- Revenue 2024
- $1,087,500
- Expenses 2024
- $1,324,953
As filed
- Subsection
- 06
- NTEE code
- S41
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1505 PRINCE ST STE 300
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 BUILD HEIGHTENED AWARENESS TO LEGISLATORS AND REGULATORS OF PRESSING THREATS TO PATIENT HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR LAWS, REGULATIONS, INCREASED ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE FOR PATIENT SAFETY ADVOCATES FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.
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PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR THE DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP, THE SAFEST, HEALTHIEST, AND MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF MEDICAL DEVICES WHILE PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, THE INVIOLABILITY OF A PATIENT'S PRESCRIPTION AND THE STRENGTHENING OF PATIENT HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS AND THE EDUCATION OF POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THE DELIVERY OF QUALITY CARE AND HEALTHY OUTCOMES.
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.
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DAVID COCKRELL
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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RALPH KOHL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $252,074
- From this org
- $185,623
- From related orgs
- $32,757
- Other
- $33,694
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $184,050 + $32,480 related
- Bonus
- $1,275 + $225 related
- Other
- $298 + $52 related
- Deferred
- $10,363 + $1,829 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,277 + $3,225 related
- Filer's total
- $214,263 + $37,811 related
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ANDREA THAU
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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BELINDA STARKEY OD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $42,015
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $42,015
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 14 related
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CHARISSA LEE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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DEANA MCCRAE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JEFF STRAND
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JENNIFER PALOMBI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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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
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RYAN PARKER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $1,087,500
- Expenses
- $1,324,953
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $370,000
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,450,000
- Expenses
- $999,148
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,450,000
- Expenses
- $837,091
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $31,000
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,225,000
- Expenses
- $929,959
- Assets (EOY)
- $674,865
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,085,416
- Expenses
- $962,181
- Assets (EOY)
- $328,395
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,450,000
- Expenses
- $1,308,830
- Assets (EOY)
- $271,535
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,268,750
- Expenses
- $1,224,587
- Assets (EOY)
- $85,085
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017
- Tax period
- 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
- Principal officer
- CHASE CANNON
- Mailing address
- 2111 WILSON BLVD STE 700ARLINGTON VA 22201
- Website
- WWW.PATIENTSAFETYTODAY.COM
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
Grants made
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THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION
$265,000
2024 GENERAL OPERATIONS
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2024 GENERAL OPERATIONS
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$30,000
2024 GENERAL OPERATIONS
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AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION
$25,000
2022 SPONSORSHIP
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 2024 return
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AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION
501(c)(6) · MEMBERSHIP · MO
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OPTOMETRY CARES - THE AOA FOUNDATION
501(c)(3) · CHARITY · MO
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527 · ADVOCACY · VA
Declared as related by
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OPTOMETRY CARES-THE AOA FOUNDATION
On its 2024 return
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AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION INC
On its 2024 return
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
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C Corporation · MEMBERSHIP SERVICES · MO
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
Not present in the most recent drop.
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.