Invest

As a non-profit organization, Inspire Carolina, Inc. & LYNK Robotics rely on the generosity of our business partners and community members in order to be able to provide this incredible opportunity to the students on our team, and to complete outreach events in our community.

Here’s how you can easily make an investment

Checks can be made out to either “Inspire Carolina, Inc.” or to “Lynk Robotics”. If you would like to direct your giving to a particular program, please note that on the memo of your check, or in an accompanying letter. We take care to honor the generosity of our investors by respecting their wishes regarding the use of any donated funds. We would also be happy to follow up with you to share about the impact of your investment.

If you would like to invest to support our activities, you may mail a check to: 5523 US 64 74A Hwy, Lake Lure, NC 28746.

For tax and verification purposes, please note that our IRS EIN is 93-2958472.

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Investor levels: Peak ($15,000+), Overlook ($5,000 up to $15,000), Trailhead ($1,000 up to $5,000) and Gorge (up to $1,000), each with escalating recognition on season shirts, the robot, our website and social media.

Current Needs

The LYNK Robotics Team Mobile Pit/Workshop

For those who would like to partner with us towards a specific goal, our current big need is to establish a mobile workshop with all the necessary tools for robot development and maintenance, organized and packaged in a way that we can both work from it on a regular basis and take it to events.

Read the mobile workshop proposal (Google Drive)

2026 REBUILT presented by Haas

You could also sponsor our FIRST Robotics Competition events that we’ll be attending, which involves costs for registration, travel, lodging, etc. Currently, we plan to compete in: