Partners
The people we work with
Nonprofits, schools and sponsors we work with: Garje Marathi Global in Mountain View, the Akanksha Educational Fund and KCTVN Pune, e-NABLE, the Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation, and schools across the Tri-Valley.
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Nonprofits
Nonprofits we work with
Partners for our seminars in India, open-source prosthetics and the middle school workshop.
501(c)(3), Mountain View, California Garje Marathi Global A partnership to inspire regional groups in India about robotics.
- Garje Marathi Global works with orphanages and schools in India to educate and support underprivileged children.
- Together we produce and share educational content.
Partner for the Pune seminars Akanksha Educational Fund With the Akanksha Educational Fund we ran a multi-week online seminar for students at KCTVN Pune.
- 100+ Students taught
- More than 100 students learned Java and CAD in Onshape and Autodesk Fusion 360.
- After the seminars, students at KCTVN Pune started a robotics club.
Pune, India KCTVN Pune Students at KCTVN Pune took our online seminar and then started a robotics club.
- The seminar ran for several weeks, online, with the Akanksha Educational Fund.
- It covered Java programming and CAD in Onshape and Fusion 360.
Open-source prosthetics e-NABLE A global community that 3D prints prosthetics. It has reached 15,000 or more people in 100 or more countries.
- 10+ Prosthetic arms produced
- We contributed to its open-source prosthetic designs.
- We helped produce 10 or more prosthetic arms.
Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation PPIE A Pleasanton education foundation, and a silver sponsor since 2022-23.
- 30+ Middle schoolers
- With PPIE we ran a workshop for 30 or more middle schoolers at Harvest Park Middle School.
- The workshop introduced the Amador Valley High School engineering pathway, including Prusa 3D printers and Fusion 360 EDU.
Schools and districts
Schools across the Tri-Valley
Schools we work with today, and two districts we plan to reach in 2026-27.
Dublin, California Emerald High School Three events so far: a showcase, a talk to the Engineering Society and the Engineering Open.
- 300+ Families at the Engineering Open
- 70+ Students at the showcase
- More than 70 students came to the showcase, and 5 or more want to join FTC or FRC.
- Yashmit S and Eshaan S presented to the Engineering Society and led a collaboration with the SUAS team.
- The Engineering Open and the Fallon and Cottonwood Expo drew 300 or more families and 200 or more students.
Pleasanton, California Harvest Park Middle School Host of our PPIE workshop for 30 or more middle schoolers.
- The workshop ran with the Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation.
- Students learned about the Amador Valley High School engineering pathway.
School partner Amador Valley High School Listed as a school partner of FTC team 18466.
- Its engineering pathway, with Prusa 3D printers and Fusion 360 EDU, was the topic of our PPIE workshop for middle schoolers.
School partner Dougherty Valley High School Listed as a school partner of FTC team 18466.
- It is listed in the FTC team record with Amador Valley High School and Fallon Middle School.
School partner Fallon Middle School A school partner of FTC team 18466, and home of 8th graders at the Fallon and Cottonwood Expo.
- It is listed as a school partner in the FTC team record.
- Its 8th graders came to the Emerald High Engineering Open and the Fallon and Cottonwood Expo.
Goal 2026-27 goal DUSD We plan to expand our middle school collaboration to DUSD.
- Expanding middle school collaboration to DUSD and SRUSD is one of our goals for 2026-27.
Goal 2026-27 goal SRUSD We plan to expand our middle school collaboration to SRUSD.
- Expanding middle school collaboration to DUSD and SRUSD is one of our goals for 2026-27.
Teams
Teams we mentor and work with
FTC and FLL teams from our scrimmages, workshops and demonstrations. We have mentored 5 or more and started two.
FTC 23279 Turbotrons A team we mentor. It placed 3rd in the East Bay LM2.
- We helped fix the Turbotrons robot for LM3.
- Turbotrons worked with us at the Alameda County Fair demonstration.
FTC 23512 TeamX A team we mentor. It qualified for regionals.
- Helping one team advance to regionals was one of our community goals.
FLL 57010 Team Rocket An FLL team we mentor. It won an award at a recent qualifier.
- We mentor FLL teams as well as FTC teams.
FTC 25810 Quantum Leapers An FTC team we mentor.
- One of the 5 or more teams we mentor.
FTC 23460 Cybersparks An FTC team we mentor.
- One of the 5 or more teams we mentor.
FTC 14259 Turbo v8 Worked with us at the Alameda County Fair demonstration.
- More than 400 students drove a robot at the fair.
- Turbo v8 was one of 5 or more teams we worked with there.
Industry
Companies and programs
A factory tour and a volunteer program that took our robot online.
Factory tour ACP Composites Justin Sparr, the owner and CEO, gave us a tour of the factory.
- He is one of the 10 or more professionals we have connected with.
Volunteer program GoogleServe Through GoogleServe we gave an online robot demo to 200 or more children in shelter homes in Bangalore.
- 200+ Children reached
- The session covered FTC basics, how to start on a low budget and free software such as Onshape.
Sponsors
Sponsors by tier
The logo wall from our 2025-26 portfolio. Most of these sponsors have backed the team since 2022-23.
Gold
Gold sponsor Polymaker
- A sponsor since 2025-26.
Gold sponsor SendCutSend
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Gold sponsor Google
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Gold sponsor fabworks
- A sponsor since 2025-26.
Gold sponsor goBILDA
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Silver
Silver sponsor Zyltech
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Silver sponsor Dow
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Silver sponsor PPIE
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
- Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation.
Bronze
Bronze sponsor Fingertech Robotics
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Bronze sponsor Harbor Freight
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Bronze sponsor PG&E
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
- Listed with the Dream Maker Fund in the FTC team record.
Bronze sponsor Richert Lumber Ace Hardware
- A sponsor since 2022-23.
Also with us
Past sponsor No Starch Press
- Past sponsor, 2022-23.
Funder Dream Maker Fund
- Listed with PG&E in the FTC team record.
Partner with us
Sponsor a season or host a workshop.
Sponsors are listed in gold, silver and bronze tiers. Schools and nonprofits can host a workshop or a demonstration. Write to us and we will plan it together.