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Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

The ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OF OPTOMETRY (asco) advances optometric education and research to enhance the health and well-being of the public.

$146k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$713kEducation$203k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $130,959, the rows itemized in this filing. The $146,249 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,290 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $72k
$8,302
Median grant
10
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY SALUS AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY$25,181
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$24,407
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY$22,222
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$9,934
SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$8,498
ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$8,302
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$7,192
HERBERT WERTHEIM SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY & VISION SCIENCE UC BERKELEY$7,113
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY$6,468
SUNY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$6,132
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY$5,510
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%SALUS UNIVERSITY - PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $51k → 7%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY: $44k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $14k → 10%STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $12k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $49k → 16%NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $15k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $8k → 11%PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $17k → 8%SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $16k → 17%INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $13k → 18%ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $16k → 14%SALUS UNIVERSITY - PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $35k → 7%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY: $31k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $10k → 10%STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $9k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $34k → 16%NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $10k → 13%PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $14k → 8%SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $12k → 17%INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $9k → 18%ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $12k → 14%SALUS UNIVERSITY - PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $32k → 7%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY: $29k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $9k → 10%STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $8k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $31k → 16%NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $9k → 13%PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $13k → 8%SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $11k → 17%INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $8k → 18%ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $11k → 14%SALUS UNIVERSITY - PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $28k → 7%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY: $24k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $8k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $27k → 16%NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $8k → 13%PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $9k → 17%INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY: $7k → 18%ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $9k → 14%PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY SALUS AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $25k → 7%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY: $22k → 10%HERBERT WERTHEIM SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY & VISION SCIENCE UC BERKELEY: $7k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $24k → 16%NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $7k → 13%PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $10k → 8%SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $8k → 17%ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
TN
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$894k · 12 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
3

Total granted

$894k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+148%

Still filing today

58%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’20’21’22’25
EducationHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SU
    SALUS UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $172k · revenue +14%
  • MB
    MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $151k · revenue +144%
  • PU
    PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $64k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +16%
  • FS
    FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
  • SO
    Southwestern Ohio 4-H Camp Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +148%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
2
A T Still University of Health Sciences

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences serves as a learning-centered university dedicated to preparing highly competent professionals through innovative academic programs. The University is committed to continuing its osteopathic…

Education
3
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
4
Samuel Merritt University

Samuel merritt university educates students to become highly skilled and compassionate health care professionals who positively transform the experience of care in diverse communities.

Education
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
8
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
9
Seton Hill University

Comprehensive institution of higher learning providing undergraduate and graduate student education.

Education
10
Pennsylvania College of Optometry Foundation

The exempt purpose of the pennsylvania college of optometry foundation (foundation) is to support salus university, a 501(c)(3) public charity, through fundraising endeavors and the holding of investments.

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11
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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12
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis University; the most unlike its peers is Southwestern Ohio 4-H Camp Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALUS UNIVERSITY: $171,503 · OtherSALUS UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $165,541 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $48,455 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEYIndiana University School of Medicine: $44,060 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON: $41,771 · OtherSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON+3 more: $23,778 · OtherMARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY: $150,774 · EducationMARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITYPACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $63,723 · EducationPACIFIC UNIVERSITYSouthern College of Optometry: $56,459 · EducationSouthern College of OptometryIllinois College of Optometry: $55,586 · EducationIllinois College of OptometryNova Southeastern University Inc: $48,994 · EducationNova Southeastern University Inc+1 more: $7,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $36,980 · Human Services
Other$495,108Education$383,336Human Services$36,980

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSALUS UNIVERSITY: $171,503 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY: $150,774 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $63,723 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern College of Optometry: $56,459 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIllinois College of Optometry: $55,586 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $48,994 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $36,980 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $7,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SALUS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MARSHALL B KETCHUM UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Southern College of Optometry ↗
  • Who funds Illinois College of Optometry ↗
  • Who funds Nova Southeastern University Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA OPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Southwestern Ohio 4-H Camp Inc ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Academy of O…Marco Family Foundati…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Academy of Optometry Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Academy of Optometry Foundation Inc · Marco Family Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Pacific University: 2% of income from government
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 15 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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