American Center for Optics Manufacturing Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$5.9m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$5.7m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$7.7m
$6.8m liabilities
Net assets
$875k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
3.9y av
Staff
14
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
American Center for Optics Manufacturing Inc's network
9 people2 organisationsi9 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bicksler | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Brigit Gilman | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jennifer Cable | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jessica Nelson | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kathleen Richardson | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kirkland J Warden | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Len Chaloux | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Michael J Bechtold | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Rick Plympton | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff L Ruckman | Chief Executive Officer | since 2021 |
| Thomas Battley | Vice President | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Shelton | Chief Executive Officer | 40 | $258k | ||
| Justin Sigley | Chief Scientist | 40 | $180k | ||
| Magdamar Hernandez Otero | Program Manager | 40 | $105k | ||
| Kirkland J Warden | Director | 0.33 | $5k | ||
| Michael J Bechtold | Director | 1.6 | $5k | ||
| Bob Bicksler | Director | 1 | $5k | ||
| Len Chaloux | Director | 1 | $5k | ||
| Jennifer Cable | Director | 1 | $5k | ||
| Jessica Nelson | Director | 1 | $5k | ||
| Birgit Gillman | Director | 1 | $5k | ||
| Rick Plympton | Director | 1 | $5k | ||
| Ronald Driggers | Director | 1 | $3k | ||
| John Schaefer | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- American Center for Optics Manufacturing Inc
- EIN
- 844020441
- Address
- 78 Schuyler Baldwin Dr, Fairport, NY, 14450-9100
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Design and execute workforce training programs to support the increasing complexity and growing manufacturing requirements of the nation's optics industry. Develop advanced optic manfacturing technologies, testing equipment, and the specialized materials required to support scalable manufacturing. Successfully transition mission-critical optics technologies from research into sustainable... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- U20 Science and technology research
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Science & Technology
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2018
- Principal officer
- David Shelton (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2020
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 3, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥5years on the filingsKirkland J Warden
≥5years on the filingsMichael J Bechtold
≥3years on the filingsBob Bicksler
≥3years on the filingsBrigit Gilman
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $7.7m
- Total liabilities
- $6.8m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $875k
- Contributions and grants received
- $5.9m
- Program service revenue
- $56k
- Employees
- 14
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.American Center For Optics Manufacturing, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 2 January 2018
- Registered agent
- Not stated