymerang, LLC Saturn Systems Inc. FIS i2E Minnesota Power Foundation Pearson Packaging Systems Sauce Science LLC Florida Power & Light Company IBM Employee Services Center ❤ East Bay Community Foundation The Mirage Penn State Associated Student Activities Schneider Electric State of Florida Inasmuch Foundation Lamar MKThink Pentair Foundation Science Applications International Foothill Taekwondo Independent Order of Odd Fellows Las Cruces Radio Center MN State High School League Perella Weinberg Partners Group, LP Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Infineon Technologies Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Moore Fans LLC Pershing Square Capital Management L.P. Corporation (SAIC) Freestyle Institute for Science Technology & Math LearnBuildFly LLC Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated Petroleum Field Services, LLC SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions FreeWheel Intel Corporation ❤ Legendary Minds, Inc. Mouser Electronics, Inc. PGE Foundation ❤ SCTE New England Chapter Fresno Clovis Convention & Visitors Bureau International Brotherhood of Leighty Fund of the Community MRI Global Picatinny Arsenal Seagate Technology, LLC Fresno Unified School District MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Pitney Bowes ❤ Ser-Jobs for Progress, Inc. Friends of Farmington FIRST Robotics Inc. Electrical Workers (IBEW) Foundation of Northeast Iowa National Center for the Advancement Pizza Factory Burt and Stanley Shaffer Foundation GE Healthcare Intuitive Foundation LEM USA Inc. The Plexus Corporation Charitable Shell Oil Products Gene Haas Foundation Intuitive Surgical, Inc. LHB, Inc. of STEM Education (nCASE) Shoebox Educational Services General Atomics Sciences Involta, LLC Lincoln Savings Bank National Grid Foundation, Inc. Silicon Valley Community Foundation Isthmus Engineering & Littelfuse, Inc. National Instruments PODS Enterprises Sil-Pro, LLC Education Foundation LMEPAC Navistar Point One Recruiting William E. Simon Foundation General Dynamics Manufacturing Co-op Logistics Health, Inc. NCR Foundation Power Foundation Inc. Smithsonian Institution General Dynamics Information Technology Itasca Community College Loll Designs Nebraska 4-H Power/mation Social Bicycles LLC dba Jump Bikes General Electric Transportation ITOCHU International Inc. Luba Richter, D.M.D, P.A. Orthodontist NetApp Pratt & Whitney Society of Manufacturing Engineers Genesis Attachments Network for Good Presbyterian Health Foundation Solar Power Pros Genesis Systems “ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I DONATE IS Neustar, Inc. Presidio Networked Solutions, LLC Solar Turbines, Incorporated Georgia Robotics Alliance BECAUSE FIRST WAS IMPORTANT TO ME Newman’s Own Foundation, Inc. Pro Source, LLC DS SolidWorks Corporation Girl Scouts of Central Texas AND, AT MY HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS A MAJOR News Corp Programming Electronics Academy Sons of American Legion Squadron 21 GitHub, Inc. CHALLENGE TO KEEP THE TEAM RUNNING Nfrastructure Prudential Financial, Inc. Sony Corporation Givable St. Louis EVERY YEAR. I’M HOPING THE CONTRIBUTION NH Charitable Foundation PTC, Inc. Southern California Edison Give inLieu Foundation WILL HELP OPEN UP THE EXPERIENCE TO Nidec Motor Corporation The PTR Group, Inc. Southwest Airlines Co. Glenn Research Center (NASA) A FEW MORE KIDS.” –FIRST ALUM DONOR Nokia Bell Labs Purdue University SpaceCom Global Foundries Nordson Corporation Queen City Robotics Alliance SpaceX Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Itron Luminar Technologies North Shore Bank of Commerce Quicken Loans Spencer Ogden Inc. Google Mayes County J, Inc. Luther’s Supply LLC Northern Clearing R2OC Splash Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Big GPA Midstream Association J. Mann Cabinetry LyondellBasell Northrop Grumman Corporation Ralph Lauren The GRACO Foundation Jacobs Technology, Inc. Magellan Aerospace, Middletown, Inc. Novelis, Inc. Raybooker Frog Custom T-Shirts & More The Grainger Foundation JCB Performance Machine, LLC MAHLE Behr USA Inc. NRG Energy, Inc. Raytheon Company Sports & Arts in Schools Foundations, Inc. Grand Forks Visitors Bureau J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. Make My Donation, Inc. NRK Corporation Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems The Stallings Award Foundation Grandma’s Adventure Zone John Steele Zink Foundation Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner, PC Numerati Partners, LLC Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems The Standard Grandma’s Restaurant Group Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Mardal Investments nVent Management Company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Stanton Community Partners Granite Credit Union Johnson Controls, Inc. Martin Engineering NVIDIA Corporation Reinke Manufacturing Company State Street Foundation, Inc. Great Waters Financial J.R. Automation Marvin Windows OGE Energy Corporation Foundation, Inc. Reliable Restoration and Recovery Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic J.R. Jensen Construction Mastercard ❤ Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Matching Gift Program ❤ Kappa Foundation of Petersburg Matthews Automation Solutions Ohio State University Repeat Business Solutions Stay in Duluth Development Corp. KatyAnn Foundation Mattlin Foundation OHSRRJ Inc. Republic Bank STEM Educational Foundation, Inc. Great-West Life & Annuity Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission Republican Party of Otero County Steuben County Literacy Coalition Oklahoma Business Roundtable Rescue Agency The Sturman-Chu Fund Insurance Company Oklahoma Center for the Advancement Rexnord Corporations Suncook Dental Greenspan Foundation Robbinsville High School Student Activities Superior Spring & Mfg. Co., Inc. Griffith Machine Works, Inc. of Science & Technology Robots and More Symantec Harris Corporation Oklahoma Christian University Rochester Institute of Technology Synergy One Lending, Inc. Harris Corporation, RF Systel, Inc. Systematix Communications Division The Harley-Davidson Foundation The Harris Foundation 34 2019 Annual Impact Report ■  Member of the FIRST Board of Directors  ▲  Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board  ●  FIRST Honorary Director  ◆  FIRST Alumni  ✱  FIRST Senior Advisor  ❤  Matching Gift

Target Viasat, Inc. $5,000 - $24,999 David Van Slooten Claire Altschuler Michael Barnes Team Phoenix 4-H Robotics Club Vicarious Solutions Eric Aroesty Alexander Von Perfall Mauricio Alvarado Jon Barnhart Tech Alliance of CNY Viking Pump, Inc. Armen Avanessians Weber Family Foundation Inc. Alex Anderson Khalil Barrage Tennant Company Virgin Galactic Fred Baldwin Jeffrey & Celeste Wecker Jeffrey Anderson In honor of Robert Sobecki Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Virginia State University Bancroft-Clair Foundation Allen Weinberg R. Dale Anderson Joseph Barrera Tennessee Valley Robotics Visit Duluth Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation James & Miriam Weinstein In honor of Kristen and Scott Anderson D.S. Barrett Teradata Corporation W. W. Grainger, Inc. Paul Bauhahn Ronald Zarrella S.A. Anderson Matthew Barrett Texas Instruments Incorporated Walk Talk Chalk, LLC Braverman Family Charitable Foundation Kenny Barrow Thermo Fisher Scientific The Walt Disney Company Don Bulens “OUR SUPPORT OF STEM PROGRAMS LIKE Jim Barstow Thief River Falls Education Foundation Wasserman Foundation Callahan Family Foundation FIRST IS ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS WE Bradley Bartlett Thompson Coburn LLP City of Waterloo, Iowa Jay Chakrapani & Saileshi Patel CAN MAKE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMPANY DeAndre Barton Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Waterloo Dental Associates Cosema E. Crawford ▲ AND INDUSTRY. THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Randall Basinger Waterloo Warehousing & Services Inc. James Dimon EXPERIENCES THAT STUDENTS GAIN FROM FIRST Kevin Bass Foundation WestCoast Products Michael Dubno ▲ & Loren Blackford PROGRAMS PROVIDE A STRONG FOUNDATION Paul Bastone TigerRisk Capital Markets & Advisory Westerwood Global LLC Justin Gaines FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREERS, AND WE INVEST Keith Bateman The Timken Company Williams Foundation Fund at the Victor & Patricia Ganzi IN THESE NEXT-GENERATION LEADERS TO HELP Michael Bauer ◆ TKDA Mark Govoni MAINTAIN A STRONG WORKFORCE OF YOUNG MEN Susan Baumgarten & David Totheroh T-Mobile USA, Inc. Tulsa Community Foundation Robert Green & Sally McNagny AND WOMEN WHO LIKE TECHNOLOGY AND THE Colleen Beauchamp Tokyo Electron Limited Wilson Toyota Frank Grossman POSSIBILITIES IT UNLOCKS.” William & Diana Beaulieu Tormach Wilspec Technologies Walter Havenstein ■ Brad Beldon Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Wizcom Corporation Michael Herskovitz – BLAKE MORET, CHAIRMAN & CEO, ROCKWELL AUTOMATION In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Toyota USA Foundation WMA Consulting Engineers Andrew Hinton Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Company Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Nicholas Hope Up to $4,999 Fred Andris Sheldon Braverman Tudor Investment Corporation Worcester Polytechnic Institute Paul Jacobs ■ Dmitriy Abaimov Andre Anthony Jr. Thomas Bell Twitch Workday, Inc. The Keough Family Foundation Vince Abeyta Philip Aponte Suzanne Bellina Twitter WSP Foundation Inc. Lowell Kraff Habib Abi-Khalil Michael Appleby In honor of Matt Bellina Two Sigma Investments, LP Xcel Energy The Kunkel Family Foundation Redmond Abutin Brett Arendt Trudy Bender UBS Financial Services Inc. Xerox Corporation Brady Law ◆ Isaac Accomando David Arenson Deloris Bentley Umbrella Detailing XPRIZE Lyn & Norman Lear Laurie Ackerman Vince Arter Jr. John Bentley Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) Xvoucher/Genuine Genius Pablo & Almudena Legorreta J.R. Adamoli Colleen Arthur Matthew Berg United Health Group Yi Li Karin Adams Victor Atkins P.T. Bergen United Launch Alliance (ULA) Technologies, Inc. Alan Lotvin In honor of Nathan Eckhoff Stewart Atwood Adam & Rachel Berger United Rentals Yaskawa America, Inc. Lisa Maloney-Vinz Virginia Addicott ■ Xander Atwood Valerie Bergman United Therapeutics Corporation Yelp Mike & Jody Mason April Adema Dana Aucoin Peter Bergstrom United Way of Central and YourCause, LLC James & Sylvia Matthews Mark Adler In honor of Silas Larimer Hadish Berhane Zebra Technologies Corporation McMullen Family Foundation Richard Aeling Emily Rose Bainton Jacob Bernstein Northeastern Connecticut Zenith Systems, Inc. Jennifer Miller Abel Afable Hallie Baker Marilyn Bernstein United Way of Central Maryland ZF North America, Inc. Blake ■ & Cheryl Moret TayNay Afable Whitney Baker In memory of Jesse Lauffer United Way of the Bay Area George Mosher Kimberly Aftergood Christine Baker-Terilli Iesha Berry Universal E-Business Solutions, LLC INDIVIDUAL DONORS & Tom Mueller Susan Agrawal Kimberly Balcerzak Ben Bertram Universities Space Research Association FAMILY FOUNDATIONS Dennis Muilenburg ■ Manoj Agrawal Christopher Baldy Jim Beutler University of California, Davis Kevin Murai Ben Agron In honor of Nicole Baldy Prasad Bevara University of Dayton $100,000+ William Murphy Kennie Albritton David Ball Jayant Bhawalkar University of Florida Bezos Family Foundation The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Selena Alcover Emily Ball Nick Bhuta University of Idaho Jeffrey P. Bezos Jill Alders Michael Banigan The Bierenbaum Family Foundation, Inc. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Anonymous Norris Foundation Christopher Aldrich David Banquer Philip Billings University of Minnesota College Overdeck Family Foundation Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation Edward Aldrich Howard G. Barber Lydia Birk Jaqui E. Safra & Jean Doumanian R. Kelly ■ & Valerie Ortberg Eric Aldridge In honor of Dr. & Mrs. Jennifer Blackburn of Science & Engineering Robert & Elizabeth Parkinson Jamie Allwine Gary Blais University of Minnesota Twin Cities $25,000 - $99,999 Pickett Family Foundation David Alperovitz Sheldon Braverman Mike Blakeney University of Minnesota, Duluth Anonymous Rory Riggs D.H. Alten James Barbera Steven Blank University of Pennsylvania Mike Bezos Adam Salem Daniel Bares Brooke Blew University of Tulsa Donald ■ & Susan Bossi Robert Sobolewski ▲ Eva Maria Blum Uplift Education Larry & Tami Cohen William Spear Scott Blumstein US Bank L. John Doerr ● & Ann Howland Doerr Alfred Spector & Rhonda Kost In honor of Dan Green U.S. Navy Heinz Family Foundation Karl Sprules Bruce Boczar Uskudar American Academy McLelland Family Foundation Nandini Srinivasan Heather Bolding UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory John & Laura Overdeck The Teshinsky Family Foundation Elizabeth Bolling UVAS Foundation Ed & Reka Schmidt Gary ● & Diane Tooker David Bonderman Valeo David Siegel ■ Olivia Tournay Flatto Angel Bonilla Jr. Valmet Machine Tool Siegel Family Endowment Cynthia Uber Walter Bonomo Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Robert ■ & Lynn Tuttle Myron Ullman ■ Jeff Borling Vantage Partners LLC The Judy and Josh ✱ Weston Fund James ● & Nancy Utaski James Bothwell Verizon Foundation The VGM Group ■  Member of the FIRST Board of Directors  ▲  Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board  ●  FIRST Honorary Director  ◆  FIRST Alumni  ✱  FIRST Senior Advisor  ❤  Matching Gift 2019 Annual Impact Report 35

Kyle Bowen Jeffrey & Susan Cather Maxence Crossley Judith Dudley M.F. Fenton Alison Goldsmith K.V. Bowker Kurt Cegielski Patricia Crumly Carl Dunham Leah Ferguson Alfred Goldstein Anne Bowman Jane Center Fernanda Cruz Haley Dunn Peter Ferlazzo Barbara L. Goldstein Kyle Bowman Jennifer Chalsty Nola Cutts Rene Dupre Alexander Fernandez In memory of Shelly Braverman Todd Bowman Thomas Chan Lawrence D’Addario Terrence & Patricia Durkin Jose Fernandez Jeffrey & Doris Goldstein In honor of Marsha & Ralph Schilling Ron Chaney Sheryl Dalton In honor of David Brown Erica Fessia Max Goldstein Nikia Boyer Justin Chang Robert & Jean Finke George Gomez In honor of Robert Stein Charissa Changadveja “AS A MOTHER, I’M GRATEFUL FOR ALL Christopher Finley ◆ Juli Gonzalez Thomas Bradburn Pauline Chao THAT FIRST EXPOSED MY DAUGHTER TO, Mike & Linda Fiterman Family Foundation Stephen Goodfellow Stirling Brandt William Chapman ESPECIALLY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT Cherrie Fleisher-Strauss and Jim Gorham Paul Brantley D.A. Chart TO KEEP THE MIND OPEN TO ALL THINGS Gregory Gorman Jeffrey Braun & Susan Holt Rodolfo Chavez POSSIBLE, NO MATTER HOW MANY ATTEMPTS Leslie & Simon Strauss Kathryn Gorrell Stephen Braverman Ben Chen IT TAKES OR HOW HARD IT IS.” –FIRST DONOR S.P. Fleming Timothy Goudge Xose Bravo Feng Chen Java Flower Kalyani Govindaraju Ellen Bray Yan-Jiun Chen Tamara Dalton Torin Eastburn Howard & Margaret Fluhr Troy Grabel Candice Breaux Yau Cheng Patricia Daly & Henry Schreiber In honor of Robin Magelky Bernard Flynn D.T. Graff Jonathan Bredemeyer Sundar Chetlur Eric Daniels Chris Eastman John Foerster Nancy Graham Rutt Bridges Gowri Chetty Stacey Darin Sean Ebanks Debbie Forcier Grenier Robert Graham Robert Brik Ying Chi Daniel Dasaro Michael Eck Caitlin Fowler Brian Gray Joseph Brisch Jeff Chiappone J.M. David Allison Eckel Joshua Fox Angela Greeley Jerome Bristow Mary Chiroi-Murphy Jonathan David Carol Edelman Ilene Franco J.H. Green Christopher & Barbara Brody Cassie Christensen ◆ Brent Davis William Eder In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Green Cathy Bromberg Abdul Aziz Cisse Kenneth & Lisa Davis Ross Edman Eric Greenwald ◆ J. Brooks Brad Clark Terry Davis Che Edoga Sheldon Braverman Michael Grenier Thomas Brotherton Dick Clark In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Nancy Edwards Danielle Frantz Chris Gretchko Alice Brown Randie Clark Ted Edwards Joe Frantz Joseph Griffith David Brown Elizabeth Clarke Sheldon Braverman Virginia Ehemann Renee French Ed Grogan Stephanie Brown Toby Clarke Derek Dawson Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Carly Friedman Christopher Grontkowski Thomas Brown Steven Claucherty ◆ S.L. Dawson Pamela Friedman Donna Gross Zachary Brown Matthew Clements ◆ Erick Dean Family Foundation Scott Friery Patrick & Sheila Gross Larry Buckley Gordon Climer Michelle Dean Christian Ekren Nancy Frisch Randy Groves Terrell Burch Rob Cobbley Yannick Debaupte Richard Elliott David Frost Jessica Guastella Ulrike Burchardi Robin Coger ■ Bob Debes Jr. Daniel Elnes Collin Fultz ◆ Jennifer Guggenheim W.A. Burgess Howard Cohen ◆ Robert Debes Kimberly Emmert John Fultz Connor Guidry Billy Burkey ◆ Lisa & Richard Coico Ann Delorme-Heller In honor of Jeremy Martinez Jeffrey Funk Michelle Guimond Mark Burns John Cole Steven Demarzio Diane Engels David Furie ◆ Ananda Gunawardena Madeline Burris ◆ Rich Cole Greg DePaul Ellen Erhardt Zoe Furst Mary Guse Bonna Burtt Michael Collette Justice Devara Ahmet Erispaha Robert Fyfe S.R. Gutterson Elizabeth Buzzelli Kirsten Collins Tricia DeVries Nicolas Etcheverry Maria Gacek Derek Haas ◆ Lynne Cacciola Nicholas Collins Aditya Dharap John Eubank Michelle Gagnon Armond Habiby William Caddick Traci Connor Timothy Dickinson Jeffrey Evelhoch Annette Galeazzi Rita Hachmann Christopher Caez Ian Cook Huyen Diep Twila Everitt Mark & Nancy Gallivan Allan Haddox Renee Cairo Walgenbach Ryanne Cook Joseph DiFilippo Scott Evers Hector Garcia Sara Hagle B.W. Caldwell Alexander Cooper Sami Dilaveri Randall Fahey Gary Garrett George Hague John Callahan Larry Cooper Teri Dimas Jared Failor Jay Garver Bethany Halasz Donald Callan Robert Cooper Jose Sonny Dingle Ron Falcone Jules Gathman Dave Hale Pam Callan Tracy Cooper Olrac Dls Laura Falendysz Pat Gencarelli ◆ Diana Haley E.G. Campbell The Leon and Toby Cooperman Zachary Dobberthien In honor of Gene Falendysz Jim George M. Halford Spillane Tammy Campbell Brenda Doll Vickie Falzarano Debra Gerbino Thomas Hansen ◆ Jeffrey Canclini Family Foundation Robert Donaldson Craig Fasel Aimee Gerhard Carolyn Harrington Daniel Canterino A.M. Cordes Noreen Donato Bradley Faskowitz In honor of Team 1218 SCH Lauren Harris Jennifer Cantu Rachel Corigliano Irwin & Janet Dorros Thomas Favenyesi Rodney Hart Scott Caradonna Sean Cornett Emily Draper Dan Fawaz Vulcan Robotics Mentors Dawson Haw ◆ Reid Carlberg Josh Correa Jeff Drasher Elizabeth Feld Maryann Germita Troy Hawkins Thomas Carlone ◆ Regina Corry Mikhail Drob Garrett Felker Koen Gieskes Dean Hawkinson Melissa Carlson Paul Costa Nicky Dubois Jeff Fenstermaker Ryan Giles Stephen & Lynn Hazard In memory of Jack Sellers Michael Cox Ben Gilliland ◆ Gary Heege Lino Carnesecca Matthew Craig Bradley Ginesin & Lucia Bertea Ginesin W.J. Hegarty Matt Carpenter George Creasy Mark Giordono Adrian Heggeseth David Carr In memory of Daniel Creasy Neal Girard Debra Heiberger Donald Cassity Jeff Crockett Eliezer Glik Brian Heiman Dan Cronin Scott Godin Scott Godlew Christine Golden Nancy Golden Caddick 36 2019 Annual Impact Report ■  Member of the FIRST Board of Directors  ▲  Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board  ●  FIRST Honorary Director  ◆  FIRST Alumni  ✱  FIRST Senior Advisor  ❤  Matching Gift

Ray Held Sharon Jarosz Raghbir Kern Everett Lai Susan Lipscomb Marshall Massengil Garrett Hellman Kristin Jarrett Ben Kershaw Susilpa Lakireddy Norah Liu John Mastin Danielle Henderson Gerlie Javier Arthur Kessler David Lam Sudhiandra Lodd Nicholas Mata ◆ Shelley Henderson Jerri Jazmin Mark Kessler Keith Land Steven Loftin William Mattaliano Robert Henke Audrey Jeannin Jonathan Keys Daniel Landhurr Guy Lohman Thomas May Bruce Henry Oliver Jenkins ◆ Luyi Khasi Greg Landry Wendi Lohmar Kris Mayes Robert Herndon Francia Jenks In honor of Valentine LeeAnne M. Lang Nicky Lombardi Corey McBride Lily Hevesh Keith Jobe Matthew Langlois Michelle Long & Isaac Mishkit Melissa McBrien Gary Hilbert Hilary Joel Elementary School Ken Languedoc Charles Losito William McClung Michael Hiles Jessica Johansen Chase Kidder ◆ Cheryl Lapointe Brooke Lovallo Mark McCombs ◆ Daria Luisi Hirsch Berry Johndon Brent Kiley Christopher LaPointe Anna Loveland Jonathan McCoy Gary Hirschhorn In honor of Jim Rothrock Ashley Kim William Larson Jessica Lowery Adam McCulle Alex Hodara Nancy Johns Christy King Gregory Laubisch Richard Lowery Nancy McEachern Marc Hodosh ▲ Ashley Johnson John King Srinivasarao & Nagalakshmi Lavu Sara Lubic M.W. McGehee Bradley Hoefel J.D. Johnson Marian Kirchhoff J.F. Lawhorn Annie Luc Madison McGlaun Timothy Hoehl John Johnson Jan Kirk Paul ▲ & Kelley Lazarus Jamee Luce Kevin McGovern Laura Hoepker Kenneth Johnson Ann Kirschner Hue Le Christina Luconi Scott McKay ■ Brandon Hoff In honor of Caroline Magus Philip Kirsh Kurt Leafstrand In honor of Maranda Cigna Barb McKernan Carol Hollaway Kurt Johnson Sanvi Kishore Eric Lee Carina Lukasch John McKimmy ◆ Leslie Hollaway In honor of Jim Rothrock Michael Kist Milly Lee Maxim Lukiyanov Zachary McMenemy Harold & Mary Ellen Holley M.S. Johnson Lauren Klatsky Shun Lee Nicole Lum Byron McNaught In memory of Jack Sellers Timothy ◆ & Kim Johnson In honor of Alex Klatsky Laurie Lefko Nicholas Luther Tyrone & Lisa McNichols Kandace Holley Christine Johnston Irena Klayko In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Kelly Luu David McQuiggan In memory of Steve Stark Michael Jokerst Joel Klein Douglas Lynam John Medaris Tina Hollifield Andrew Jones Kathleen & George Klinich Sheldon Braverman John Lynch ■ Mohamed Meeran Da Hong Brian Paul Jones Keith Knapp Scott Legasse Patricia Lynott Mark Mehren Amber Hormann Curtis Jones Jesse Knight Sandra Leigh Kyle Macey Chet Mehta Lucy & Darrell Horn Jill Jordan John Koch In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Dustin Mackey Kevin Meier Nicholas Horn Lori Kahn Stefanie Koenig Kurt Mackey Aneesha Meka Karen Horting ■ Rajesh Kamath Robert Koerner Sheldon Braverman Natalie Macon Frederick Melden Bryan Houlberg Jeff Kammerer In memory of Bruce Koerner Steven Lengieza In memory of Harley Macon Lisa Meltzer Joseph Houle Naman Kanakiya Derek & Angela Konigsberg Laurie Leshin ■ Grant Macpherson Tiago Mendes Marc Howard Sungin Kang Cory Korchin Scott Alisa Lessing Sophia Macris Advay Mengle Patricia Howie-Jones Swaraj Kankipati Eric Kratzer Lorraine Lester In honor of Harrison Macris Frank & Deb Merrick Christina Hsia Alex Kaplan ◆ Matthew Krever David Levine Marsha Maffioli Lewis Nicholas Mesenburg Hsin I. Huang Samantha Kappagoda Charlotte Kroc Lindsay Levine Punam Mahato Kyle Mestery Louis Huard ◆ Sajna Kattil Veettil Bill & Beth Krueger In honor of Gail & Joel Alpert Heather Mahoney Judith Mettler Chris Hughes Richard Katz Jenna Kudla Margaret Levine Stephanie Maines Kazie Metzger & John Harvey Glenn Hughes In memory of Jesse Laufer Elena Kuleshov In memory of Dr. & Mrs. John Mainieri Jeffrey Meyers Kent Hughes ▲ Carol Keeney Abhay Kulkarni Lida Mainieri Kevin Mikolajczak Adylia Hull Tasende In honor of Devin Keeney Ajay Kumar Sheldon Braverman Pamela Maker Colin Mildenberger Amy Lynn Hunt Shannon Keith Dominique Kun Susanna Lewalski P.W. Malik Anastasia Miliano ◆ Shaan Hurley Steve Kurtz Greg Lewis Candace Malis Benjamin Miller Neil Hurst Jessamine Li Jordan Mancini ◆ Grant & Kimberly Mills In memory of Russell Renaud Linda & Thomas Ligon Sean Manning In memory of Jack Sellers Hutchison Family Fund John Mannisto Jacob Mintz Janna Hutz ◆ “AT TE, WE BELIEVE IN BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES AND ENCOURAGING Kenneth Mantey Sylvia Miskoe Alex Huynh YOUNG PEOPLE TO PURSUE STEM AND TECHNICAL CAREERS. FIRST INSPIRES John Manvell William Miskoe Artem Ignatenko THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATORS AND TE IS HONORED TO BE A Lisa Marie Chris Mitchell Susan Ilax STRATEGIC PARTNER WITH FIRST. WE APPRECIATE BOTH THE EFFECTIVENESS Paula and William J. Marino Jonathan Mittelman Brandon Immonen OF FIRST PROGRAMS AND THE VOLUME AND DIVERSITY OF FIRST PARTICIPANTS.” Jerry Mogensen Mark Indovina Family Foundation In memory of Robert Paul Chase Ingraham – KATHLEEN AMBROSE, VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Jason Markesino Annmarie Mones Bruce Ioki AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY, TE CONNECTIVITY Mary Beth Marks Tanmay Monga Walter Isaacson Trevor Marks Dafina Monsanto Stephen Ives Brion Keller Pati Kuziomko Moriah Lim ◆ Greg Stanton Marra ◆ Elana Moore Renuka Iyengar Charles Kennedy Lloyd Kwan ◆ Yixu Lin Michael Marshall Eric Moore Jenna Jackson Patrick Kennedy Elizabeth Kysel ◆ Shi-Key & Irene Lin Ryan Martens Gaea Moore Tony Jackson Zackary Kent Julie Labate Sam Lipscomb Aimee Martin In honor of Derek Shang Curtis James Steven Keptner ◆ Christopher Martin ◆ Julie Moquin Vaughn James Brittney Martinez Annette Morgan David Jannain Michael Martinez ◆ Douglas Morgan Sarah Martinez 2019 Annual Impact Report 37 ■  Member of the FIRST Board of Directors  ▲  Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board  ●  FIRST Honorary Director  ◆  FIRST Alumni  ✱  FIRST Senior Advisor  ❤  Matching Gift

William Morrow David Nissimoff David Parks Page Provence Gary Ronan Dan Schneiderman Aaron Morse Anika Noble Diane Parks Kimberley Prygocki-Jeakins ◆ Janee Rosario Paul Schoch Jim Moskum Erik Nodacker Ryan Parliment Yanil Rosario Travis Schoepp G.R. Moss Deb Nordgaard Rathik Patel & David Jeakins Karen Rose Brian Schubert Sailaja Mothukuri Linda Nordstrom William Patterson Spencer Pupp Charles Roseman Jim & Laraine Schubert David Mozersky Jared Normile Mary Ann Paul Debra Putnam Jessica Roseman Lawrence Schuette In honor of Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Noyszewski In honor of Robert Paul Rodney Qualls Tami Rosen Jordan Schulman Anne Nunes Lisa Paulos Oscar Quincoces Risa Rosenberg Alexander Schwach Sheldon Braverman Patricia Nunez In honor of Russell Renaud Lisa Rager Stephanie Rosenberg Linda Schwartz Peter Mueller Bharath Raja In honor of Patti & Eric Poppe In memory of Robert James Paul Kedar Rajadnya Allyson Ross Scott Schwartz “BY SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES WITH FIRST STUDENTS, Joanne Rake In honor of William Godsey George Schweitzer BOSCH IS NOT ONLY INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF STEM BUT BUILDING Rob Rakoczy Jason Rothenberg James Scollick RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND MENTORS. IT’S SO IMPORTANT Sophia Ramdass Rita Rubinstein Julie Seamans TO GIVE OUR TIME TO MENTOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. AS A STRATEGIC Lisa Ramezzano In memory of Dr. & Mrs. In memory of Dr. & Mrs. PARTNER OF FIRST, BOSCH IS CONTINUING TO GROW ITS SUPPORT OF FIRST In honor of Brendan Boyle TEAMS AND EDUCATING AND INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT.” Aaron Raphel Sheldon Braverman Sheldon Braverman Scott Rasmussen Leonard Rucinski Ronald Semel – CHARLIE ACKERMAN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, BOSCH IN NORTH AMERICA Earl Ratliff Jr. Brandon Ruiz Surjit Sengha Deborah Rauscher Cathy Ruiz Robert Sese Brian Muirhead Justin Nygaard Linda Payne Murali Ravel Sam Ruppert P.M. Sesha Donald Mullin Richard Oakes Jacqueline Payton Andres Ravinet Michael Rusignuolo Prakash Sesha Julie Mulvey Marne Obernauer In honor of William Krekler Nancy Rector-Finney Rick Russell Matthew Sessa P.R. Munoz Gene R. O’Brien T. Penderghest Edward Reed Edward Rust In honor of Sigma Phi Delta Christian Munzimi Jennifer O’Brien Yanhai Peng Charles & Kathleen Reid Jennifer Rust Dawn Murakami Jennifer O’Callaghan Arnold S. Penner Foundation Inc. Karl & Verna Reid Calvin Ryan Fraternity Beta-Kappa Chapter In honor of David Nichols Mary Beth O’Donnell Erica & Francisco Perez Anna Reneau The Ryan Family Foundation Elizabeth & Spencer Seufert Andrew Murray Daniel Oelke Felicia Perkins Leslie Rennie-Hill Daniel Rybka Gregory Sevcik Janet Murray Morris Offit Evan Perperis In honor of Jon Hill Bin Ryu Kevin Sevcik In honor of Sarah Murray Jennie Ohyoung Melissa Persaud R.F. Ezmeralda Sager John Seybold Thomas Myers Abby Oliver Sam Persaud Cameron Rhinehardt Nidhi Sahgal Neal Shapiro Jane Nachtman Jon Oliveros James Peterson Stephen Rhodes Helen Sain Michael Sharkey Jill Nachtman Jaime Olmos In memory of Robert Bond Cristal Rice Michelle Salgado Surinder Sharma N.J. Nakhleh Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Olson Steve Peterson James Rice Kathleen Salik Sanjay Shastri Melanie Nance Robert Orifici Steve Peterson & Kalli Bennett J.R. Rice Oluwafemi Samuel K.B. Shastry Mark Nasuti In honor of Patrick Corey Rob Pettus Jamie Rich Amanda Sanchez Sonya Shaver Nathaniel Naukam Matthew O’Rourke In honor of Lloyd O’Hara James Richardson David Sanchez Richard Sheldon Patricia Neary-Hayward Nathalia Orozco Brianna Pfouts Ashlynn Rickord Kenneth Sanders Lauren Marie Shen Joseph Nelson Miguel Ortiz Karleen Phu In honor of Bill Werner Andrea Sanderson Jonathan Shepard Cecilia Neumann ▲ Jeffrey Otano Thomas Pickering April Riddett Joyce Sanford Brian Sheridan ◆ Latisha Neville Justin Ott Kelli Plasket Ariel Rideout Maggie Sant Eric D. & Mary Sherk Donald Newhouse Carolyn Ottman Joseph Polin J.D. Riechers Daisy I. Santa Aaron Shipley Jeffrey Ng W. Ou In honor of Bob Ward Stephen Rinaldi Eileen Santa Barbara Shipley Justin Ng Danny Page Michael Pomianek Peggy Ristas Kristopher Sargent ◆ Sherry Showell Hien Nguyen F.H. Page Garrett Ponder Jasmine Rivera Kevin Satow Eleanor & Pablo Siegal Thomas Nguyen Jennifer Page In honor of Scott Legasse Garth Roark M.A. Sauer In memory of Dr. & Mrs. William Nguyen In honor of Sonja Page Brian Pongracz Shawna Roberts Rich Sauer S.E. Nibbe Stephen Page John Poole David Robertson K.R. Scalera Sheldon Braverman Max Nibert Reuben Palaparthi Thomas Poole Stephen Robertson ◆ Kristine I. Scarpone Jeffrey Siegel Isabelle Nichols Emily Palomo Lynette Poss In honor of FIRST Robotics John Scasino Fred Silberberg Karen Nichols Peter Palomo Victoria Powell Janet Schaefer Cynthia & Randall Simatic Margaret Nichols Mary F. Parent Marcy Prem Competition LAUNCH TEAM 6352 Richard Schaffer Guyla Sineni Amanda Nickel Bianca Parente Stacy Pressman David Robinson Rachel Schaumburger In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Nieh Je-Hyeong Park Matthew Pringle Jackie Roche In honor of Elliot H. A.W. Nieto-Donnelly Michael Parker Jane Prins David Rock Cynthia Scheetz Sheldon Braverman Natalie Nill Kyle Parkey Jane & Thomas Propst Jonathan Rodin Sam Scheinman Carol Singer & Daniel Singer Bricklin Vinnie & Kelley Rodino Mark & Juanita Schemel Sukhvinder Singh Kang In honor of Bill Aucoin Rich Schermerhorn M.A. Sirotkin Elena Rogachevsky Judith Schierts Roy Sivley Isaiah Roland ◆ Keith Schilling Susan Slattery Janice Roll Steven Schmidt In memory of Jack Sellers Francesca Romano Albert Schmitt Edward Sleeper Nicholas Romano Vicki Schmucker Stephanie Slezycki ◆ Anthony Romero Barry Smith Connor Smith Frank Smith 38 2019 Annual Impact Report ■  Member of the FIRST Board of Directors  ▲  Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board  ●  FIRST Honorary Director  ◆  FIRST Alumni  ✱  FIRST Senior Advisor  ❤  Matching Gift

Larry Smith Bhavana Tallavajhula John Vanleeuwen Bradley Whitney Clifton Zawasky FIRST LEGO LEAGUE JR. SPONSORS Kristine Snipes Bruce Tannahill James Van Otten Karl Wieck In honor of Spencer Zawasky 2018-2019 SEASON Justin Sohl ◆ Emily Tanoury Richard Van Smith Geoffrey Wigglesworth Kevin Zawilski Program Sponsor Marc Solomon Joey Taralson Bharath Varadarajan Vincent ■ & Jean Wilczynski Yan Huang & Qinan Zhang Miriam Somero Kevin Taylor Joel Vardy Dirk Willer Dachuan Zhang Top Team Sponsors Monika Sommerfeld Linda Tenda Apurva Varia Carlene Williams Shi Zhang (10 or more teams in 2018-2019) Michael Sorrenti ◆ Paul Tenreiro Joe Varnell Jeni Williams Xiuhong Zhao Sponsors in this section are listed in Gavin Sortor Drew Terry Crystal Ann Velasco Ken A. Williams Hai Zhu descending order starting with the Norman & Stacy Soucy Tezel Tezel Phillip Vermiglio Janie Wilson Toni Ziehm sponsor of the highest number of teams. Kaitlyn Spencer ◆ In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Vieda In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Vena Zier DoD STEM Alfred Speredelozzi Sahana Vijaya Prasad Mihailo Zilovic John Deere William Spero ◆ Sheldon Braverman Karlo Villanueva Sheldon Braverman Marc Ziss Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Steven Spoldi Frank Thomas Jake Vis Jordan Wilson Matt Zito United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Sridhar Srinivasan Karen Thomas Lynn Wachtmann Andrea Winegar Kenneth Zolot Rockwell Automation, Inc. Donald Stacy Lori Thomas Andrea Wagner Amanda Winkelmayer In honor of John Abele Nextera Energy Foundation Deborah Stambaugh Ralph Thurston Erika Wagner Marc Winthrop Stephen Stebbins Nate Tibbits Aric Walker Joseph Woelfling DR. BART KAMEN MEMORIAL FIRST (Florida Power & Light) Andrew Stein Claudia Tidwell Terri Walker Jason Wojak SCHOLARSHIP FUND CONTRIBUTORS Qualcomm Incorporated Evelyn Stein James Tillery Frank & Marguerite Walter Adam Wolenc Continued special thanks to the Argosy TE Connectivity Michael Steinberg Shelbe Timothy Mike Walton Amy Wolfberg Dow Leslie & Philip Steinmeyer Rick Tinker Guththika Wanawasa Richard & Barbara Wollmershauser Foundation and the DEKA Foundation Leidos Matthew Stemple Todd Tinker Brian Wang Pamela Wong ◆ Bayer Corporation Julie Stevens Mary Ann Toledo Lambert Wang Joshua Wood 2019 FIRST ALLIANCES Booz Allen Hamilton William Stevens Joseph Tonte Paul Warfield Tiffany Woodard Alpha Omega Epsilon (A.O.E.) FIRST in NH Nicholas Stewart Chris Tooley Devrha Warren Bryan Woodbury American Society for Engineering Teri Stockham Matthew Toonkel In honor of Kyra Philipp Connor Worley FIRST LEGO LEAGUE SPONSORS Richard Stocking Garen Torikian Kaitlyn Waters Benjamin Worthington Education (ASEE) 2018-2019 SEASON Ted Stokes Robert Torre Cara & Douglas Watts In honor of Frank Minolli Automation Federation/ISA Founding Partner Dia Stolnitz Isabella Torres ◆ Jordan Webb Timothy Wright Boys & Girls Clubs of America Linda Stone Anthony Tortora Andreas Weber Stef Wu Electronics Components Industry Global Sponsors Kerby Stoudt In honor of Kylie Saccente John Weedon Yiliang Wu Nikki Stout ◆ Fran Toubin Jake Weinmann Rebecca Wunder Association (ECIA) Foundation Roberta Stout In honor of Shelly Braverman Rachel Weinstein Davis Wurth Girl Scouts of the USA Robert & Vada Strattan Steven Toupin Paul Weiss Kenneth Wylie MIT Alumni Association In memory of Jack Sellers Anthony Tran Tim Wells Jerry Wynes National 4-H Council Scott Strecker Kenny Tran David Wert Yanxia Xie National Center for Women & Jeff Stroud Lauren Trottier Ann Westerheim Henry Xu In memory of Edward Zawislak In memory of George Trottier Heather Weston Vincent Xu Information Technology (NCWIT) Betty Stuart Trevor Tupper Mike Wey Yingwei Yang National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) Sunkara Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Turckes In honor of Liam Su Ting Ye National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Natalie Turcotte Darrel Yerkovich National Robotics Week Sigma Phi Delta (SPD) “I BECAME A MENTOR THIS YEAR FOR MY SON’S TEAM. I GAVE TO FIRST BECAUSE IN THE SHORT TIME I’VE Society of Hispanic Professional BEEN WITH THE TEAM I’VE WITNESSED SO MANY POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE STUDENTS I WORK WITH ... MORE CONFIDENCE, BETTER SPEAKING SKILLS, IMPROVED ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS. IT’S SO REWARDING TO WATCH Engineers (SHPE) ONE OF THEM REALIZE HE OR SHE CAN ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THEY’VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.” –FIRST DONOR Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Triangle Fraternity Yale Science & Engineering Alumni Sravan Suryadevara Allison Turner Terry James Wheatley Yogesh Yogesh Maryana Svyatskiy In honor of Paul Zaninovich Tanya Wheeler Carol Yonke Matthew Swagler Paul & Judy Ulland Rebecca Whitaker Michael Young Stephen Swanson J.A. Unruh Family Foundation Robert Whitcomb In memory of Harvey Young Jane Sweatt Myron Uretsky James White Dave Young Willie Sze Ronald Uyerno Julie White Curtis Young In memory of David Peins Joshua Van Allen Sherri White Hongchuan Yu Jessica Szemraj Heidi Vanderbloemen Margaret Whitehead Michael Zarin In honor of Michelle Lee Raquel Van Hofwegen Newton Whitman David Zatorski ■  Member of the FIRST Board of Directors  ▲  Member of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board  ●  FIRST Honorary Director  ◆  FIRST Alumni  ✱  FIRST Senior Advisor  ❤  Matching Gift 2019 Annual Impact Report 39

FIRST LEGO League FIRST in NH The Boeing Company Clippard Instrument Laboratory National Aeronautics and Space Global Innovation Award Booz Allen Hamilton Motorola Solutions Foundation Diamond Technologies Administration (NASA) Bloomberg L.P. Nextera Energy Foundation Digilent – A National Instruments Company Partners in Innovation ebm-papst Inc. United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. FIRST TECH CHALLENGE SPONSORS (Florida Power & Light) ECIA – Electronic Components The 3M Company LEGO® Education 2018-2019 SEASON Picatinny Arsenal Google Season Presenting Sponsor Schneider Electric North Industry Association Anonymous Global Innovation Collaborators Haydonkerk Motion Solutions Apple Collins Aerospace Official Program Sponsor America Foundation Hydro – Extrusion North America General Motors John Deere FIRST Nevada IMI Precision Engineering Florida Atlantic University Qualcomm Incorporated Official IoT, CAD & Collaboration Kent Elastomer Products, Inc. University of Central Florida XPRIZE® Software Sponsor FIRST ROBOTICS Kettering University BAE Systems COMPETITION SPONSORS MaxBotix Inc. Ford Motor Company In Cooperation with Top Team Sponsors 2019 SEASON Nason Qualcomm Incorporated United States Patent and Trademark Office (10 or more teams in 2018-2019) Season Presenting Sponsor Next Gen Robots LLC Fikret Yuksel Foundation Sponsors in this section are listed in Robopromo.com Medtronic, Inc. Top Team Sponsors descending order starting with the Suppliers Robot Extrusions Raytheon (10 or more teams in 2018-2019) sponsor of the highest number of teams. Siemens Rockwell Automation, Inc. Sponsors in this section are listed in Arconic Foundation Crown Suppliers Tableau Software Leidos descending order starting with the DoD STEM The 3M Company TE Connectivity John Deere sponsor of the highest number of teams. Lockheed Martin AndyMark, Inc. WestCoast Products Bayer Corporation John Deere Autodesk, Inc. Comcast NBCUniversal DoD STEM The Boeing Company Bimba Manufacturing Bronze Suppliers Dow John Deere Collins Aerospace CTR Electronics Charmed Labs Boston Scientific/Argosy Foundation Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) PTC, Inc. FedEx Corporation CUI Inc. Picatinny Arsenal The Boeing Company Google Gates Corporation Cypress Abbott Fund LEGO Foundation TE Connectivity igus® Inc. DNR Laboratories, LLC Intuitive Surgical Inc. Caterpillar United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Innovation First International Honeywell Sensing & IOT Booz Allen Hamilton Rockwell Automation, Inc. Leidos Inventables John Deere Bosch M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Loctite Kauai Labs Bechtel Group Foundation United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Mastercam / CNC Software, Inc. PHD Inc. Motorola Solutions Foundation Qualcomm Incorporated National Instruments The Siemon Company Caterpillar Dow PTC, Inc. SolidProfessor TE Connectivity Bosch REV Robotics Sports Awards Pentair Foundation Collins Aerospace Rockwell Automation, Inc. Techplex Labs Altice USA Bayer Corporation DS SolidWorks Corporation Triangle Manufacturing Company FIRST Nevada Google Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) Wago Corporation NOKIA Bell Labs Leidos Xilinx PTC, Inc. Nextera Energy Foundation Diamond Suppliers Schneider Electric North BaneBots Other Contributors (Florida Power & Light) Bishop-Wisecarver Group Bourns America Foundation Apple BURNDY® LLC Colicraft Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) FIRST Nevada Digi-Key Electronics Eaton’s Bussmann Division ABB Inc. TE Connectivity Worcester Polytechnic Institute EPEC LLC GE Energy (Power and Water) Motorola Solutions Foundation HPE Automation Bechtel Group Foundation Gold Suppliers Infineon Technologies FIRST thanks our supporters and has Raytheon Company Analog Devices Inc. Panasonic made every effort to ensure complete and Armabot Parts Express accurate listings. If we’ve made an error, “I HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THREE YEARS BUT CollabNet, Inc. Sager Electronics please accept our sincere apology and let HAVE NEVER DONATED [UNTIL NOW]. I BELIEVE Datto ScreenSteps us know at [email protected]. THAT THIS IS A GREAT CAUSE AND IT MAKES A Festo Stoneridge Inc. Control Devices DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY.” –FIRST DONOR Fluke Corporation TDK Corporation Novelis, Inc. Texas Instruments Incorporated National Aeronautics and Space Caterpillar Parker Hannifin Corporation Yageo Administration (NASA) Bayer Corporation Ruland Manufacturing Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co. Top Team Sponsors Picatinny Arsenal M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Wolfram Research (20 or more teams in 2019) Wasserman Foundation Qualcomm Incorporated Sponsors in this section are listed in ABB Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Silver Suppliers descending order starting with the GE Energy (Power and Water) Dow Altium Inc. sponsor of the highest number of teams. Schneider Electric North Bechtel Group Foundation Anderson Power Products Belden, Inc. The Argosy Foundation America Foundation Bosch The Boeing Company DoD STEM Lockheed Martin 40 2019 Annual Impact Report

THANK YOU TO OUR 2018 FIRST, INSPIRE GALA SPONSORS CHAMPION John and Laura INNOVATOR Overdeck Jeff and Michael Dubno MacKenzie Bezos Jaqui E. Safra and Jean Doumanian MAKER CATALYST Amazon | Armen Avanessians | Becton Dickinson | BNY Mellon Donald and Susan Bossi | The Coca-Cola Company Perella Weinberg Partners | Royalty Pharma Adam Salem, Larry Cohen & Michael Herskovitz | Karl Sprules TigerRisk Capital Markets & Advisory | United Therapeutics Corporation Universal Business and Cisco | Allen Weinberg & Amy Rose Judy and Josh Weston | YouTube 2019 Annual Impact Report 41

THANK YOU TO OUR 2019 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS PRESENTING SPONSOR LEAD SPONSORS EVENT SPONSORS KEY SPONSORS Consumers Energy Quicken Loans SUPPORTERS Jacobs ARMI | BiofabUSA Gene Haas Foundation Southwest Airlines J.R. Automation Autodesk Hilton Texas Instruments Alta Resources LLC BAE Systems Kettering University United Therapeutics Corporation Arm BOSCH Mouser Electronics Walt Disney Imagineering H-E-B Central Michigan University PwC US ZF North America, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company 42 2019 Annual Impact Report

FIRST SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM “WHEN I WROTE AN ESSAY TO APPLY FOR NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY’S FULL-TUITION As part of the FIRST Scholarship Program, we partner Thank you to the following organizations for supporting NU-FIRST SCHOLARSHIP, I FOUND IT DIFFICULT with colleges, universities, technical schools, and FIRST alumni in continuing their educations. TO CONVEY WHAT FIRST MEANT TO ME IN JUST other companies, foundations, and associations that 500 WORDS. FIRST NOT ONLY TAUGHT ME ABOUT make available scholarship opportunities specifically To learn more about the FIRST Scholarship Program, or to ENGINEERING; IT TAUGHT ME HOW TO LEARN.” for FIRST participants and alumni. In 2019, more than make FIRST Scholarships available from your institution, 200 FIRST Scholarship Providers made available over please visit www.firstinspires.org/scholarships. – Peyton Fitzgerald, FIRST alum 3,500 scholarship opportunities totaling over $80 million. FY2019 FIRST SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS PLATINUM ($500,000+) Indiana University Rice University Vaughn College of Aeronautics Molloy College University of Massachusetts Amherst/PTC Bahcesehir University Jacksonville University Saginaw Valley State University and Technology Morrison Tech • University of Mississippi Capitol Technology University Kenzie Academy Inc. • St. Clair College Murray State University University of Missouri Clarkson University Macquarie University Seattle Pacific University Vermont Technical College New Horizons Computer University of Nevada Las Vegas Florida Institute of Technology Merrimack College SUNY Polytechnic Institute Xavier University University of New Hampshire Illinois Institute of Technology Michigan Tech University Temple University Learning Centers • University of New Orleans Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo Northeastern University University of Cincinnati – College of BRASS (UP TO $19,999) New York Institute of Technology University of North Alabama 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Architectural Science U.S. Navy ROTC – St. Louis Fairfield University • Northwestern University St. Louis Community College College of STEM Grand Valley State University Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs Foundation Indianapolis (IUPUI) Salt Lake Community College • Recruiting District Harvey Mudd College The Ohio State University Industrial Arts Institute SME Education Foundation Webb Institute Hofstra University Oklahoma State University College Iowa State University Society for the Advancement of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Horizons School of Technology Itasca Community College Yale University Johnson & Wales University of Engineering, Architecture Kansas State University College Young Scientists (SAY) • Marquette University and Technology Society of Women Engineers GOLD ($100,000 – $499,999) McKendree University Pace University, Seidenberg of Engineering Boston University McMaster University School of Computer Science Lake Superior State University (SWE) – Houston Bucknell University Missouri University of Science and Information Systems LMI • South Dakota School of College of the Atlantic Rutgers University Louisiana State University • Dr. Bart Kamen Memorial FIRST and Technology Saint Martin’s University Make School Mines & Technology National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) Steve Sanghi Scholarship Maryville University Southeast Missouri State University Scholarship Fund New England College • Texas Tech University Mercer University Southwestern Michigan College ECPI University • Nipissing University University of Alaska – Anchorage Metropolitan Community Sweet Briar College • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – AZ Northwest Nazarene University Engineering University of Maryland, A. James TKS The Knowledge Society • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – FL Pacific University Clark School of Engineering College – Maple Woods Triangle Fraternity • Hampshire College The Raytheon Company University of Northern Iowa Mineral Area College University of Central Missouri Hudson Valley Community College University of Tennessee, Minnesota State College Southeast University of Connecticut College of Engineering University of Dayton •  New Provider University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – College of Engineering University of Kansas 2019 Annual Impact Report 43

PROGRAM FIRST LEGO LEAGUE JR. Ecuador Jordan Romania DELIVERY PARTNERS 2018-2019 SEASON Fabiana Pedrini Ismail Yasein Hasan Stefan Radulescu Maria Dolores Herrera Jubilee Center for Excellence in CRESTEM FIRST is the vehicle by GLOBAL PARTNERS Plan Ceibal which young people of all Australia Education/King Hussein Foundation Saudi Arabia backgrounds can discover Luan Heimlich Egypt Ahmad Tawalbeh a love of learning, hone their Macquarie University Ayman El Kabbany Kenya ATLAB Trading, LLC creativity, and unlock their Techno Future Egypt Christine Achieng Onyango full, amazing potential. Our Belgium FIRST LEGO League East Africa Scotland Program Delivery Partners Brigitte van Helden Estonia Mandy Workman work tirelessly to bring Stichting Techniekpromotie Heilo Altin Republic of Korea David Lakin programs that keep STEM Ramon Rantsus Professor Kyoung-Mihn Do The Institution of Engineering exciting and accessible to Brazil MTÜ Robootika FEST (Feeling and Enjoying Science communities and classrooms Alex de Souza and Technology around the world. The Positivo France & Technology Organization) following key organizations Erwan Gallee Singapore and volunteers in the field Canada Educabot Latvia Nualwon Cha-ume implement FIRST programs ALBERTA Edgars Skruodis Pittayut Tangsatjatham in their respective regions. Kimberley Werezak Germany MTÜ Robootika Duck Learning FIRST Robotics Society Franzi Ronneburger 44 2019 Annual Impact Report Stefanie Sieber Lebanon Slovenia BRITISH COLUMBIA HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. Ghazi Mtaweh Natalija Premuzic Ursula Leslie Cedars Cultural School-Education Zavod Super Glavce Julie Occleshaw Greece FIRST Robotics British Columbia Society Kostas Vasileiou and Technology Center South Africa Vasilis Tanis Johannes de Vries NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR EduACT Lithuania Tshwane University of Technology/ Steven Noseworthy Arturus Gaulia FIRST Technology Association, Inc. Guatemala Robotikos Akademija FIRST South Africa Fabiana Pedrini ONTARIO Shiomara Bennett de Trujillo Malaysia Spain Christine Bibic Plan Ceibal/Computacion Avenzada Kevin Wan Ricard Huguet FIRST Robotics Canada Sasbadi Sdn Bhd Montse Bover Hong Kong Fundación Scientia QUÉBEC Eugene Zhang México Rachid Abiza Semia Limited Roberto Saint Martin Swaziland Robotique FIRST Québec The Hong Kong Youth Federation RobotiX Johannes de Vries Tshwane University of Technology/ Cayman Islands India Moldova Stephen Ta’Bois NORTH Viorica Bordei FIRST South Africa Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Sudhanshu Sharma MTÜ Robootika India STEM Foundation Sweden Ciencias y Tecnología The Netherlands Silje Kumeus Ministry of Education/Cayman SOUTH Brigitte van Helden Mariann Johnsen Islands Government Sajeev Karuthody Stichting Techniekpromotie FIRST Scandinavia Edutech India Pvt Ltd. Chile New Zealand Thailand Kristin Engemann WEST Debbie Wooliams Nualwon Cha-Ume Fundación SparkTalents Hozefa Aziz FIRST New Zealand Trust GAMMACO Duck Learning China Northern Ireland Tunisia Jason Wang Indonesia Mandy Workman Ikram Ben Abdallah LEGO Education Bambang Rusli David Lakin Edurobot Tunisia Gunawan Tunas The Institution of Engineering Chinese Taipei PT Edukasi Kreatifitas Anak / CK Education Turkey Johnson Jan and Technology Fatma Habip Rene Cheng Ireland Asli Yikici Yurtsever K Kingdom Inc. Mandy Workman Norway Bilim Kahramanlari Dernegi David Lakin Mariann Johnsen Costa Rica The Institution of Engineering Silje Kumeus Ukraine Mariela Sanchez FIRST Scandinavia Oksana Stoyetskaya Fundación STEAM and Technology Innovative Education Solutions Pakistan Cyprus Israel Rehan Ahmad United Arab Emirates Kostas Vasileiou Bosmat Shalom-Tuchin Qamar Iqbal Khushboo Samkaria Vasilis Tanis Keren Muchnik Nadeem Hassan ATLAB Trading, LLC EduACT Gila Kusan STARfALL Foundation FIRST Israel/Technion Institute of United Kingdom Denmark Philippines Mandy Workman Mariann Johnsen Science and Technology Mylne Abiva David Lakin Silje Kumeus FELTA Multi-Media, Inc. The Institution of Engineering FIRST Scandinavia Italy Valentina Bisoffi Portugal and Technology Dominican Republic Francesca Maffei Ana Raquel Silva Abraham Dauhajre Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto Noah Revoy United States Fundación para el Desarrollo de Evoluir21 ADVENTIST ROBOTICS LEAGUE Japan Mel Wade las Ciencias y Tecnología Hideki Kamoshida Qatar Takahiro Kondo Mariam Awadi ALABAMA FIRST Japan Jubilee Center for Excellence in Education Taylor Whisenant FIRST in Alabama

ALASKA ILLINOIS NEVADA – LAS VEGAS PENNSYLVANIA – SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN Bolivia Rebecca Soza Kyle Blais Pam Garfield Joe McCullough Lisa Bartig Raul Ontiveros Juneau Economic Development Council Dan Green Jean Hoppert Dan Ueda Ben Senson ONTI Foundation ARIZONA Dee Karabowicz FIRST Nevada University of Pennsylvania BadgerBOTS Robotics Corporation Hilary Mitchell Illinois FIRST Robotics NEVADA – RENO PENNSYLVANIA – SOUTHWEST Bosnia & Herzegovina Arizona State University, Ira A. INDIANA Dee Frewert Marcel Bergerman WYOMING Natalija Premuzič Renee Becker-Blau FIRST Nevada Maria Yamanaka Cathy Bisiar Zavod Super Glavce Fulton Schools of Engineering Chris Osborne NEW JERSEY – NORTH BrainSTEM Learning, Inc. Natrona County School District ARKANSAS IndianaFIRST Ernest DiCicco, Jr. PUERTO RICO Brazil Richard Cassady IOWA Mount Olive Robotics Education Miray Ramy Uruguay Paulo Mol Junior Science and Technology Group Inc. Camille Sloan-Schroeder Eureka STEM Fabiana Pedrini SESI–Brazilian Social Services of CALIFORNIA – CENTRAL College of Engineering, Iowa Association RHODE ISLAND Plan Ceibal – LED/NGO/NPO Michael Adam NEW JERSEY – SOUTH Nick Terry Industry–National Department Santanu Banerjee State University Brigid Milone Rhode Island School of the Future Vietnam Clovis Unified School District KANSAS – KANSAS CITY Rowan University SOUTH CAROLINA Su Kim Ngan Bulgaria CALIFORNIA – NORTHERN Christina Chandler NEW MEXICO Marie Fischer Viet Tinh Anh JSC Kostas Vasileiou Jill Wilker KC STEM Alliance Chris Morgan Louis Rubbo Vasilis Tanis Playing At Learning KANSAS – SOUTHWEST Sandy Trissell SC FIRST LEGO League and Wales EduACT CALIFORNIA – SOUTHERN Traci Kirk FIRST LEGO League New Mexico Mandy Workman Lynn Crockett Mid-America Air Museum/City of Liberal NEW YORK – FINGER LAKES Robotics Education, Inc. David Lakin Canada LEGOLAND® KENTUCKY Elayne Stewart SOUTH DAKOTA The Institution of Engineering ALBERTA COLORADO Bev Ketron Kyle Doyle Jeremy Haugen Ania Ossowska Katherine Aschenberg Beth Koch University of Rochester Stacy Stahl and Technology FIRST Robotics Society Colorado Robotics Excelling at Northern Kentucky University NEW YORK – LONG ISLAND EmBe LOUISIANA Eileen Kaler TENNESSEE – CHATTANOOGA (N. GEORGIA) Zimbabwe BRITISH COLUMBIA Science and Technology Inc. Carol Cancienne Robert Kaler Scott Rosenow Johannes de Vries Philip Pierce CONNECTICUT Annette Oertling Rick Ramhap Greater Chattanooga Robotics Tshwane University of Technology/ St. Margaret’s School Lisa Nolman FIRST Louisiana-Mississippi FIRST Long Island TENNESSEE – EAST NE FIRST MARYLAND NEW YORK – MID-HUDSON VALLEY Ingrid Busch FIRST South Africa NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR DELAWARE Michael Kaurich Casimer DeCusatis Kris Craven Clarence Button Eric Cheek STEMaction, Inc. John Houston Tennessee Technology University FIRST LEGO LEAGUE FIRST Technology Association, Inc. Delaware State University MASSACHUSETTS Hudson Valley FIRST LEGO League TENNESSEE – WEST 2018-2019 SEASON FLORIDA – CENTRAL Stephen Green NEW YORK – NEW YORK CITY Avis Robinson NOVA SCOTIA Joyce Walters NE FIRST Norm Sutaria The Children’s Museum of Memphis GLOBAL PARTNERS Gary Walsh Polk State College MICHIGAN Lisa Cai TEXAS – ACES Albania Acadia University FLORIDA – NORTHEAST Cindy Nader NYC FIRST Megan Clark Kostas Vasileiou Joe Moseley FIRST in Michigan NEW YORK – UTICA Kristi Cantu Vasilis Tanis ONTARIO Krystal Martz MINNESOTA Janice Martino Jane Taylor EduACT David Ellis Kalai Sankar Cheryl Moeller SUNY Institute of Technology Jason Arms FIRST Robotics Canada Renaissance Jax Jeannie Badger NORTH CAROLINA FIRST in Texas Andorra FLORIDA – NORTHWEST Vicki Coaty Marie Hopper TEXAS – NORTH Ricard Huguet QUÉBEC Rick Soria High Tech Kids Julia Wagner John Shellene Montse Bover Rachid Abiza DEFENSEWERX, Inc. MISSISSIPPI FIRST North Carolina DFW Technology and Education Council Fundación Scientia Robotique FIRST Québec FLORIDA – SOUTH Teresa Lanum NORTH DAKOTA TEXAS – WEST Stacey Jones Robotics Alliance of Mississippi Gwen Klawon Gabby Gandara Argentina Chile Green Mouse Academy MISSOURI – CENTRAL Laura Munski Virgilio Gonzalez Gonzalo Zabala Kirstin Engemann FLORIDA – WEST COAST Sherry Comer University of North Dakota, University of Texas at El Paso Fabiana Pedrini Fundación SparkTalents Desh Bagley Camdenton R-III Schools UTAH Plan Ceibal DEFENSEWERX, Inc. MISSOURI – EAST College of Engineering and Mines Kyle Feuz Playbots S.A. China GEORGIA Kathie Reuter OHIO Dana Dellinger Jason Wang Georgia Clark St. Louis Community College Sarah Heist Weber State University Australia LEGO Education Connie Haynes Brenda Ronnebaum VIRGINIA/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Luan Heimlich GeorgiaFIRST Robotics, Inc. – Florissant Valley Educational Outreach Kaitlin Ilnitzki Macquarie University Chinese Taipei GUAM MISSOURI – KANSAS CITY Nick Swayne Rene Cheng Charika Garcia Christina Chandler Wright Patterson Air Force Base James Madison University Austria Johnson Jan Dr. Ajay Sunga KC STEM Alliance OKLAHOMA WASHINGTON Franzi Ronneburger K Kingdom Inc. Science is Fun and Awesome NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS (NSBE) Scott Taylor FIRST Washington Stefanie Sieber HAWAI‘I David Varnado Suzanne Dodson WEST VIRGINIA HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. Colombia Sheree Herrera NEBRASKA Oklahoma Science and Engineering Todd Ensign Viviana Garzon Cardoza Hawai‘i FIRST LEGO League Brandy Wagner Fairmont State University Azerbaijan Fabiana Pedrini IDAHO University of Nebraska – Lincoln Foundation (OKSEF) Fatma Habip Plan Ceibal/Uniminuto Timothy Ewers, Ph. D. OREGON Asli Yikici Yurtsever Robin Baumgartner 4-H Youth Development Loridee Wetzel Bilim Kahramanlari Dernegi Costa Rica Extension 4-H, University of Idaho David Perry Mariela Sanchez Oregon Robotics Tournament Bahamas Fundación STEAM Abraham Dauhajre and Outreach Program Fundación para el Desarrollo de Croatia Natalija Premuzič las Ciencias y Tecnología Zavod Super Glavce Bahrain Cyprus Khushboo Samkaria Kostas Vasileiou ATLAB Trading, LLC Vasilis Tanis EduACT Belgium Brigitte van Helden Czech Republic Stichting Techniekpromotie Franzi Ronneburger Stefanie Sieber HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. 2019 Annual Impact Report 45

THANK YOU, Denmark Hungary Malaysia FIRST VOLUNTEERS! Mariann Johnsen Franzi Ronneburger KingHui Law Silje Kumeus Stefanie Sieber Kevin Wan For 30 years, FIRST FIRST Scandinavia HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. Sasbadi Sdn Bhd volunteers have fueled our mission by inspiring millions Dominican Republic Iceland Martinique of young people to reach for Abraham Dauhajre David Armannsonn Caroline Bayart the stars. Our hundreds of Fundación para el Desarrollo de FIRST LEGO League á Íslandi West Side Robot Lab thousands of volunteers are part of a global support system we’ve built for las Ciencias y Tecnología India México young people who need a spark of curiosity NORTH Roberto Saint Martin and encouragement to launch their dreams. Ecuador Sudhanshu Sharma RobotiX Fabiana Pedrini India STEM Foundation AT THE 2019 FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP, WE HONORED THE Fernando Armendariz Moldova 2019 FIRST VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENTS: Plan Ceibal/Colegio SEK SOUTH Viorica Bordei Sajeev Karuthody MTÜ Robootika/Moldovan Association FIRST LEGO LEAGUE JR. FIRST TECH CHALLENGE Egypt Edutech India Pvt Ltd. Ayman El Kabbany of ICT Companies (ATIC) Julia Wagner Jill Wilker Techno Future Egypt WEST Hozefa Aziz Mongolia Greensboro, North Carolina Campbell, California Estonia Duck Learning Tumurchudur Dugerragchaa Heilo Altin Mongolia Robot Education Association Pablo Hernandez George Marchant Ramon Rantsus Indonesia MTÜ Robootika Bambang Rusli Montenegro Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Goffstown, New Hampshire Gunawan Tunas Prof. Srdjan Kadic Faroe Islands PT Edukasi Kreatifitas Anak/CK Education Young Inventors of Montenegro FIRST LEGO LEAGUE FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION Mariann Johnsen Silje Kumeus Ireland Morocco David Stolz Terrell Burch FIRST Scandinavia David Lakin Laila Berchane Mandy Workman Play Academy Cypress, Texas Camden, South Carolina Finland The Institution of Engineering Pekka Pihola The Netherlands Stacey Jones James Lockman Robotiikka and Technology Brigitte van Helden Stichting Techniekpromotie Palm City, Florida Gorham, Maine France Israel Caroline Bayart Bosmat Shalom-Tuchin New Zealand West Side Robot Lab Gila Kusan Debbie Wooliams FIRST Israel/Technion Institute of FIRST New Zealand Trust Germany Franzi Ronneburger Science and Technology Nigeria Stefanie Sieber Olajide Ademola Ajayi HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. Italy CODERINA Valentina Bisoffi Ghana Francesca Maffei Republic of North Macedonia Olajide Ademola Ajayi Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto Kostas Vasileiou CODERINA Vasilis Tanis Japan EduACT Greece Hideki Kamoshida Kostas Vasileiou Takahiro Kondo Northern Ireland Vasilis Tanis FIRST Japan Mandy Workman EduACT David Lakin Jordan The Institution of Engineering Guadalupe Ismail Yasein Hasan Caroline Bayart King Hussein Foundation/Jubilee Center and Technology West Side Robot Lab for Excellence in Education Norway Guatemala Mariann Johnsen Fabiana Pedrini Kenya Silje Kumeus Shiomara Bennett de Trujillo Christine Achieng Onyango FIRST Scandinavia Plan Ceibal/Computacion Avenzada FIRST LEGO League East Africa Oman Haiti Republic of Korea Khushboo Samkaria Odule Augustin Professor Kyoung-Mihn Do ATLAB Trading, LLC Kinvil Jean FEST (Feeling and Enjoying Science FEDUDEVH Pakistan & Technology Organization) Rehan Ahmad Honduras Qamar Iqbal Juan Carlos Morales Latvia STARfALL (Science and Technology Fabiana Pedrini Edgars Skruodis Plan Ceibal/Uniminuto MTÜ Robootika Awareness and Recognition for All) Honduras STEM Foundation Lebanon Palestine Hong Kong Ghazi Mtaweh Ismail Yasein Hasan Eugene Zhang Cedars Cultural School-Education King Hussein Foundation/Jubilee Center Booky Chiu Semia Limited and Technology Center for Excellence in Education In-country sub-partner: In-country sub-partner: Lithuania Muhannad Omareya The Hong Kong Youth Federation Arturus Gaulia Fakker For Educational Materials Robotikos Akademija Paraguay Luxembourg Fabiana Pedrini Brigitte van Helden Liú Ficorilli Gómez Stichting Techniekpromotie Plan Ceibal/Espacios de Ser 46 2019 Annual Impact Report

Peru Thailand COLORADO KENTUCKY NEW JERSEY – SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA – SOUTHEAST Sadya Velizarof Nualwon Cha-ume Kevin Kowalczyk Beth Koch Eric Milou Nate Knauss Alex Mori Pittayut Tangsatjatham Dawn Lutz Northern Kentucky University Rowan University Dan Ueda Wernher Von Braun IEP SA Gammaco (Thailand) Co. Ltd. Kevin Popp LOUISIANA NEW MEXICO University of Pennsylvania Trinidad and Tobago Colorado Robotics Excelling at Michelle Sanchez Chris Morgan PENNSYLVANIA – SOUTHWEST Philippines Lovaan Superville Annette Oertling Sandy Trissell Gordon Walton Mylene Abiva Toni Hinds-Joel Science and Technology Inc. FIRST Louisiana-Mississippi Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails BrainSTEM Learning, Inc. FELTA Multi-Media, Inc. NIHERST CONNECTICUT MAINE NEW YORK – FINGER LAKES PUERTO RICO Tunisia Mike Gentry Tom Bickford Kyle Doyle Roberto Gorbea Poland Ikram Ben Abdallah NE FIRST Maine Robotics Elayne Stewart Miray Ramy Franzi Ronneburger Edurobot Tunisia DELAWARE MARYLAND University of Rochester Eureka Enrichment and Stefanie Sieber Turkey Eric Cheek, Ph. D. Jamie Gurganus NEW YORK – LONG ISLAND HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. Fatma Habip Delaware State University College of Engineering & Information Janet Anderson Learning Center, Inc. Asli Yikici Yurtsever FLORIDA – CENTRAL Rick Ramhap RHODE ISLAND Portugal Bilim Kahramanlari Dernegi Michael Schweim Technology Stephanie Stern Rebekah Gendron Noah Revoy Uganda Joyce Walters University of Maryland Baltimore FIRST Long Island Rhode Island School of the Future Ana Raquel Silva Christine Achieng Onyango Polk State College MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK – MID-HUDSON VALLEY SOUTH CAROLINA Evoluir21 FIRST LEGO League East Africa FLORIDA – NORTHEAST Colleen Shaver Leah Akins Louis Rubbo Ukraine Mark McCombs Worcester Polytechnic Institute Casimer DeCusatis SC FIRST LEGO League and Qatar Oksana Stoyetskaya Krystal Martz MICHIGAN John Houston Mariam Awadi Innovative Education Solutions Renaissance Jax, Inc. Angela Hite Hudson Valley FIRST LEGO League Robotics Education, Inc. King Hussein Foundation/Jubilee Center United Arab Emirates FLORIDA – NORTHWEST FIRST in Michigan NEW YORK – NEW YORK CITY SOUTH DAKOTA Khushboo Samkaria Lauren Bierman MINNESOTA Lisa Cai Stacy Stahl for Excellence in Education ATLAB Trading, LLC DEFENSEWERX, Inc. Vicki Coaty Norm Sutaria Jeremy Haugen United Kingdom FLORIDA – SOUTH Cheryl Moeller NYC FIRST EmBe Romania Mandy Workman Stacey Jones High Tech Kids NEW YORK – POTSDAM TENNESSEE – CHATTANOOGA (N. GEORGIA) Stefan Radulescu David Lakin Green Mouse Academy MISSISSIPPI Mary Margaret Small Scott Rosenow CRESTEM The Institution of Engineering FLORIDA – WEST COAST Teresa Lanum Clarkson University Greater Chattanooga Robotics Desh Bagley Robotics Alliance of Mississippi NEW YORK – UTICA TENNESSEE – EAST Saudi Arabia and Technology Hillsborough Community College MISSOURI – CENTRAL Janice Martino Kris Craven Ahmad Tawalbeh United States GEORGIA Sherry Comer SUNY Polytechnic Institute Paula Suchomski ATLAB Trading, LLC ADVENTIST ROBOTICS LEAGUE Jeff Rosen Camdenton R-III School District NORTH CAROLINA Bradley Weil Mel Wade Georgia Institute of Technology MISSOURI – EAST Kory Bennett, Ph. D. Tennessee Technological University Scotland HAWAI‘I Kathie Reuter North Carolina A&T State University TENNESSEE – WEST Mandy Workman ALABAMA Taka Kimura Rhonda Rosson NORTH DAKOTA Tom Banning David Lakin Drew Whisenant Derrick Shiroma St. Louis Community College – Gwen Klawon Daniel Kohn The Institution of Engineering Taylor Whisenant Hawai‘i FIRST LEGO League Florissant Valley University of North Dakota, School Frank Niedzwiedz FIRST in Alabama IDAHO MONTANA University of Memphis and Herff and Technology Robin Baumgartner Christine Foreman of Engineering & Mines ALASKA Timothy Ewers, Ph. D. College of Engineering, OHIO College of Engineering Serbia Rebecca Soza Extension 4-H, University of Idaho Montana State University Brenda Ronnebaum TEXAS – ACES Natalija Premuzič Juneau Economic Development Council ILLINOIS NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS (NSBE) Wright Patterson Air Force Base – Kristi Cantu Zavod Super Glavce Bob Hubberts David Varnado Jason Arms ARIZONA Sara Lubic NEBRASKA Educational Outreach Megan Clark Singapore Hilary Mitchell Illinois FIRST Robotics Brandy Wagner OKLAHOMA Jane Taylor Hozefa Aziz Singapore Wala Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering INDIANA University of Nebraska–Lincoln Scott Taylor FIRST in Texas Duck Learning Carol Dostal 4-H Youth Development Oklahoma Science and Engineering TEXAS – NORTH Arizona State University College of Engineering, Technology NEVADA – LAS VEGAS Kelly Goodner Slovakia Pam Garfield Foundation (OKSEF) Perot Museum of Nature and Science Franzi Ronneburger ARKANSAS and Computer Science Jean Hoppert OREGON TEXAS –WEST Stefanie Sieber Richard Cassady Purdue University, Fort Wayne FIRST Nevada Loridee Wetzel Gabby Gandara HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. Amber Williamson IOWA NEVADA – RENO Oregon Robotics Tournament Virgilio Gonzalez Science and Technology Group, Inc. Camille Sloan-Schroeder Dee Frewert University of Texas at El Paso Slovenia College of Engineering, Iowa Scot Duncan and Outreach Program UTAH Natalija Premuzič CALIFORNIA – CENTRAL State University FIRST Nevada PENNSYLVANIA – CENTRAL Dana Dellinger Zavod Super Glavce Michael Adam KANSAS CITY REGION NEW HAMPSHIRE Shawn Cerully Garth Tuck Callie Carbajal Christina Chandler Alex Carter Janel Vancas Weber State University South Africa Robyn Castillo KC STEM Alliance Samantha Ruppert Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 VERMONT Johannes de Vries Clovis Unified School District KANSAS – CENTRAL NE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA – EAST David Feinauer, Ph. D. Tshwane University of Technology/ Mark Esau NEW JERSEY – NORTH Kathleen Hauser Norwich University CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES Kansas Youth Science and Ernest DiCicco, Jr. Penn State Berks VIRGINIA/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FIRST South Africa Tony Ayad Technology Foundation Mount Olive Robotics Education PENNSYLVANIA – NORTHWEST Kaitlin Ilnitzki Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles KANSAS – SOUTHWEST Association Melanie Ford Nick Swayne Spain Traci Kirk Edward Smith James Madison University Ricard Huguet CALIFORNIA – NORTHERN Mid-America Air Museum/City of Liberal Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Montse Bover Mark Edelman Fundación Scientia Neta Retter Jill Wilker Swaziland Playing At Learning Johannes de Vries Tshwane University of Technology/ CALIFORNIA – SOUTHERN Lynn Crockett FIRST South Africa LEGOLAND® Sweden Mariann Johnsen Silje Kumeus FIRST Scandinavia Switzerland Franzi Ronneburger Stefanie Sieber HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e. V. 2019 Annual Impact Report 47

WASHINGTON Egypt/Lebanon CALIFORNIA – NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MONTANA TEXAS – LUBBOCK United Kingdom and Ireland FIRST Washington Ayman El Kabbani Jill Wilker Ed Huth Patrick Felty Muktar Ali Ghazi A Mtaweh Mark Edelman Oracle FIRST in Texas United States WEST VIRGINIA TechnoFuture Egypt, Education & Playing At Learning NEBRASKA ALASKA Todd Ensign CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO Bradley Barker TEXAS – PASADENA/HOUSTON Rebecca Soza Fairmont State University Technology Center Lebanon Matt Nilsen Nebraska 4-H Youth Development Sharon Sledge David Patterson RISE NEVADA San Jacinto College CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES WISCONSIN Europe DoD COLORADO Jean Hoppert Theresa Klemme Lisa Bartig Galen Tate Matthew Collier FIRST Nevada TEXAS – SAN ANTONIO Patrick Brophy Ben Senson India Kathy Collier NEW HAMPSHIRE Patrick Felty GEORGIA BadgerBOTS Robotics Corporation Vinay Kunwar LAUNCH Bruce Linton FIRST in Texas Steven Hovey Ashvin Savant CONNECTICUT ingenuityNE HAWAI‘I WYOMING India Robotics Society Bruce Linton NEW JERSEY UTAH Blake Uramoto Cyndee Guthmiller ingenuityNE Joel Bloom David Ferro Jenny Uramoto Natrona County School District Israel DELAWARE New Jersey Institute of Technology Weber State University IDAHO Uruguay Bosmat Shalom-Tuchin Eric Cheek, Ph.D. NEW YORK CITY Robin Baumgartner Fabiana Pedrini FIRST Israel Delaware State University Michael Zigman VERMONT ILLINOIS Plan Ceibal – LED/NGO/NPO FLORIDA NYC FIRST Douglas Dickey Sue Kunzeman Vietnam Jamaica Hans Wolf NEW YORK – EXCELSIOR Kristin Winer Jonathan Weiland Su Kim Ngan Christopher Williams Tampa Bay Robotics Foundation, Inc. Janice Martino University of Vermont INDIANA Viet Tinh Anh JSC Jamaica College Foundation GEORGIA SUNY Polytechnic Institute Lori Hall Wales Connie Haynes NEW YORK – EMPIRE VIRGINIA LOUISIANA Mandy Workman Republic of Korea GeorgiaFIRST Robotics, Inc. Richard Kline Scott McKay Clark Rowley David Lakin Professor Kyoung-Mihn Do HAWAI‘I Pace University VirginiaFIRST MICHIGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL The Institution of Engineering FEST (Feeling and Enjoying Science Aaron Dengler NEW YORK – LONG ISLAND Tammy Damrath Punahou School Yacov Shamash WASHINGTON MINNESOTA and Technology & Technology Organization) IDAHO School Business Partnerships FIRST Washington Vicki Coaty Yemen Tim Ewers MISSISSIPPI Mohammed Saban México University of Idaho Extension 4-H of Long Island, Inc. WEST VIRGINIA Mannie Lowe King Hussein Foundation/Jubilee Center Bárbara Gómez de Navarro ILLINOIS NORTH CAROLINA Donald Trisel MISSOURI Explora, Descubre Y Crea, AC Michael Seedman Robert Pompey Jr. Fairmont State University Tom McGovern for Excellence in Education INDIANA North Carolina A&T State University Laura Roth Zimbabwe The Netherlands Darrin Wilcoxson NORTH DAKOTA WISCONSIN NEW JERSEY Johannes de Vries Ron Visser Crawfordsville High School Lee Gullingsrud Michael Krauski Vince Frascella Tshwane University of Technology/ STEAMup IOWA Bismarck Career Academy University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Patricia Frascella Rebecca Whitaker OHIO NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST South Africa Romania University of Iowa Linda Neenan WYOMING Frank Grossman Dana Razboiu LOUISIANA iSPACE, Inc. Bryan Honken NEW YORK – LONG ISLAND FIRST TECH CHALLENGE Natie Prin Annette Oertling OKLAHOMA Natrona County School District Janet Anderson 2018-2019 SEASON Educatie Association FIRST Louisiana-Mississippi Randy Beutler NEW YORK CITY MARYLAND Southwest Oklahoma State University PROGRAM MANAGERS Mary-Ann Oluwanifise AFFILIATE PARTNERS South Africa Dr. Jeffrey Isaacson OREGON Canada NORTH CAROLINA Australia Johannes de Vries Universities Space Research David Perry Dr. Kory Bennett Luan Heimlich Tshwane University of Technology Oregon Robotics Tournament and ALBERTA OHIO Michael Heimlich Association (USRA) Philippe Manseau Lori McAlister Macquarie University Spain MASSACHUSETTS Outreach Program (ORTOP) BRITISH COLUMBIA Paul Smith Brazil Richard Huguet Loretta Bessette PENNSYLVANIA Christine Nicholls OREGON Mauricio Vasconcelos de Carvalho Fundacion Scientia MIT Lincoln Laboratory Thomas Zawislak CEESA School District Cathy Swider SESI – Social Service of the Industry – MICHIGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics Ionel Doboaca Oregon Robotics Tournament and United Arab Emirates Francois Castaing RHODE ISLAND China National Department Sanjay Raghunath Gail Alpert Erin Flynn Flora Li Outreach Program (ORTOP) Canada Dr. Bjorn Kjerfve FIRST in Michigan New England Institute of Technology Janice Wang ALBERTA ATLAB Trading LLC and American MINNESOTA SOUTH CAROLINA Ice Yam PENNSYLVANIA Katherine McKinnon Cheryl Moeller William Pedersen Kody Ho Dave Hackett FIRST Robotics Society University of Sharjah High Tech Kids South Carolina Robotics Chinese Taipei TEXAS – LUBBOCK MISSISSIPPI Rene Cheng De’Lila Holder BRITISH COLUMBIA United Kingdom and Ireland John O’Haver Education Foundation Israel Texas Tech University Randy Enkin Ed Cervantes-Watson University of Mississippi TENNESSEE Ran Sabag Society for the Advancement FIRST Tech Challenge UK MISSOURI Mike Wehrenberg Republic of Korea TEXAS – SAN ANTONIO Susie Mathieu TNFIRST, Inc. Wonsup Le Megan Clark of Young Scientists United States TEXAS – ARLINGTON/DALLAS Romania Andrew Schuetze China ALABAMA Patrick Michaud Andrei Toniuc UTAH Eugene Zhang Brian Pappas University of Texas at Dallas Ana Popescu Dana Dellinger Semia Limited FIRST in Alabama Spain Weber State University Chinese Taipei Erik Jonsson School of Engineering Montse Bover i Jimenez Johnson Jan ALASKA and Computer Science United Arab Emirates ESUN Robot Association Brian Holst Khushboo Samkaria Czech Republic Juneau Economic Development Council Abdallah El Marhoune David Hughes CEESA School District ARIZONA Christine Sapio Coconino High School David Thompson Northern Arizona University CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES Gigi Johnson Next Careers 48 2019 Annual Impact Report

VIRGINIA NEVADA Kristin Clemons FIRST Nevada WASHINGTON NEW ENGLAND FIRST Washington NE FIRST NEW YORK CITY WISCONSIN NYC FIRST Julianne Pickering NEW YORK – LONG ISLAND University of Wisconsin Milwaukee FIRST Long Island NORTH CAROLINA WEST VIRGINIA FIRST North Carolina Todd Ensign OREGON West Virginia Robotics Alliance Oregon Robotics Tournament & WYOMING Outreach Program (ORTOP) Cyndee Guthmiller SOUTH CAROLINA Natrona County School District Palmetto Partners for Science FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION and Technology 2019 SEASON TEXAS Australia FIRST in Texas Macquarie University UTAH Canada FIRST Utah VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, WASHINGTON DC ONTARIO FIRST Chesapeake FIRST Robotics Canada WASHINGTON ALBERTA FIRST Washington FIRST Robotics Society (FRS) Israel FIRST Israel México Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Turkey Fikret Yüksel Foundation United States ARIZONA AZFirst ALABAMA FIRST in Alabama COLORADO FIRST Colorado FLORIDA Florida FIRST Robotics Education Foundation, Inc. (FFREF) GEORGIA GeorgiaFIRST Robotics, Inc. IDAHO Idaho Regional Robotics Inc. ILLINOIS FIRST Illinois Robotics INDIANA IndianaFIRST LOUISIANA FIRST Louisiana-Mississippi MICHIGAN FIRST in Michigan MID-ATLANTIC REGION FIRST Mid-Atlantic MISSOURI – GREATER KANSAS CITY KC STEM Alliance MISSOURI – ST. LOUIS Saint Louis Science Center 2019 Annual Impact Report 49

FINANCIALS Our programs’ 10% STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES JUNE 30, 2019 JUNE 30, 2018 participation growth Revenues and other support:   Program registration fees $32,718,347 $31,029,505 and mission successes 3%   Contributions and grants 18,469,938 15,680,501 continued once again   Other income 1,779,661   Special event income, net of expenses of $396,560 in 2019 and $404,980 in 2018 2,154,040 559,006 in fiscal year 2019. We   Net assets released from restrictions 496,506 27,968,209 Total revenues (losses) and other support continue to have relatively 30,951,062 $ 77,016,882 Expenses: $ 84,789,893 balanced growth in both   FIRST Program Expenses 63,997,525   Net cost of building space occupied by unrelated not-for-profit organizations 71,557,755 320,596 operating revenues and 87%   General, administrative, and supporting services 295,730 expenses, including   Funding and Development 7,987,326 Total expenses 8,990,597 2,312,412 additional investments Operating surplus 2,387,833 $ 74,617,859 $ 83,231,915 2,399,023 in our Youth Protection ■ TEAM SERVICES & GROWTH OF PROGRAMS 1,557,978 Program, Information ■ GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Technology, Program ■ FUNDRAISING COSTS Evaluations, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Program, and Education Initiative. Contributions remained strong, as many individuals, small businesses, corporations – including over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies – and foundations maintained or increased their support, while many new sponsors joined FIRST. This contributed STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION JUNE 30, 2019 JUNE 30, 2018 Assets: support provided very meaningful experiences to more   Cash and cash equivalents* 27,748,958 24,324,389   Short-term investments* 12,000,000 9,740,000 than a half-million youth engaged worldwide in the FIRST   Pledges, receivables, program supply inventory, and other assets 15,498,863 14,215,014   Net property, plant, and equipment 5,179,524 Progression of Programs. Total assets, end of year 5,176,264 $ 60,424,085 $ 53,458,927 As noted in the chart above, and in keeping with long- time practices, FIRST continues to apply the maximum Liabilities and net assets: $ 7,653,948 $ 5,764,527 percentage of funds possible to directly benefit FIRST Total liabilities, end of year participants. Included within the modest general Net assets: 29,391,900 27,833,922 and administrative expenses are several significant  Unrestricted 23,378,237 19,860,478 investments in infrastructure enhancements, including   Temporarily restricted $ 52,770,137 $ 47,694,400 those noted above. Total net assets, end of year $ 60,424,085 $ 53,458,927 Total liabilities and net assets, end of year FIRST achieved its 14th consecutive four-star rating from Charity Navigator, For each of the two fiscal years summarized above, FIRST received unmodified (unqualified) opinions from its independent auditor, BerryDunn. certifying our continued commitment *NOTE: The cash and short-term investments are comprised of both unrestricted funds and donor temporarily restricted funds. The total liquid assets balance available to FIRST, for operating purposes, at June 30, 2019, is equivalent to approximately five months of FIRST operating expenses. to accountability, transparency, and sound fiscal The financial information presented here is condensed and does not include the value of all donated services and materials. Audited Financial Statements (AFS) are management. This consecutive rating places FIRST in readily available on our website at www.firstinspires.org under “About/Annual Report & Financials.” Certain amounts reported for 2018 have been restated. For details, the top 1% of the U.S. charities annually evaluated by please refer to the accompanying notes which are an integral part of the AFS, at the above web address. Charity Navigator. 50 2019 Annual Impact Report