Washington · Public charity
Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers
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.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $823k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $49,859
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $167M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $823k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $880k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $141k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $169k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $1.2M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $790k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.1M | 73% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $116k | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $610,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $576,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $545,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $517,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | $452,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $232,180 | 4 | n/a |
| Monroe Community College Foundation Inc | $143,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Michigan Tech University | $135,443 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $610,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $576,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $545,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $517,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | $452,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $232,180 | 4 | n/a |
| Monroe Community College Foundation Inc | $143,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Michigan Tech University | $135,443 | 6 | n/a |
| Ut Southwestern Health Systems | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tuskegee University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ithaka Harbors Inc | $51,680 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Delaware State University Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Morehouse College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thorlabs Inc | $49,859 | 1 | n/a |
| Sydor Optics Inc | $25,200 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $18,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Environment Next Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ieee Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| OSA Foundation Inc | $14,749 | 2 | 0% |
| Foldscope Instruments Inc | $13,032 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Technology Council | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan Tech Fund | $12,280 | 1 | n/a |
| Avenda Health | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spark Museum of Electrical Invention | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Swave Photonics Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Photonicare Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sciencecounts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Odin Technologies LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Endeavor Business Media LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advanced Optronics Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Space Science & Technology Institute | $7,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Rochester Museum & Science Center | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Systems Link International | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Association of Physics Teachers Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $5,175 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers
- How much does Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers give?
- Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers reported 9 itemized grants totaling $823,443, out of $2,605,866 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (86%), Health (5%), Science & Tech (4%).
- Who are Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Colorado Foundation ($610k), Trustees of Boston University ($577k), University of Arizona Foundation ($545k).
- Does Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers based?
- Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers is based in WA.
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