Where young builders engineer what's next.
Elevate Youth STEAM Institute sponsors youth robotics teams and sparks STEAM curiosity across the San Francisco Bay Area — through hands-on building, mentorship, and community outreach that reaches every kid, not just the ones who already have a lab at home.
Advancing STEAM education for every young mind.
To advance education in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) among youth and underserved communities through hands-on experiences, mentorship, workshops, competitions, and community outreach.
Robotics, hands-on
Students design, build, program, and compete with real robots through FIRST Tech Challenge or FIRST Robotics Competition.
FTC / FRCCommunity first
Every team tackles a community-focused engineering project, turning technical skill into local impact.
ImpactAccess for all
Sliding-scale fees and full scholarships keep cost from ever being the reason a kid can't take part.
ScholarshipsFund a team. Change a trajectory.
Every dollar goes toward registration fees, robot parts, tools, and travel that put a Bay Area kid on a competition team. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, your gift is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.