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Society of Plastics Engineers Inc

The society of plastics engineers (spe) supports people and companies in the plastics industry, by producing programs which facilitate the sharing of knowledge, the strengthening of skills and the promotion of the plastics industry worldwide.

$288k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$881kScience & Tech$161kYouth Development$45kEmployment$8kHealth$6k
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $177,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $288,164 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $110,414 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $123k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$29,000
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUETTS-LOWELL$18,000
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY$13,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$12,625
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE$10,500
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$10,125
GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO$10,000
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY$9,250
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$9,000
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY$8,000
PENN STATE ERIE - BEHREND COLLEGE$6,000
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$6,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUETTS-LOWELL: $19k → 8%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $12k → 11%PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $18k → 12%PENN STATE ERIE - BEHREND COLLEGE: $15k → 15%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 16%SUNY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & FORESTRY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $9k → 14%GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS: $25k → 5%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $9k → 16%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%EDWARD W BOK ACADEMY: $17k → 16%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%KETTERING UNIVERSITY: $14k → 16%FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 20%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $11k → 10%STOUT UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10k → 13%PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $20k → 19%CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $11k → 17%SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY: $11k → 22%WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $41k → 12%GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $13k → 19%VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY: $9k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUETTS-LOWELL: $18k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $13k → 12%PENN STATE ERIE - BEHREND COLLEGE: $13k → 15%GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS: $10k → 5%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $9k → 16%KETTERING UNIVERSITY: $12k → 16%FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 20%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT: $9k → 11%WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $29k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO: $10k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUETTS-LOWELL: $17k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10k → 12%PENN STATE ERIE - BEHREND COLLEGE: $11k → 15%MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20k → 5%FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: $9k → 20%WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $21k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUETTS-LOWELL: $10k → 8%PENN STATE ERIE - BEHREND COLLEGE: $9k → 15%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION: $50k → 21%WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $12k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUETTS-LOWELL: $9k → 8%AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY: $30k → 21%AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY: $30k → 21%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION: $17k → 21%NEW PARADIGM FOR EDUCATION: $15k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$878k · 23 repeat orgs$216k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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18

Total granted

$878k
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+61%

Still filing today

30%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NP
    New Paradigm for Education Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $81k · revenue +28%
  • KU
    Kettering University
    5× · 2017–2023 · $44k · revenue +42%
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
    2× · 2021–2023 · $35k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • ME
    MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +112%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • LW
    LAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOLS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $17k · revenue +24%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
2
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
3
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
4
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
5
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
6
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
7
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
8
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
9
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
10
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
11
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Princeton University; the most unlike its peers is New Paradigm for Education Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $108,625 · OtherWESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $86,750 · OtherCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGEPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $71,870 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYAMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY: $60,000 · OtherAMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMYPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $54,425 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYFERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY: $40,150 · OtherShawnee State University: $31,500 · Other+23 more: $303,975 · Other+23 moreNew Paradigm for Education Inc: $81,400 · EducationNew Paradigm for Education IncKettering University: $44,250 · EducationKettering UniversityUNIVERSITY OF AKRON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $34,625 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF AKRON RESEARCH F…MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,470 · EducationMCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATIONLAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $16,600 · EducationLAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOLS INCCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $16,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSIT…SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,850 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $14,750 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · EducationUW-STOUT FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Education+5 more: $32,315 · Education+5 moreGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$757,295Education$298,260Youth Development$45,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Paradigm for Education Inc: $81,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKettering University: $44,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF AKRON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $34,625 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,470 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $16,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,850 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $14,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUW-STOUT FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $9,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $5,515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds New Paradigm for Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds Kettering University ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF AKRON RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UW-STOUT FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana ↗
  • Who funds ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL8.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Society of Plastics Engineers Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Society of Plastics Engineers Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 12% of income from government
  • Lake Wales Charter Schools Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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