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LAKESHORE FIRST ROBOTICS PROGRAMS

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $371K · expenses $331K · assets $627K

Also known as
C/O ARROW P GUETSCHOW
EIN
46-4316812
Address
2814 WOLLMER ST, MANITOWOC, WI 54220-4459
Website
LAKESHOREFIRSTROBOTICS.ORG
NTEE code
B99
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2015
Cross-check
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERS, BY ENGAGING THEM IN EXCITING MENTOR-BASED PROGRAMS THAT BUILD SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SKILLS, THAT INSPIRE INNOVATION, AND THAT FOSTER WELL-ROUNDED LIFE CAPABILITIES INCLUDING SELF-CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION, AND LEADERSHIP.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 13 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

13 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Arrow Guetschow PRESIDENT2015-2024 21 $0 reported 2
Bree Gahagan VICE PRESIDE2023-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Jim Shimek TREASURER2019-2024 8 $0 reported 2
Jennifer Blake-Krueger DIRECTOR OF2016-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Anna Knutson SECRETARY2016-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Michael Menden DIRECTOR OF2024 Not reported $0 reported 1
Anna Guetschow (former) SECRETARY2023 5 $0 reported 2
Marty Plocher (former) VICE PRESIDE2020-2022 5 $0 reported 1
Chris Dewane (former) DIRECTOR FTC2015-2022 5 $0 reported 1
Mary Plocher (former) VICE PRESIDE2019 5 $0 reported 1
Shannon Resch (former) DIRECTOR OF2019 5 $0 reported 1
Steve Vossen (former) SECRETARY2015-2016 1 $0 reported 1
Nathan Remaker (former) TREASURER2015-2016 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT21 $0$0$0 $02
BREE GAHAGAN VICE PRESIDE5 $0$0$0 $01
ANNA KNUTSON SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $01
JIM SHIMEK TREASURER8 $0$0$0 $02
JENNIFER BLAKE-KRUEGER DIRECTOR OF5 $0$0$0 $01
MICHAEL MENDEN DIRECTOR OF- $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT21 $0$0$0 $02
BREE GAHAGAN VICE PRESIDE5 $0$0$0 $01
ANNA GUETSCHOW SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $02
JIM SHIMEK TREASURER5 $0$0$0 $02
JENNIFER BLAKE-KRUEGER FLL CHALLENG5 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT21 $0$0$0 $02
MARTY PLOCHER VICE PRESIDE5 $0$0$0 $01
ANNA KNUTSON SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $01
JIM SHIMEK TREASURER8 $0$0$0 $02
JENNIFER BLAKE-KRUEGER DIRECTOR OF5 $0$0$0 $01
CHRIS DEWANE DIRECTOR FTC5 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JENNIFER BLAKE-KRUEGER DIRECTOR OF- $0$0$0 $01
CHRIS DEWANE DIRECTOR FTC- $0$0$0 $01
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT- $0$0$0 $02
ANNA KNUTSON SECRETARY- $0$0$0 $01
MARTY PLOCHER VICE PRESIDE- $0$0$0 $01
JIM SHIMEK TREASURER- $0$0$0 $02
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JENNIFER BLAKE-KRUEGER DIRECTOR OF5 $0$0$0 $01
CHRIS DEWANE DIRECTOR FTC5 $0$0$0 $01
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT21 $0$0$0 $02
ANNA KNUTSON SECRETARY5 $0$0$0 $01
MARTY PLOCHER VICE PRESIDE5 $0$0$0 $01
JIM SHIMEK TREASURER8 $0$0$0 $02
2019 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JENNIFER BLAKE-KRUEGER DIRECTOR OF5 $0$0$0 $01
CHRIS DEWANE DIRECTOR FTC5 $0$0$0 $01
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT21 $0$0$0 $02
ANNA KNUTSON SECRETARY8 $0$0$0 $01
MARY PLOCHER VICE PRESIDE5 $0$0$0 $01
SHANNON RESCH DIRECTOR OF5 $0$0$0 $01
JIM SHIMEK TREASURER8 $0$0$0 $02
2016 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT21 $0-- $02
CHRIS DEWANE VICE PRESIDE5 $0-- $01
STEVE VOSSEN SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
NATHAN REMAKER TREASURER5 $0-- $01
JENNIFER BLAKE-KRUEGER AD HOC MEMBE2 $0-- $01
ANNA KNUTSON AD HOC MEMBE7 $0-- $01
2015 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ARROW GUETSCHOW PRESIDENT2 $0-- $02
CHRIS DEWANE VICE PRESIDE1 $0-- $01
STEVE VOSSEN SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
NATHAN REMAKER TREASURER1 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$370,887$330,540 $626,780$604,939 $277,598$4,452 -025
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$403,194$355,055 $612,742$564,592 $336,680$27,756 -025
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$493,194$445,055 $612,742$564,592 $426,680$27,756 -025
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$573,356$448,428 $577,683$551,891 $494,120$25,674 -025
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$431,954$297,449 $438,011$426,903 $380,785$16,715 -025
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$227,176$110,304 $258,342$257,398 $200,906$26,261 -025
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$261,673$149,939 $145,371$140,526 $201,419$60,213 -025
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,358$94,262 $13,675$13,675 $50,491$39,857 ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,757$56,208 $17,575$17,575 $59,854$12,903 ---

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,130,872 in all, tax years 2016 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
LAKESHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2025 10$591,000 2025$180,000
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RUTH ST JOHN & JOHN DUNHAM WEST FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LAKESHORE FIRST ROBOTICS PROGRAMS” 2020-2022 5$530,000 2022$230,000
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FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIRST Public charity Exact 2017 1$9,000 2017$9,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LAKESHORE FIRST ROBOTICS PROGRAMS” 2020-2023 4$872 2023$159
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Where the money went

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2024 · Form 990 · $330,540 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,500 · events $32,266
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)FRC EXPENSES $164,864$164,864-- 49.9%
Depreciation and depletion $42,229$42,229-- 12.8%
Other (as described)FTC EXPENSES $34,035$34,035-- 10.3%
Other (as described)FLL CHALLENGE EXPENSES $24,992$24,992-- 7.6%
Other (as described)FLL EXPLORE EXPENSES $17,344$17,344-- 5.2%
All other expenses $11,547$11,301$246- 3.5%
Occupancy $8,691$8,691-- 2.6%
Insurance $6,949-$6,949- 2.1%
Advertising and promotion $6,048-$6,048- 1.8%
Travel $5,178$5,178-- 1.6%
Fees: accounting $3,023-$3,023- 0.9%
Office expenses $2,154-$2,154- 0.7%
Grants to US organizations and governments $1,500$1,500-- 0.5%
Information technology $1,328$820$508- 0.4%
Fees: other services $613-$613- 0.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $45$45-- 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $38,172$32,221reported apart
Total$330,540100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $355,055 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)FRC EXPENSES $151,864$151,864-- 42.8%
Other (as described)FLL CHALLENGE EXPENSES $39,599$39,599-- 11.2%
Depreciation and depletion $32,355$32,355-- 9.1%
Other (as described)FTC EXPENSES $30,939$30,939-- 8.7%
Occupancy $29,033$29,033-- 8.2%
Other (as described)FLL EXPLORE EXPENSES $26,685$26,685-- 7.5%
All other expenses $19,123$17,946$1,177- 5.4%
Advertising and promotion $9,151-$9,151- 2.6%
Fees: accounting $8,075-$8,075- 2.3%
Insurance $4,938-$4,938- 1.4%
Information technology $1,710-$1,710- 0.5%
Office expenses $967-$967- 0.3%
Fees: other services $616-$616- 0.2%
Total$355,055100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $448,428 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)FRC EXPENSES $172,318$172,318-- 38.4%
Occupancy $95,517$95,517-- 21.3%
Other (as described)EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES $50,993$50,993-- 11.4%
Other (as described)FLL EXPENSES $37,444$37,444-- 8.4%
Depreciation and depletion $22,488$22,488-- 5.0%
Other (as described)FTC EXPENSES $22,419$22,419-- 5.0%
All other expenses $21,682$18,709$2,973- 4.8%
Fees: accounting $7,725-$7,725- 1.7%
Advertising and promotion $7,349-$7,349- 1.6%
Office expenses $6,582-$6,582- 1.5%
Insurance $2,517-$2,517- 0.6%
Fees: other services $789-$789- 0.2%
Information technology $605-$605- 0.1%
Total$448,428100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $297,449 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)FRC EXPENSES $137,898$137,898-- 46.4%
Occupancy $40,438$40,438-- 13.6%
Other (as described)FLL EXPENSES $25,856$25,856-- 8.7%
Other (as described)FTC EXPENSES $25,190$25,190-- 8.5%
All other expenses $19,735$16,472$3,263- 6.6%
Other (as described)EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES $15,594$15,594-- 5.2%
Depreciation and depletion $12,730$12,730-- 4.3%
Advertising and promotion $9,761-$9,761- 3.3%
Office expenses $4,689-$4,689- 1.6%
Fees: accounting $2,025-$2,025- 0.7%
Insurance $1,527-$1,527- 0.5%
Information technology $1,318-$1,318- 0.4%
Fees: other services $688-$688- 0.2%
Total$297,449100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $110,304 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)FRC EXPENSES $41,889$41,889-- 38.0%
Other (as described)FTC EXPENSES $21,146$21,146-- 19.2%
Other (as described)FLL EXPENSES $11,132$11,132-- 10.1%
All other expenses $10,075$5,711$2,455$1,909 9.1%
Occupancy $7,110-$7,110- 6.4%
Depreciation and depletion $5,283-$5,283- 4.8%
Other (as described)STOCK ALUMINUM $3,968$3,968-- 3.6%
Advertising and promotion $3,239$3,239-- 2.9%
Fees: accounting $2,975-$2,975- 2.7%
Insurance $1,443-$1,443- 1.3%
Office expenses $1,139-$1,139- 1.0%
Fees: other services $868$600$268- 0.8%
Travel $37-$37- 0.0%
Total$110,304100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $149,939 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $147,944$129,682$17,091$1,171 98.7%
Depreciation and depletion $1,995-$1,995- 1.3%
Total$149,939100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $94,262 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $94,262 100.0%
Total$94,262100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $56,208 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $56,208 100.0%
Total$56,208100%

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