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Filing year 2024

SOCIETY OF PHOTO OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS

Bellingham, Washington·EIN 95-2142678·3
Total revenue
$59.7M
Total assets
$150.8M
Total expenses
$53.3M
Reported officers
31
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.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 16 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Chief Executive Officer
$823k
$876k
Base
$559k
Bonus
$176k
Other
$11k
Benefits
$36k
$456k
$486k
Base
$325k
Bonus
$31k
Other
$15k
Benefits
$43k
Sr Director, Information Technology
chief information officer
$403k
$429k
Base
$292k
Bonus
$28k
Other
$2k
Benefits
$44k
Sr Director, Events & Global Business Development
$330k
$351k
Base
$228k
Bonus
$14k
Other
$12k
Benefits
$45k
Director, Sales
highest compensated employee
$287k
$306k
Base
$180k
Bonus
$14k
Other
$25k
Benefits
$43k
Sr Director, Community Engagement, Chief Inclusion Officer
key employee
$284k
$302k
Base
$191k
Bonus
$16k
Other
$9k
Benefits
$43k
Director, Publications and Platform
highest compensated employee
$274k
$292k
Base
$188k
Bonus
$16k
Other
$4k
Benefits
$41k
Sr Director, Technical Programs
key employee
$270k
$288k
Base
$202k
Bonus
$19k
Other
$13k
Benefits
$11k
Director, Science & Technology
highest compensated employee
$270k
$287k
Base
$196k
Bonus
$26k
Other
$3k
Benefits
$19k
Director, Business Services, Systems & Data Governance
highest compensated employee
$261k
$278k
Base
$197k
Bonus
$23k
Other
$1k
Benefits
$15k
Director, Marketing & Industry Relations
director (operational)
$225k
$240k
Base
$93k
Bonus
$10k
Other
$96k
Benefits
$15k
Vice President
vice president
$9k
$10k
$8k
$9k
Director
board member
$3k
$4k
Director
board member
$2k
$3k
Director
board member
$429
$457

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Climbed 18%
over 3 years

From $699k in 2021 to $823k in 2024.

$699k
2021
$752k
2023
$823k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 2% in real terms$862k to $876k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

SOCIETY OF PHOTO OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$33.1M
$35.6M
2021
$52.7M
$51.3M
2023
$59.7M
$53.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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