Public Charity

Polymer Processing Institute

Polymer Processing Institute is a Public Charity headquartered in Newark, NJ. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.5M revenue, $3.7M expenses, $5.0M total assets.

EIN: 222458275 Newark, NJ Latest filing: 2025

Total Revenue$3.5M

Total Expenses$3.7M

Total Assets$5.0M

Grant Records0

Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

POLYMER PROCESSING INSTITUTE ("PPI") IS A PRIVATE, NON-FOR-PROFIT NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, ESTABLISHED IN 1982. PPI WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF POLYMER PROCESSING THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PERFORMED IN THE US AND ABROAD. SIGNIFICANT REVENUES ARE RECEIVED FROM SUBCONTRACTS WITH THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ("NJIT") WHICH CONTRACTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF POLYMERS AND FROM RESEARCH FEES FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES.

Where $100 goes at Polymer Processing Institute

How Polymer Processing Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 10 years.

$89 Programs the work itself

$11 Management running the organization

$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $89 for programs

$89

Research and development-providing research, education and publications to the polymer field for medical devices and pharmaceutical applications, packaging, recycling, paints and coatings, etc

All program spending

Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Charlie Martin

Board Chairman Dr Costas G Gogos

TRUSTEE Dr Donald Sebastian

President Emeritus Dr Kun H Hyun

PRESIDENT Dr Ming Wan Young

Trustee John Christiano

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$3.5M	$3.7M	$5.0M
2024	$3.3M	$4.1M	$5.4M
2023	$5.0M	$4.4M	$6.2M
2022	$5.2M	$5.0M	$5.5M
2021	$5.1M	$4.2M	$4.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $5.1M to $3.5M (-31%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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