Pennsylvania Optometric Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

10 people listed

JENNIFER KEELER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $137,781 total reported compensation
DEBORAH S BLANCHARD (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $110,988 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

To represent the interests of doctors of optometry in Pennsylvania and to advance eye and vision care for the citizens of the commonwealth.

Addressing advocacy issues that affect optometrists, optometric practices, and the provision of eye care to the public.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 15.5%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $138K · 10 people listed
Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.