Michigan · Nonprofit
PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION
PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $329 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($329). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $167k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $329
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Plastics Pioneers Association does
Mission
The objective of the pioneers shall be to recognize achievement in the field of plastics/polymer science, engineering, technology and management; improvement of plastics, science, engineering and technology. These objectives shall be achieved by: 1-conducting an annual meeting to enable menbers to decide on which programs should be recognized. 2-contributing funds from its treasury to educational programs which the association deems worthy of support. 3-administering a scholarship program for deserving students in the study of plastics/polymer science, engineering, technology and management.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships in the field of plastics
$12,500 spentof which $69,000 as grants11% of program spendingSociety of plastic engineers pplastics hall of fame
Syracuse university library for the historical plastics collection and antique com collectors resource.
N/a
$101,160 spentof which $74,000 as grants89% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $113,660.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.2M to $1.3M (+14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
40% of PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $120 → $55.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $329 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION?
- PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $329 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($329). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $329 in grants to PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $329 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLASTICS PIONEERS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing