Montclair Society of Engineers
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About Montclair Society of Engineers
The Montclair Society of Engineers focuses its philanthropy almost exclusively on sponsoring FIRST Robotics teams, directing its entire reported giving to supporting competitive youth robotics programs. Their funding supports hands-on STEM engagement, team materials, travel and competition costs for local/high-school-aged teams, reflecting a clear, programmatic interest in engineering education and youth mentorship. The foundation appears community- and youth-centered, preferring tangible, activity-based investments rather than broad institutional grants.
Focus Areas
Local FIRST Robotics teams (Montclair / New Jersey high schools)STEM education via competitive roboticsYouth engineering mentorship and extracurricular team support
Who They Fund
high school FIRST Robotics team membersmiddle school FIRST participants (if applicable)college-bound students receiving scholarshipsyouth engaged in extracurricular STEM activities
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: all reported grants support a single program area (FIRST Robotics), with repeated sponsorship-level gifts to robotics teams rather than a broad portfolio of grantees.
About Montclair Society of Engineers
Montclair Society of Engineers puts nearly all of its reported giving behind FIRST Robotics, with the largest recent grants all tied to sponsorship of FIRST teams in Clifton, New Jersey. The pattern is steady across 2023 through 2025, showing a funder that supports competitive robotics as an ongoing local program rather than a one-time gift. Its grants also include direct scholarship support for future engineers, paid to colleges for students in the Clifton area. That combination points to a narrow but consistent philanthropy: team sponsorship, competition support, and education-to-career pathways in engineering. The 2025 grant list shows $91,793 for FIRST teams and $2,500 for scholarships, while the 2024 list includes $98,918 for FIRST teams and $4,000 for scholarships. In 2023, the foundation reported $52,982 for FIRST teams and $4,500 for scholarships. Taken together, the grants show a local, youth-centered funder focused on hands-on STEM participation and structured support for students moving toward engineering study.
What Montclair Society of Engineers Funds
In competitive robotics, the foundation’s clearest pattern is sponsorship of FIRST Teams in Clifton, New Jersey. That support appears in three consecutive years, including $52,982 in 2023 for FIRST Robotics Teams 555 and 3314, followed by $98,918 in 2024 and $91,793 in 2025 for sponsorship of FIRST Robotics Teams. It also backs student transition into higher education: the same Clifton-based recipient appears under Scholarships for Future Engineers, with $4,500 in 2023 for a scholarship paid directly to college, $4,000 in 2024, and $2,500 in 2025. The grant purposes link extracurricular robotics with formal STEM education, suggesting a consistent interest in both team-based learning and college-bound engineering pathways.
How Montclair Society of Engineers Gives
Reported grants cluster around a median size of $28,741, with a lower quartile of $4,375 and an upper quartile of $64,466. The largest awards are concentrated in FIRST team sponsorship, while scholarship grants sit in the low-thousands. The recipient list shows recurring support over multiple years, especially for the same Clifton-based programs in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is a local giver and funds individuals, while the grant descriptions show restricted, program-specific support rather than broad operating grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$352K
Total Assets
$268K
Total Revenue
$125K
Total Expenses
$100K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $4K and $64K, with a median of $29K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$29K
75th Percentile
$64K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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