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SME EDUCATION FOUNDATION

EIN 38-2746841 SOUTHFIELD, MI

Revenue 2024
$8,020,945
Expenses 2024
$9,699,217

Program services were 89.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B122
Classification
1000
Street
1000 TOWN CTR STE 1910

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

A. TO OPERATE AND ACT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, AND TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS, A TAX-EXEMPT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION WHICH IS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, (THE "CODE"), AND WHICH IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN CODE SECTION 509, PURSUANT TO CODE SECTION 509(A)(2). B. THE SME EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO PREPARE THE FUTURE ENGINEERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS FOR MANUFACTURING CAREERS THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO ENRICH STUDENTS TO STUDY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) IN ALIGNMENT WITH SME. C. TO OPERATE AND ACT EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS SUCH TERMS ARE USED IN CODE SECTION 501(C)(3). D. TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER ASSETS EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS SUCH TERMS ARE USED IN CODE SECTION 501(C)(3).

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SME EDUCATION FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, PREPARE, AND SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS: IN 2024 THE SME EDUCATION FOUDATION AWARDED ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO 144 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, CURRENT UNDERGRADUATES AND MASTERS OR DOCTORAL DEGREE STUDENTS PURSUING POST-SECONDARY DEGREES IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, AND RELATED FIELDS. TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS DISTRIBUTED TO 123 HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EQUALED $816,101.

    Expenses $1,121,048 · Grants $816,101 · Revenue $79,460

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: THE PRIME (PARTNERHSIP RESPONSE IN MANUFACTURING EDUCATION) PROGRAM PROVIDES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH HANDS-ON TRAINING AND MANUFACTURING SKILLS THROUGH ACCESS TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INDUSTRY-LED CURRICULUM, JOB SHADOWING AND MENTORING PROGRAMS. CASH, EQUIPMENT AND CURRICULUM TOTALING $6,679,111 WAS DONATED TO SCHOOLS IN THE PRIME NETWORK IN 2024.

    Expenses $7,322,257 · Grants $6,696,663

  • EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: PROJECTS INCLUDED SPONSORSHIP OF GIRL'S STEM CAMP AND SME STUDENT CHAPTER ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $237,906 · Grants $12,474

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Frank Ervin III

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Erica Powell Bell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Jones

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adam Claytor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valerie Freeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Hilgendorf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Kann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Komljenovic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Mancini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Art McClellan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Michalski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Rake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyle Riegel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kate Kreamer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joanne Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Willig

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $755,559
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $694,180
    Other
    $61,379
    Hours/week
    4 + 46 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $464,039 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $225,411 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,730 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,870 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,509 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $755,559 related

  • Craig Connop

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $476,452
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $425,564
    Other
    $50,888
    Hours/week
    4 + 46 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $291,113 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $132,074 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,377 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,115 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,773 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $476,452 related

  • Robert Luce

    VP, SME EDUCATION FOUNDATION

    Total calculated
    $305,673
    From this org
    $258,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,016
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,813
    Bonus
    $82,451
    Other
    $1,393
    Deferred
    $12,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,266
    Filer's total
    $305,673

  • Shelley Wooley

    DIRECTOR, EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $148,568
    From this org
    $138,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,736
    Hours/week
    50

  • Christian Jensen

    DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

    Total calculated
    $129,851
    From this org
    $116,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,103
    Hours/week
    50

  • Ronald Scozzari

    MANAGER, EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $137,279
    From this org
    $108,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,838
    Hours/week
    50

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,020,945
    Expenses
    $9,699,217
    Contributions
    $6,093,162
    Grants paid
    $7,525,238
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,500,175
    Expenses
    $6,734,144
    Contributions
    $11,476,153
    Grants paid
    $4,584,399
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,711,665
    Expenses
    $7,977,995
    Contributions
    $1,423,958
    Grants paid
    $5,938,256

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,054,523
    Expenses
    $3,765,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,257,056

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,762,932
    Expenses
    $4,484,233
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,838,033

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,219,030
    Expenses
    $3,481,601
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,110,002

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,241,757
    Expenses
    $3,380,136
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,057,779

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,832,214
    Expenses
    $2,934,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,150,958

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,369,145
    Expenses
    $2,507,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,436,571

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,755,659
    Expenses
    $2,710,582
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,216,432

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,507,681
    Expenses
    $3,552,482
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,154,167

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,982,067
    Expenses
    $3,296,270
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,422,731

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • KETTERING UNIVERSITY

    $917,656

    2022 FORD SCHOLARSHIP

  • CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • HOLLENSTEIN CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • INNOVATION CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • MCKENZIE CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WAYNE TOWNSHIP

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • SAN PASQUAL HIGH SCHOOL

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • WADSWORTH HIGH SCHOOLS

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

  • WALKER CAREER CENTER

    $10,000

    2024 PRIME SCHOOL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.