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Filing year 2024

THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

San Francisco, California·EIN 94-2682387·NTEE A54Z · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$14.9M
Total assets
$182.4M
Total expenses
$17.3M
Reported officers
31
Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (FAAO) IS TO ADVANCE THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY'S (AAO) PRIORITY PROGRAMS IN CLINICAL EDUCATION, QUALITY AND DATA SCIENCE, AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$305k
$323k
Base
$234k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$19k
Director of Development
$217k
$230k
Base
$162k
Bonus
$10k
Other
Benefits
$27k
Secretary / CEO of Aao
$109k
$115k
COO / CFO / Chief Legal & Risk Off
$106k
$113k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 27 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Climbed 12%
over 2 years

From $273k in 2022 to $305k in 2024.

$273k
2022
$291k
2023
$305k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 5% in real terms$308k to $323k

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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

THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$12.8M
$15.4M
2022
$10.9M
$16.3M
2023
$14.9M
$17.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in California

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $66,860.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$66,860
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$221k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 630 organizations across 630 filings (2021 – 2023).

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