American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus

Analysis

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus is a registered charity in United States, based in Brentwood, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $2.5m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountaincare Inc ($2.5m), FHS Provider Services Inc ($2.5m) and The Society for Womens Health Research ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $120k (5.0% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $3.5m.