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OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC

EIN 53-0259696 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$61,827,324
Expenses 2024
$57,862,564

Program services were 92.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G030
Classification
2800
Street
2010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW

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 · 2024

Mission

To promote the generation application and archiving of knowledge of optics and photonics and to disseminate the knowledge worldwide.

  • Technical production and dissemination of scientific content related to optics.

    Expenses $39,587,410 · Grants $228,183 · Revenue $42,233,558

  • Member Programs - The Organization develops and runs programs designed specifically for members in order to increase their knowledge of public policy career opportunities educational programs and programs designed to promote the global optics and photonics community.

    Expenses $10,707,881 · Grants $939,662 · Revenue $2,955,994

  • Contributions to the Foundation: Optica matches donations to the Foundation on a one-to-one basis as well as contributes management services and funds to support the Foundations programs.

    Expenses $3,063,513 · Grants $686,841

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Elizabeth Rogan

    Former CEO

    Total calculated
    $3,192,334
    From this org
    $3,148,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,378
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $531,510
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,617,446
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,878
    Filer's total
    $3,192,334

  • Elizabeth Nolan

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $678,135
    From this org
    $534,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $143,378
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $434,757
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $134,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,878
    Filer's total
    $678,135

  • Sean Bagshaw

    COO CIO

    Total calculated
    $546,272
    From this org
    $492,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,561
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $410,528
    Bonus
    $82,183
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,061
    Filer's total
    $546,272

  • P Scott Carney

    Chief Science and Technology Officer

    Total calculated
    $398,185
    From this org
    $336,112
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,073
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $336,112
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,573
    Filer's total
    $398,185

  • Genaro Montanez

    Chief Employee and Membership Engagement Officer

    Total calculated
    $341,867
    From this org
    $302,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,134
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,733
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,256
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,878
    Filer's total
    $341,867

  • T Chad Stark

    Former Optica Fnd Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $389,157
    From this org
    $342,497
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,660
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $145,014
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,160
    Filer's total
    $389,157

  • Bill Abruzzo

    Senior Director General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $250,652
    From this org
    $226,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,152
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,500
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,518
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,635
    Filer's total
    $250,653

  • Deborah Herrin

    Senior Director IT

    Total calculated
    $312,935
    From this org
    $276,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,475
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,460
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,498
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,977
    Filer's total
    $312,935

  • Thomas Hausken

    Senior Industry Advisor

    Total calculated
    $305,486
    From this org
    $270,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,124
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,441
    Bonus
    $3,921
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,530
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,594
    Filer's total
    $305,486

  • Gerd Leuchs

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • James Kafka

    President-elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Gisele Bennett

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • George Bayz

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 5 related

  • Michal Lipson

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jens Biegert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Martin Booth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Aleksandra Boskovic

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Caroline Boudoux

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Judith Dawes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Julie Sheridan Eng

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dennis Fantone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ulrike Fuchs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael Lebby

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Susana Marcos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Min Qiu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $61,827,324
    Expenses
    $57,862,564
    Contributions
    $767,429
    Grants paid
    $1,854,686
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $68,210,817
    Expenses
    $51,557,426
    Contributions
    $756,516
    Grants paid
    $3,684,605
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $44,297,419
    Expenses
    $48,350,842
    Contributions
    $821,960
    Grants paid
    $3,610,127

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,003,670
    Expenses
    $37,304,493
    Assets (EOY)
    $157,741,246

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,135,399
    Expenses
    $40,372,301
    Assets (EOY)
    $140,384,010

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,549,907
    Expenses
    $46,149,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $126,923,998

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,822,731
    Expenses
    $42,405,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $108,682,588

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,944,617
    Expenses
    $41,008,038
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,094,429

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,359,060
    Expenses
    $41,540,562
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,445,598

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,975,063
    Expenses
    $36,820,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,140,483

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 PC.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.