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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SEMA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$432,498
Total expenses
$305,247
Contributions and grants received
$192,434
Grants paid
$262,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$240,064
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,127,329
Total liabilities, end of year
$152,484
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,974,845
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$262,500
Management and general expenses
$42,747
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$262,500

Program services were 86.0% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $109,859

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $82,575

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,035 · excluded $106,035

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,159,330

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,025,301

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $134,029

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $134,029 · excluded $134,029

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $81,000 · program services $81,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $181,500 · program services $181,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,914 · management and general $6,914

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,606 · management and general $3,606

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $500 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,882 · management and general $30,882

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100 · management and general $100

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $745 · management and general $745

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $68,348 · end of year $75,290

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,062 · end of year $4,907

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,032 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,742,007 · end of year $3,047,132

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $724

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $34,460 · end of year $151,760

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,724,839 · end of year $2,916,695

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,150 · end of year $58,150

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SEMA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND (SMSF) IS DEDICATED TO ACTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION AUTOMOTIVE WORKFORCE BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CAREER RESOURCES TO STUDENTS, SCHOOLS, EDUCATORS, AND PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ENROLLED IN VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, AND/OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. SEMA CARES AIMS TO BRING THE VOICE AND RESOURCES OF THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FOSTER LEADERSHIP IN THE SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKETPLACE AND TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL GOALS FOR STUDENTS TO PURSUING CAREERS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS FROM SEMA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND WERE GRANTED TO WORTHY INDIVIDUALS AND PAYMENTS WERE MADE DIRECTLY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM SEMA CARES WERE PROVIDED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

    Expenses $262,500 · Grants $262,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kyle Fickler

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 9 related
  • Melanie White

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 9 related
  • Tim McCarthy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 9 related
  • James Lawrence

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 9 related
  • Ryan Stutzman

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $193,081
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $183,389
    Other
    $9,692
    Hours/week
    1 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $176,633 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $6,756 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,692 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $193,081 related
  • Mike Spagnola

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $617,349
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $586,689
    Other
    $30,660
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $464,278 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $110,438 related
    Other
    $0 + $11,973 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $29,660 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,000 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $617,349 related
  • George Afremow

    FORMER VP & CFO

    Total calculated
    $425,878
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $386,438
    Other
    $39,440
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $199,486 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $186,952 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $39,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $440 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $425,878 related
  • William Miller

    FORMER SR. VP, OPS

    Total calculated
    $217,874
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $217,874
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $217,874 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $217,874 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
SEMA, A RELATED ORGANIZATION, SETS THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL'S COMPENSATION USING ONE OR MORE OF THE METHODS DESCRIBED ON LINE 3.
PART I, LINE 4A
WILLIAM MILLER AND GEORGE AFREMOW RECEIVED SEVERANCE DURING THE YEAR. DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT ARE CONFIDENTIAL BUT ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • PERFORMANCE AFTERMARKET PUBLICATION INC

    C · PUBLISHING · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610499349300201

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