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OPTOMETRY CARES-THE AOA FOUNDATION

EIN 23-7292391 ST LOUIS, MO

Revenue 2024
$4,655,552
Expenses 2024
$917,391

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
243 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD

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 EMPOWER THE OPTOMETRIC PROFESSION IN PROVIDING AWARENESS AND ACCESS TO HEALTH AND VISION CARE FOR THE PUBLIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPTOMETRY CARES, THE AOA FOUNDATION, IS COMMITTED TO EXPAND EYE CARE AWARENESS, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND ACCESS TO EYE HEALTH AND VISION CARE TO EVERYONE IN THE U.S.

  • OPTOMETRY'S FUND FOR DISASTER RELIEF PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR OPTOMETRISTS IN NEED AS A RESULT OF EXPERIENCING A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

    Expenses $304,079 · Grants $276,465

  • THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY AWARD IS PRESENTED TO APPLICANTS WHO WISH TO ACHIEVE THE DREAM OF OWNING THEIR FIRST INDEPENDENT PRACTICE.

    Expenses $163,844 · Grants $153,000

  • INFANTSEE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT EYE AND VISION CARE BECOMES AN INTEGRAL PART OF INFANT WELLNESS CARE TO IMPROVE A CHILD'S QUALITY OF LIFE. UNDER THIS PROGRAM, AOA OPTOMETRISTS PROVIDE A NO-COST COMPREHENSIVE EYE AND VISION ASSESSMENT FOR INFANTS WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE REGARDLESS OF A FAMILY'S INCOME OR ACCESS TO INSURANCE COVERAGE.

    Expenses $155,267

  • OPPORTUNITIES IN OPTOMETRY GRANTS, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUM OF OPTOMETRY, STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF EXPANDING EYE HEALTH AND VISION CARE ACCESS FOR EVERYONE IN THE U.S. IN ORDER TO ENHANCE HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

    Expenses $147,955 · Grants $41,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • BELINDA STARKEY OD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $42,015
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $42,015
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 14 related

  • HILARY HAWTHORNE OD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERI GEIST OD

    SECRETARY TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $39,983
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $39,983
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 14 related

  • BRAD LANE OD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JACQUELINE M BOWEN OD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $63,750
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $63,750
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 16 related

  • JASON COMPTON OD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARGARET MARIE READ OD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $45,348
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $45,348
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 14 related

  • PAUL BARNEY OD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $36,334
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $36,334
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 12 related

  • JONATHAN HYMES

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $552,352
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $521,085
    Other
    $31,267
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $493,997 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $27,088 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $18,150 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,117 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $552,352 related

  • REBECCA HILDEBRAND

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $285,464
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $269,511
    Other
    $15,953
    Hours/week
    8 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $258,216 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,295 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,324 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,629 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $285,464 related

  • RYAN HAYES

    CHIEF FINANCIAL/TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $312,266
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $270,565
    Other
    $41,701
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $259,011 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,554 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,253 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,448 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $312,266 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. 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
    $4,655,552
    Expenses
    $917,391
    Contributions
    $4,599,140
    Grants paid
    $470,965
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $513,423
    Expenses
    $509,167
    Contributions
    $460,321
    Grants paid
    $85,694
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $626,345
    Expenses
    $612,788
    Contributions
    $577,312
    Grants paid
    $150,848

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
    $720,272
    Expenses
    $548,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $545,870

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,106,124
    Expenses
    $1,124,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $948,686

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $686,743
    Expenses
    $897,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $473,859

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $983,873
    Expenses
    $931,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $679,613

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,283,881
    Expenses
    $1,267,760
    Assets (EOY)
    $669,788

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $949,165
    Expenses
    $1,019,104
    Assets (EOY)
    $564,326

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $778,579
    Expenses
    $949,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $615,958

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,091,914
    Expenses
    $882,760
    Assets (EOY)
    $845,107

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,026,199
    Expenses
    $1,077,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $598,630

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $971,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $600,338

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

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.