California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC
AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Foundation for Eye Research ($9,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What American Glaucoma Society Inc does
Mission
Ags is the preeminent organization dedicated to improving the lives of all people with glaucoma and those at risk by leading the advancement of education, research, health care access, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual meeting of the american glaucoma society - the ags holds an annual scientific meeting that draws on average of 950 glaucoma professionals.
$873,865 spent$923,395 earned by the program58% of program spendingResearch grants - ags programs include awarding research grants to young and mid-career physician scientists; on average four grants are awarded. The ags also has a mentoring program for the advancement of physician scientists. This program is funded by a corporate supporter or a foundation and its mission is to provide financial aid to young glaucomatologists to overcome barriers in their early career path; six to ten awards are granted annually depending on funding.
$200,000 spentof which $200,000 as grants13% of program spendingOphthalmology glaucoma - ophthalmology glaucoma provides a stimulating forum for discussion of clinical, scientific, and socioeconomic issues of greatest concern to clinicians who care for glaucoma patients. Each issue presents original articles on new approaches to diagnosis, innovations in pharmacological therapy and surgical technique, and basic science advances that impact clinical practice.
$120,453 spent8% of program spendingOther program services include grants to outside organizations working with glaucoma and issues of the eye, membership dues administration, as well as miscellaneous board approved special projects.
$309,596 spentof which $75,500 as grants$672,074 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,503,914.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $5.0M to $6.3M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
29% of AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.9M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Glaucoma Society Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
95% of AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Glaucoma Society Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC?
- AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Foundation for Eye Research ($9,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,000 in grants to AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC?
- Foundation for Eye Research is the largest funder on record, with $9,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing