- Revenue 2023
- $244,488
- Expenses 2023
- $565,252
Program services were 68.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- 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 MISSION OF THE AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, TO ADDRESS ESSENTIAL ISSUES IN MEDICINE, AND TO ADVANCE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FORMED PRIMARILY TO PROMOTE OPHTHALMOLOGIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.
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THE AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FORMED PRIMARILY TO PROMOTE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND THE ART AND SCIENCE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. THE EDUCATION MISSION IS SERVED BY AOS'S ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING WHICH IS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 235 MEMBERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS INTERESTED IN THE DELIVERY OF HIGH-QUALITY PATIENT EYE CARE. THE 2023 ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD MAY 18-20, 2023 IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Expenses $346,518 · Revenue $88,618
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OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES INCLUDES COUNCIL MEETINGS (WHICH MEETS TWICE A YEAR TO DISCUSS, MAKE DECISIONS, AND CONDUCT BUSINESS REGARDING THE AOS).
Expenses $37,030
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OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE KENNEDY-SNELL FUND (WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OPHTHALMIC SCIENCE AND ART).
Expenses $4,482
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OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE GRANTS TO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MEMBERSHIP DUES ADMINISTRATION.
Expenses $322 · Grants $322 · Revenue $115,865
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.
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DAVID J WILSON MD
EXECUTIVE VP / EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $50,000
- From this org
- $50,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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MARCO A ZARBIN MD PHD
PRESIDENT THROUGH 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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TIMOTHY W OLSEN MD
PRESIDENT START 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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WILLIAM F MIELER MD FACS FARVO
COUNCIL CHAIR THROUGH 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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PRESTON H BLOMQUIST MD
COUNCIL CHAIR START 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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EMILY Y CHEW MD
COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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MARY E HARTNETT MD
COUNCIL MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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PETER A NETLAND MD PHD
COUNCIL MEMBER START 5/2023
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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DAVID K WALLACE MD MPH
COUNCIL MEMBER
- 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
- $244,488
- Expenses
- $565,252
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $322
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2022
- Revenue
- $216,235
- Expenses
- $586,548
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $588
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
- $167,680
- Expenses
- $266,019
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,148,869
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $150,093
- Expenses
- $248,498
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,088,251
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $223,088
- Expenses
- $409,070
- Assets (EOY)
- $946,171
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $154,383
- Expenses
- $433,571
- Assets (EOY)
- $762,249
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $129,998
- Expenses
- $371,122
- Assets (EOY)
- $782,240
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $197,079
- Expenses
- $361,918
- Assets (EOY)
- $958,514
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $304,973
- Expenses
- $282,604
- Assets (EOY)
- $638,872
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $250,864
- Expenses
- $420,840
- Assets (EOY)
- $628,415
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $205,682
- Expenses
- $276,403
- Assets (EOY)
- $517,080
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $242,935
- Assets (EOY)
- $451,606
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
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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AOS CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC FUND
501(C)(3) · SUPPORT OF AOS · MN · controlled entity
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501(C)(3) · SUPPORT OF AOS · MD · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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On its 2023 return as a controlled entity
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AMERICAN OPHTHLMOLOGICAL SOCIETY CH ARITABLE EDUCATIONA & SCIENTIFIC
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 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.