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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPTOMETRY

EIN 41-1227642 WINTER PARK, FL

Revenue 2023
$8,559,259
Expenses 2023
$8,919,175

Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
2000
Street
925 S SEMORAN BLVD STE 120

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

TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE EXCELLENCE IN OPTOMETRIC PRACTICE

  • ANNUAL MEETING: THE ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD TO EXCHANGE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO THE FIELD OF OPTOMETRY. THE ANNUAL MEETING INCLUDES THE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 320 COURSES AND PROMOTES KNOWLEDGE ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE OPTOMETRY PRACTICE. THE ANNUAL MEETING HAD 7,083 ATTENDEES, 5,782 OF THOSE ATTENDEES WERE NON-EXHIBITORS.

    Expenses $5,231,499 · Revenue $5,318,253

  • THE ACADEMY PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS PURSUING EDUCATION, PROFESSIONALS PURSUING RESEARCH, AND/OR OVERALL ADVANCEMENT IN THE OPTOMETRY PROFESSION.

    Expenses $965,943 · Grants $353,356

  • SECTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP: THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPTOMETRY'S (ACADEMY OR AAO) SECTIONS ALLOW FOR THE EXCHANGE OF MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO SPECIALTIES WITHIN THE FIELD OF OPTOMETRY. MEMBERSHIP DUES AND APPLICATIONS FEES ARE RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FOR MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS SUCH AS ACCESS TO LOCAL CHAPTERS TO MAKE IT EASY TO KEEP IN TOUCH THROUGH SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND STUDY BETWEEN REGULAR ANNUAL MEETINGS AND ABILITY TO JOIN ONE OR MORE OF THE SECTIONS AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS DEVOTED TO VARIOUS AREAS OF FOCUS. THERE WERE 7,118 ACTIVE MEMBERS AS OF THE LAST DAY OF FISCAL YEAR 2024.

    Expenses $763,308 · Revenue $2,234,382

  • PUBLICATIONS: THE ACADEMY'S JOURNAL, OPTOMETRY & VISION SCIENCE, ARCHIVES THE ADVANCEMENT OF PRIMARY EYE CARE BY PUBLISHING CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE FIELD. THE ACADEMY'S NEWSLETTERS INFORMS MEMBERS OF ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTES FELLOWSHIP.

    Expenses $613,543 · Revenue $1,200

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • TRISH SHOMION

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $256,420
    From this org
    $249,020
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,400
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,020
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $50,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,400
    Filer's total
    $256,420

  • RICHARD JONES

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $212,106
    From this org
    $187,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,698
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,158
    Bonus
    $3,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,698
    Filer's total
    $212,106

  • HELEN VIKSNINS

    VP, EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $172,303
    From this org
    $149,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,993
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,210
    Bonus
    $2,100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,993
    Filer's total
    $172,303

  • ELIZABETH TAYLOR

    VP, MEETINGS & INDUSTRY RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $135,212
    From this org
    $124,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,454
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOEL LABORDE

    VP OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $127,751
    From this org
    $108,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,674
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

  • DAVID HARRISON

    DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $125,680
    From this org
    $108,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,072
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

  • SUSAN COTTER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • TIMOTHY MCMAHON

    IMMEDIATE PAST-PRES.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JEFFREY WALLINE

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CARL SPEAR

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • NICHOLAS COLATRELLA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ANDREW MICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CHRIS WILMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • NANCY WONG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,559,259
    Expenses
    $8,919,175
    Contributions
    $340,818
    Grants paid
    $353,356
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,563,571
    Expenses
    $9,933,404
    Contributions
    $413,423
    Grants paid
    $507,000

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,270,170
    Expenses
    $8,039,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,994,483

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,718,664
    Expenses
    $4,955,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,902,032

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,328,529
    Expenses
    $7,333,105
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,842,833

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,541,034
    Expenses
    $6,968,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,504,586

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,146,680
    Expenses
    $6,294,839
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,912,390

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,901,528
    Expenses
    $5,951,695
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,995,042

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,424,330
    Expenses
    $5,821,512
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,029,017

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,172,333
    Expenses
    $5,118,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,659,016

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,096,737
    Expenses
    $4,844,867
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,880,779

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,347,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,508,572

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

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.