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SOCIETY OF PHOTO OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER

EIN 95-2142678 BELLINGHAM, WA

Revenue 2025
$64,378,785
Expenses 2025
$54,680,672

Program services were 58.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 10

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 · 2025

Mission

SPIE is an international nonprofit technical society dedicated to advancing scientific research and engineering applications of optical, photonic, imaging and optoelectronic technologies through its meetings, education programs and publications.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPIE is an international nonprofit technical society dedicated to advancing scientific research and engineering applications of optical, photonic, imaging and optoelectronic technologies through its meetings, education programs and publications

  • Technical Events - SPIE organized technical/scientific and engineering meetings with approximately 36,000 attendees. Included in the content of these Technical Events are basic research, research technology methods and applications. Many of our technical events also include Exhibits and a Career Center. There were about 300 conferences held in 2025 where scientists presented their research findings and collaborated on their work. In addition to the conferences offered at the 2025 Technical Events, there were also more than 100 in-person educational courses.

    Expenses $19,987,540 · Grants $138,897 · Revenue $35,162,842

  • Publications - SPIE helps the scientist authors publish their work via Publications and Journals. The technical publications include: books, Journals, conference proceedings, and online products. Proceedings of SPIE conferences are technical publications that educate the engineering community about current technology, research and applications. Online website links allow access to products and services used by scientists and engineers. Approximately 5,500 hardcopy books were shipped in 2025. SPIE is also the publisher of over 15 technical journals: Advanced Photonics, Advanced Photonics Nexus, Advanced Quantum Photonics, Biophotonics Discovery, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Journal of Astronomical, Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Journal of Medical Imaging, Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning, Materials and Metrology, Journal of Nanophotonics, Journal of Optical Microsystems, Journal of Photonics for Energy, Neurophotonics, Optical Engineering, and Photonics Insights. SPIE is also a Co-publisher of Journal of Electronic Imaging with Society for Imaging Science and Technology. Total circulation of journals during 2025 was about 25,000 online subscriptions.

    Expenses $6,621,592 · Grants $21,265 · Revenue $13,221,545

  • Education - SPIE awarded education scholarships and grants to support education outreach. More than 10,000 Women in Optics notebooks were printed and distributed in 2025. The SPIE Education department held career advancement events, including in-person workshops, and networking and mentoring socials, serving over 750 attendees. SPIE also presented in-person short courses at events, in-company training sessions, and issued Certificates of Completion. SPIE also held instructional webinars and offers on-demand online courses.

    Expenses $3,122,270 · Grants $1,741,729 · Revenue $300,359

  • Membership - In 2025 SPIE provided support to attend conferences to student authors, and activity grants for student chapter groups. As part of our membership program, SPIE also provides reduced dues for students and members from developing nations.

    Expenses $2,060,304 · Grants $703,974 · Revenue $2,993,225

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kent Rochford

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $878,839
    From this org
    $799,897
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,942
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $582,068
    Bonus
    $183,411
    Other
    $34,418
    Deferred
    $41,444
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,498
    Filer's total
    $878,839

  • Bradley Ferguson

    COO & COFO

    Total calculated
    $469,673
    From this org
    $381,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,303
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $339,062
    Bonus
    $26,279
    Other
    $16,029
    Deferred
    $43,570
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,733
    Filer's total
    $469,673

  • Scott C H Ritchey

    Sr Director, Information Technology

    Total calculated
    $435,609
    From this org
    $348,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,500
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,321
    Bonus
    $31,279
    Other
    $8,508
    Deferred
    $41,695
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,805
    Filer's total
    $435,608

  • Allison Romanyshyn

    Sr Director, Community Engagement, Chief Inclusion Officer

    Total calculated
    $317,969
    From this org
    $243,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,450
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,898
    Bonus
    $26,279
    Other
    $10,342
    Deferred
    $28,986
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,463
    Filer's total
    $317,968

  • Patrick Franzen

    Director, Publications and Platform

    Total calculated
    $304,436
    From this org
    $234,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,470
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,098
    Bonus
    $11,910
    Other
    $14,957
    Deferred
    $27,416
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,054
    Filer's total
    $304,435

  • Robert F Hainsey

    Director, Science & Technology

    Total calculated
    $290,637
    From this org
    $245,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,341
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,952
    Bonus
    $15,979
    Other
    $3,364
    Deferred
    $27,854
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,488
    Filer's total
    $290,637

  • Jeffrey Nichols

    Director, Sales

    Total calculated
    $276,185
    From this org
    $207,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,223
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,784
    Bonus
    $16,179
    Other
    $2,998
    Deferred
    $23,743
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,480
    Filer's total
    $276,184

  • Marilyn Gorsuch

    Sr Director, Technical Programs

    Total calculated
    $268,371
    From this org
    $233,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,027
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,478
    Bonus
    $11,279
    Other
    $13,586
    Deferred
    $23,659
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,368
    Filer's total
    $268,370

  • Lara Miles

    Director, Business Services, Systems & Data Governance

    Total calculated
    $264,793
    From this org
    $224,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,515
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,944
    Bonus
    $15,174
    Other
    $1,159
    Deferred
    $24,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,665
    Filer's total
    $264,792

  • Andrew Brown

    Sr. Director, Events & Global Business Devlopment

    Total calculated
    $260,877
    From this org
    $236,405
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,472
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,455
    Bonus
    $8,140
    Other
    $95,810
    Deferred
    $16,310
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,163
    Filer's total
    $260,878

  • Jill Stanton

    Director, Software Development

    Total calculated
    $249,242
    From this org
    $199,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,698
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,378
    Bonus
    $12,442
    Other
    $2,724
    Deferred
    $21,261
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,437
    Filer's total
    $249,242

  • Jen Dodds

    Sr. Director, Events & Global Business Development

    Total calculated
    $247,475
    From this org
    $189,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,919
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,553
    Bonus
    $8,279
    Other
    $724
    Deferred
    $20,414
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,505
    Filer's total
    $247,475

  • Julie L Bentley

    President-Elect

    Total calculated
    $9,468
    From this org
    $9,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Alexis Vogt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $3,460
    From this org
    $3,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Jessica DeGroote Nelson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $3,367
    From this org
    $3,367
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Daewook Kim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $700
    From this org
    $700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Peter de Groot

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Cather Simpson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Jim McNally

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Jennifer Barton

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Laura Waller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • David Hagan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Miles Padgett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Samuel Achilefu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Agnes Hubscher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $64,378,785
    Expenses
    $54,680,672
    Contributions
    $90,276
    Grants paid
    $2,605,866
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $52,668,388
    Expenses
    $51,312,414
    Contributions
    $334,182
    Grants paid
    $1,906,163
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $36,576,887
    Expenses
    $46,877,020
    Contributions
    $73,597
    Grants paid
    $1,171,483

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

  • 2025 · 990-T

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

  • 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
    $33,050,614
    Expenses
    $35,580,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $144,509,119

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,847,935
    Expenses
    $42,530,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,270,634

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,123,253
    Expenses
    $45,912,812
    Assets (EOY)
    $138,103,432

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,417,722
    Expenses
    $41,885,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,671,536

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 2025 return

  • SPIE Europe Ltd #5085639

    Scientific Conferences · UK · controlled entity

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 2025 return

  • SPIE Events Europe #5099292

    C · Scientific Trade Shows · UK · 100% owned · share of income $679,473 · share of assets $1,138,940 · 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.