Public Charity

Opticians Association of America

Opticians Association of America is a Public Charity headquartered in Lakeland, TN. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $30K revenue, $259K expenses. 8 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $724K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 135573087 Lakeland, TN Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$30K
Total Expenses$259K
Grant Records8
Funding Total$724K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

The Organization's mission is to promote and expand opticianry by being the single unified voice of America's Opticians. In support of this mission, we are committed to promoting professional stature through leadership, education, legislative representation and communication.

Where $100 goes at Opticians Association of America

How Opticians Association of America divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $100 for programs

$100
Provide continuing education and career training to opticians
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2020
2020 OAA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
$7,500
2019
FURTHERANCE OF THE OPHTHALMIC OPTICS MISSION OF PERFORMANCE MEMBER-BASED SERVICES.
$137,500

Showing up to 5 of 8 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Treasurer Aarlan Aceto
1st Vice President Doug Pelkey
2nd Vice President John Bruening
President Ron Harbert

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$716,500 7 grants
Training & Professional Development
$7,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $30K $259K —
2023 $635K $520K $317K
2022 $382K $409K $202K
2021 $411K $336K $228K
2020 $461K $473K $152K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $461K to $30K (-93%).

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