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Filing year 2023

The American Optometric Association

St Louis, Missouri·EIN 43-0684708·6
Total revenue
$27.6M
Total assets
$42.2M
Total expenses
$30.4M
Reported officers
22
Mission

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC POLICY RELATED TO EYE CARE WILL UNIFORMLY RECOGNIZE OPTOMETRISTS AS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND ENSURE THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THE FULL SCOPE OF OPTOMETRIC CARE. OPTOMETRISTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WILL LOOK TO THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LEADERSHIP THAT SERVE TO ENHANCE AND ENSURE COMPETENT, QUALITY PATIENT CARE. THE PUBLIC, OPTOMETRISTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WILL TURN TO THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION FOR RELIABLE AND CURRENT INFORMATION RELATED TO OPTOMETRY EYE CARE AND HEALTH CARE POLICY.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 22 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryExecutive compensation
Executive Director
$552k
$603k
Chief Strategy Officer
key employee
$300k
$328k
Chief Fin/tech Officer
officer (unspecified)
$299k
$327k
Chief Advocacy Officer, Fed
highest compensated employee
$295k
$322k
Chief Communications Officer
key employee
$288k
$315k
Chief Operating Officer
$277k
$302k
Chief Advocacy Officer, State
highest compensated employee
$271k
$296k
Executive Dir, Center for Ind
highest compensated employee
$265k
$289k
General Counsel
highest compensated employee
$264k
$288k
Director of Alliances/planning
highest compensated employee
$251k
$274k
$113k
$123k
$65k
$71k
Trustee
board member
$58k
$64k
$58k
$64k
Immediate Past-president
$51k
$56k
Secretary-treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$50k
$55k
Trustee
board member
$46k
$50k
Trustee
board member
$46k
$50k
Trustee
board member
$40k
$44k
Trustee
board member
$39k
$43k
Immediate Past President
$25k
$28k
Trustee
board member
$19k
$21k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with St. Louis, MO-IL metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

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