- Revenue 2023
- $399,282
- Expenses 2023
- $102,273
Program services were 68.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- H41J
- Classification
- 8000
- Street
- 655 BEACH STREET
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 · 2023
Mission
THE FUND IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY TO SUPPORT, BENEFIT, PERFORM, AND ASSIST IN CARRYING OUT THE CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE FUND IS ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY BY: RAISING THE STANDARDS OF MEDICAL CARE OF THE OCULAR SICK BY PROMOTING AND ADVANCING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY; ADVANCING THE ART AND PRACTICE OF OPHTHALMIC TEACHING; PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING ADVANCED STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF OCULAR AND RELATED DISEASES; AND BY PROVIDING FOR PRIZES AND MEDALS TO PERSONS EXCELLING IN ONE OR MORE OF SUCH ENDEAVORS.
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THE HERMAN KNAPP FUND SUPPORTS THE AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIA AND HONORARY LECTURES PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
Expenses $49,763
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THE HERMAN KNAPP FUND PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE RESIDENT RETREAT OF THE HEED OPHTHALMIC FOUNDATION TO ENCOURAGE PURSUIT OF ACADEMIC CAREERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE HERMAN KNAPP FUND PROVIDES SUPPORT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL FIELD.
Expenses $17,233 · Grants $17,233
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THE HERMAN KNAPP FUND SUPPORTS TRAVEL AWARDS FOR NON-MEMBER, YOUNG INVESTIGATORS FROM THEIR RESIDENCIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AOS ANNUAL MEETING.
Expenses $3,000 · Grants $3,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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DAVID J WILSON MD
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $50,000
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $50,000
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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WILLIAM F MIELER MD FACS FARVO
CHAIR THROUGH 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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PRESTON H BLOMQUIST MD
CHAIR START 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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EMILY Y CHEW MD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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MARY E HARTNETT MD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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PETER A NETLAND MD PHD
TRUSTEE START 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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TIMOTHY W OLSEN MD
TRUSTEE START 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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DAVID K WALLACE MD MPH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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MARCO A ZARBIN MD PHD
TRUSTEE THROUGH 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $399,282
- Expenses
- $102,273
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $20,233
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2022
- Revenue
- $276,178
- Expenses
- $352,582
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $270,430
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $548,371
- Expenses
- $45,623
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,987,733
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $445,108
- Expenses
- $37,107
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,138,362
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $234,353
- Expenses
- $87,914
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,112,420
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- -$536,307
- Expenses
- $87,339
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,922,185
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- -$903,183
- Expenses
- $71,117
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,330,215
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $100,281
- Expenses
- $97,183
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,419,228
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,837,351
- Expenses
- $68,354
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,108,868
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $413,251
- Expenses
- $90,005
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,180,865
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $344,782
- Expenses
- $49,458
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,861,607
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $55,851
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,004,681
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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2022 SUPPORT FOR MUSEUM OF THE EYE
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THE HEED OPHTHALMIC FOUNDATION
$10,000
2022 SUPPORT OF RESIDENT RETREAT
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THE HEED OPHTHALMIC FOUNDATION
$10,000
2023 RESEARCH GRANT
Grants received
No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.
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 2023 return
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AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
501(C)(3) · PROMOTES OPHTHALMOLOGIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH · MN · controlled entity
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AOS CHARITABLE EDUC AND SCIENTIFIC FUND
501(C)(3) · SUPPORT OF AOS · MN · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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AMERICAN OPHTHLMOLOGICAL SOCIETY CH ARITABLE EDUCATIONA & SCIENTIFIC
On its 2023 return as a controlled entity
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AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
On its 2023 return as a controlled entity
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 SOUNK.
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.