FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00196246 · files monthly
SummaryAt a glance
Why it exists
No statement of purpose found on its site.
Money
$879.1K raised, $764.7K spent, $326.8K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
87% from donors giving over $200 · 13% from donors giving $200 or less · largest donor Mary Lawrence, $10K. See who funds it
Where it goes
$25K spent for candidates, most on IA-01 ($25K) · $737K given to candidates and committees, the largest to DCCC ($30K) · 48% of its support to Republicans, 46% to Democrats. See where it goes
Lobbying
American Academy of Ophthalmology lobbied on 5 issues. See lobbying
Audits and penalties
1 audit report and 1 administrative fine, published by the FEC
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
No published list of positions
This committee’s site publishes no list of positions we could read, and we found no statement of why it exists. We do not write one for it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$558K to 136 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $558,000
Republican 48%Democratic 46%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Republican
63
$245,000
$25,000
$270,000
48%
Democratic
59
$255,000
$0
$255,000
46%
Other or unresolved
14
$33,000
$0
$33,000
5.9%
Shown support
136
$533,000
$25,000
$558,000
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$737,000 in 315 payments
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Democratic candidates
59
$255K · 35%
Republican candidates
62
$244K · 33%
Other or unresolved candidates
15
$34K · 4.6%
Other party committees
4
$80K · 11%
Other PACs and committees
24
$126K · 17%
All recipients
164
$739K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
California
17
$74.5K
New York
9
$34K
Pennsylvania
5
$32.5K
Florida
11
$32K
North Carolina
7
$25K
Louisiana
6
$21.5K
Washington
2
$20K
Minnesota
3
$20K
The largest 8 of 41 states.
Recipients 164
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
John Joyce3 receipts, latest Feb 26, 2026DR John Joyce for Congress · H8PA13125$10K
William Troy Balderson3 receipts, latest Aug 27, 2026Balderson for Congress · H8OH12180$10K
Frank Pallone Jr.2 receipts, latest Oct 2, 2026Pallone for Congress · H8NJ03073$10K
Maxine Dexter5 receipts, latest Oct 2, 2026Maxine for Congress · H4OR03192$10K
Suzan K. Delbene4 receipts, latest Jul 16, 2026Delbene for Congress · H0WA08046$10K
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
No committee-to-committee receipts were itemized this cycle.
Committees this one funds
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
Jeff Maltzman2 contributions, latest Feb 1, 2026 · OPHTHALMOLOGIST · SELF · TUCSON, AZ$3,500
John Kunesh2 contributions, latest Feb 21, 2026 · OPHTHALMOLOGIST · SELF · DAYTON, OH$3,000
David HermanOne contribution on Mar 4, 2025 · OPHTHALMOLOGIST · SELF · DULUTH, MN$2,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 1,250 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $683.9K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$118,12913%
Total reported receipts $879,088
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $683,852 placed by state
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under $2.3K
$2.3K+
$9.1K+
$20.4K+
$36.2K+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
California107 contributions · 8.3%
$56,617
Illinois70 contributions · 6.2%
$42,581
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $764,708 reported
Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$737,00096%
Paid to
DCCC4 payments · latest Mar 25, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$30,000
NRCC2 payments · latest Mar 25, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION$30,000
Operating expendituresThe committee's own running costs.$2,3580.3%
Paid to
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.18 payments · latest Sep 30, 2026 · BANK FEES - SEP 2025$2,069
Contribution refundsMoney returned to the people and committees that gave it.$350<0.1%
Total reported disbursements $764,708
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
These are the payments the committee itemized to vendors, staff and other committees. Its $25,000 in independent expenditures is filed separately, against the candidate each was about, so it is counted in the split above and listed by candidate below, not here.
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$737,00099.7%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$737,000
Paid to
DCCC$30,000
NRCC$30,000
Healthcare Freedom Super PAC$15,000
NRSC$10,000
Republican Governance Group/tuesday Group PAC$10,000
Healthcare Freedom Fund$10,000
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$2,0690.3%
Filed as
BANK FEES - MAY 2026$129
BANK FEES - APR 2026$129
BANK FEES - FEB 2026$128
BANK FEES - NOV 2025$127
BANK FEES - MAR 2026$125
BANK FEES - JUN 2026$122
BANK FEES - JUN 2025$118
BANK FEES - AUG 2025$118
Spending over time
$764.7K spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $79.1K, February 2025.
$764.7K
Jan 2025Oct 2026
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
Published by the Commission against this committee’s own FEC ID. An audit is a periodic examination that reports findings; an administrative fine is a penalty for filing a specific report late or not at all. They are separate instruments and are not combined into a score here.
Source: the Commission’s audit-case and administrative-fine records, joined on this committee’s FEC ID, imported Oct 26, 2026. Enforcement matters (MURs) are published only against respondent names, with no committee identifier, so they are not shown here rather than being matched by name.
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What American Academy of Ophthalmology lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, American Academy of Ophthalmology pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
$910.4K
Quarterly reports read
12
Bills it named
17
Topics it lobbied on
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
Veteransin 11 report entries
In its own words
Vision Center of Excellence funding/support Provision of vision care within VA health systems
US Department of Veterans Affairs, Authority of VA Professionals to Practice Health Care
Legislative issues relating to vision care within the VA Health System.
Issues related to scope of practice.
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Health Issuesin 9 report entries · 14 bills named
In its own words
AI Diabetic Retinopathy Screening H.R.3277/S. 1677- Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (P.L.114-10) Improvement Issues Medicare Physician Payment Issues Drug Pricing and Shortages Issues Medicare Part B Drug Price Issues Expansion of Telehealth Services Vision Research Funding and proposed policy changes for federal research programs Step therapy requirements reforms Medicare Coverage for Low Vision Devices Modifications for federal student loan programs Modifications to the Medicaid Program H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 Healthcare Workforce Issues S. 864, the Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act (HELP Copays Act) S. 1105, the No Upcode Act Funding for the Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program H.R. 2527, the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2024 (EDVI Act) H.R.2433 - Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025 H.R. 3514/S. 1816- The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act H.R. 7520, the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act H.R. 3277/S. 1677, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act H.R. 10476, The Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026 H.R. 9693/S. 5672, the Patients First Act
AI Diabetic Retinopathy Screening H.R.3277/S. 1677- Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Prior authorization utilization policies Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (P.L. 114-10) Improvement Issues Medicare Physician Payment Issues Drug Pricing and Shortages Issues Medicare Part B Drug Price Issues Expansion of Telehealth Services Vision Research Funding and proposed policy changes for federal research programs Step therapy requirements reforms Medicare Coverage for Low Vision Devices Modifications for federal student loan programs Modifications to the Medicaid Program H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 Healthcare Workforce Issues S. 864, the Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act (HELP Copays Act) S. 1105, the No Upcode Act Funding for the Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program H.R. 2527, the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2024 (EDVI Act) H.R.2433 - Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025 H.R. 3514/S. 1816- The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act H.R. 7520, the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act H.R. 3277/S. 16776, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Medicare/Medicaidin 6 report entries · 4 bills named
In its own words
Adequacy of Medicare physician payments for physicians and implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, including related provisions in H.R. 879 Medicare Patient and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, S. 891 the Bipartisan Health Care Act of 2025 and H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) P.L. 119-21, and related to physician payment adjustment of 2.5%.
Issues related to adequate network coverage for ophthalmology care within Medicare Advantage plans and advocate for relief from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans, Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine, and extending Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities.
Use of step therapy in Medicare and health insurance coverage.
Enhance Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation quality initiatives and patient access to Medicare Part B covered drugs, including monitor CMMI Medicare Part B drug-related demonstrations.
H.R.8163 - Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026.
Issues related to modifier 25 in the 2027 physician fee schedule.
Issues relating to Medicare including step therapy for Part B drugs and global surgical payments.
Issues related to implementation of legislative provisions of the Labor-HHS Appropriations bill.
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Defensein 3 report entries
In its own words
Vision Center of Excellence funding/support NIH/Defense, vision related research funding Military Medical Personnel Reductions and infrastructure challenges
Vision Center of Excellence funding/support NIH/Defense, vision related research funding
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Who did the lobbying
The organization’s own reports give its total lobbying costs, including any firms it hired; each firm reports what this client paid it.
American Academy of OphthalmologyIts own staff · 3 reports$910.4K
Mcdermott+ LLCLobbying firm · 3 reports$140K
Capitol Counsel LLCLobbying firm · 3 reports$90K
Ballard PartnersLobbying firm · 3 reports$60K
Contributions on the LD-203 report
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $170.6K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
DCCC$15K
NRCC$15K
David Philip Roe$5K
Democratic Doctors PAC (DEM DOC PAC)$5K
DSCC$5K
NRSC$5K
Rep. John Joyce$5K
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks$5K
Rep. Morgan Griffith$5K
Rep. Suzan DelBene$5K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY”, found by searching “AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Oct 27, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC)
Filings covered
Through Oct 14, 2026
Data source
FEC bulk filing data
American Academy of Ophthalmology Inc Political Committee is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Its FEC record names American Academy of Ophthalmology as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Pages quoted 0 pages
No pages quoted
Nothing from this committee’s or its sponsor’s site is quoted yet.
Linked public records
No approved organization identity yet
The official FEC committee record remains available under Filings.
TBTroy BaldersonRepublican · U.S. House · OH-12 · via Balderson For Congress3 payments, latest Aug 27, 2026 · CONTRIBUTION · FEC filing, Aug 27, 2026$10K
Bars drawn to $30K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
$739K across 164 recipient committees, or 97% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown. A further $3.5K was filed as memo entries, which FEC reports separately to avoid counting it twice.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
Texas
84 contributions · 6.1%
$41,653
Ohio72 contributions · 5.7%
$39,160
Pennsylvania62 contributions · 5%
$34,074
Minnesota31 contributions · 4.7%
$32,387
New York50 contributions · 4.6%
$31,155
Arizona51 contributions · 4.2%
$28,653
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 1,247 contributions · 99.9% of ranked
$683,802
AAO1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked
$250
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($118,129) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Ophthalmologist1,244 contributions · 99.8% of ranked
$682,937
Opthalmologist1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked
$365
MD1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked
$250
Spouse1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked
$250
VP Communications And Marketing1 contribution · <0.1% of ranked
$250
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($118,129) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
BANK FEES - JUL 2026
$118
BANK FEES - SEP 2026$117
BANK FEES - OCT 2025$116
BANK FEES - DEC 2025$116
Paid to
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.$2,069
Total itemized disbursements $739,069
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 333 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
AI Diabetic Retinopathy Screening H.R.3277/S. 1677- Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (P.L. 114-10) Improvement Issues Medicare Physician Payment Issues Drug Pricing and Shortages Issues Medicare Part B Drug Price Issues Expansion of Telehealth Services Vision Research Funding and proposed policy changes for federal research programs Step therapy requirements reforms Medicare Coverage for Low Vision Devices Modifications for federal student loan programs Modifications to the Medicaid Program H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 Healthcare Workforce Issues S. 864, the Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act (HELP Copays Act) S. 1105, the No Upcode Act Funding for the Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program H.R. 2527, the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act of 2024 (EDVI Act) H.R.2433 - Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025 H.R. 3514/S. 1816- The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act H.R. 7520, the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act H.R. 3277/S. 16776, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Ophthalmologists' services in Department of Veterans Affairs programs.
Monitor implementation of Surprise Medical Billing law.
Advocacy on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) issues.
Monitor legislative action on healthcare workforce issues.
Issues relating to Medicare including step therapy for Part B drugs, global surgical payments, and drug shortages.