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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$498,973
Total expenses
$505,979
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$496,523
Investment income
$1,680
Other revenue
$770
Total assets, end of year
$304,267
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$304,267
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$454,007
Management and general expenses
$51,972
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$454,007

Program services were 89.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $417,095 · related or exempt $417,095

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $79,428 · related or exempt $79,428

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,680 · excluded $1,680

  • 11a · Other revenue: SPE REBATE

    total $770 · related or exempt $770

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $770

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $53,223 · program services $38,455 · management and general $14,768

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,400 · management and general $1,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,540 · management and general $9,540

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,360 · program services $35,360

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,172 · management and general $2,172

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,086 · management and general $24,086

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONFERENCE EXPENSES

    total $380,192 · program services $380,192

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $6 · management and general $6

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $311,273 · end of year $304,267

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $311,273 · end of year $304,267

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE PLASTIC MANUFACTURERS AND ENGINEERS

  • NATIONAL TECH CONFERENCE - THREE DAY BIENNIAL (OCCURING EVERY TWO YEARS) EVENT TO PROVIDE TECH PROGRAMS, TRAINING AND EXPOSITION OF NEW TECHNIQUES IN THE THERMOFORMING INDUSTRY. OVER 500 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $427,446 · Revenue $497,293

  • NEWSLETTER SENT QUARTERLY TO OVER 700 INDIVIDUALS IN THE THERMOFORMING INDUSTRY. NEWSLETTER IS A SHOWCASE FOR THE THERMOFORMING PORTION OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY.

    Expenses $26,561

  • THE THERMOFORMING DIVISION HAS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FUNDS TO PURCHASE THERMOFORMING EQUIPMENT FOR ACCREDITED SCHOOLS. EQUIPMENT AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS MUST MEET THE THERMOFORMING DIVISION MISSION STATEMENT. IT ALSO OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED OR EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Uphaus

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Steve Zamprelli

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Alongi

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Phil Karig

    COUNCELOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Alethea Schulman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ed Probst

    PAST CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Matt O'Hagan

    TREASURER (TERMED 1/1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610369349301101

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