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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$623,144
Total expenses
$607,256
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$621,932
Investment income
$12
Other revenue
$1,200
Total assets, end of year
$528,735
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$528,735
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$591,975
Management and general expenses
$15,281
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$591,975

Program services were 97.5% 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: Polyolefins Income

    total $621,932 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Golf Outing for Scholarships

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12 · unrelated business $12 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Section Income

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue: Meeting Income

    total $1,200 · related or exempt $1,200 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $8,397 · program services $0 · management and general $8,397 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,539 · program services $0 · management and general $6,539 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $227 · program services $0 · management and general $227 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Education

    total $86,375 · program services $86,375 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Sporting Clays

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Monthly Technical Meeting

    total $85 · program services $85 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Conference

    total $505,515 · program services $505,515 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $118 · program services $0 · management and general $118 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $393,657 · end of year $409,533

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $119,190 · end of year $119,202

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $512,847 · end of year $528,735

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of the South Texas Section is to promote scientific & engineering knowledge relating to plastics.

  • Internation Polyolefins Conference to promote the plastics industry.

    Expenses $505,515 · Revenue $621,932

  • Education: Providing grants/scholarships for tuition and books for college and high school students. Assist PhD candidates with research & equipment. All of which promotes the field of study in engineering.

    Expenses $86,375

  • Monthly technical meetings; to expand and promote the plastics industry to the members and regional.

    Expenses $85 · Revenue $1,200

  • Newsletter are circulated to its members to promote plastics engineering as a profession

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Preston McDaniel

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jason Ball

    President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Peter Lauzon

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Fernando Cevallos-Candau

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Janell Helton

    Section Coordinator

    Total calculated
    $23,691
    From this org
    $23,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

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
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543109349302189

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