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Our Mission
On June 28th, 1998, The Polymers Foundation, Inc. was officially incorporated in North Carolina as a 501 (c) (3) entity. As given in our Articles of Incorporation we are dedicated to “encouraging, motivating, accepting, holding, investing, reinvesting, and administering any gifts, bequests, grants, and devices of property of any nature, and using, disbursing, lending or donating the principal thereof or income earned thereupon exclusively for the corporation’s purposes, and giving, conveying, lending or assigning any of its property outright, or upon lawful terms regarding the use thereof and engaging in any other lawful activities and exercising any powers allowed by law in furtherance of the corporation’s purposes.”
To us, that means that the Foundation is to find creative ways to apply whatever gifting that the Foundation receives to further enhance its mission. We have received donations of cash, machinery, testing apparatus, and instruments. The following is a list of some of the principal donors to the Foundation.
Empowering the Polymers Industry: The Polymers Foundation
The Polymers Foundation works to support the growth and advancement of the polymers industry. Our goal is to be what keeps the plastics industry moving forward. By investing in relationships and people, we can improve opportunities, access to research, and education.
On June 28th, 1998, The Polymers Foundation, Inc. was officially incorporated in North Carolina as a 501 (c) (3) entity. The foundation's purpose is to advance charitable efforts, scientific understanding, and educational objectives related to polymer production and polymeric materials.
Our Parent Organization & Subsidiary
The Polymers Center
The Polymers Center focuses on the research and development behind plastic products. Our laboratories are fully equipped for technical analysis, sample testing, and education.
Polymers Technology
Polymers Technology gives companies and businesses the hardware they need to manufacture what they need. Our state-of-the-art facility is equipped with everything plastic companies need to develop what they need.
What We Fund
Educational Outreach
Polymers Foundation strives to leave a lasting impact. We fund, create, and support education in material sciences and help provide job experience opportunities. To that end we have undertaken the following efforts:
- Work with UNCC Senior Design Program
- Assist with Summer Internships
- The Joe Bennett Endowment
We have recently established and funded the Joe Bennett Endowment, a program dedicated to providing the next generation of scientists and technicians with scholarship
opportunities, access to excellent mentors, and work experience.
Our Team
Our Board of Directors and staff are committed to bringing together students, companies, and educational institutions. We support adaptive strategies designed to build a long-term future while being able to implement new opportunities.
Our Donor Partners
At the Polymers Foundation, we appreciate our donors. Their generosity empowers our efforts and our initiatives are built with them in mind. And we are always looking for like-minded partners who support our mission and with whom we can build lasting relationships.
- Allied Dies
- Automatik
- Battenfeld
- Engel
- Equitech
- Gala
- Goettfert
- Leistritz
- Maag
- Mixaco
- PolyLinks
- Scheer Bay
- Sesotec
- TSM Controls
- UNCC
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