Public Charity

SOCIETY OF PHOTO OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS

SOCIETY OF PHOTO OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS, of Bellingham, WA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $64.4M in revenue, $54.7M in expenses, $166.7M in total assets. 5 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $98K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 952142678 Bellingham, WA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$64.4M
Total Expenses$54.7M
Total Assets$166.7M
Grant Records5
Funding Total$98K
Filing Years2021–2025

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.

Where $100 goes at Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers

How Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$58 Programs the work itself
$42 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 $58 for programs

$36
Technical Events
63% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 36,000 attendees
$12
Publications
21% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 5,500 books
$6
Education
10% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 10,000 women; 750 attendees

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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.

Officers & Directors

Director Agnes Hubscher
Director Alexis Vogt
Sr Director, Community Engagement, Chief Inclusion Officer Allison Romanyshyn
Sr. Director, Events & Global Business Devlopment Andrew Brown
COO & COFO Bradley Ferguson
Director Brian Pogue

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Training & Professional Development
$45,000 2 grants
General Support
$30,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$22,527 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $64.4M $54.7M $166.7M
2024 $59.7M $53.3M $150.8M
2023 $52.7M $51.3M $136.7M
2022 $36.6M $46.9M $123.7M
2021 $33.1M $35.6M $144.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $33.1M to $64.4M (+95%), with total assets most recently reported at $166.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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