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Filing year 2023

ACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-4447457·NTEE B90 · Education·3
Total revenue
$10.4M
Total assets
$10.1M
Total expenses
$9.8M
Reported officers
28
Mission

Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) is an education equity-focused nonprofit that works tirelessly with the belief that all students should have access to an excellent education right in their own neighborhoods.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Managing Director, Teaching and Learning
key employee
$219k
$242k
Base
$211k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Executive Director
$219k
$242k
Base
$216k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$686
Director of External Affairs
key employee
$203k
$225k
Base
$201k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$518
General Manager of Advisory Services
key employee
$190k
$211k
Base
$182k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Chief People Officer
key employee
$161k
$179k
Base
$151k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Chief Program Officer
highest compensated employee
$153k
$169k
Base
$138k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Chief Financial Officer
$144k
$160k
Senior Director, Major Gifts
highest compensated employee
$140k
$155k
Director, Chicago Teacher Residency
highest compensated employee
$133k
$147k
Director, Partner Engagement
highest compensated employee
$125k
$138k
Leadership Development Partner
highest compensated employee
$114k
$126k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 17 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 2%
from 2022

From $214k in 2022 to $219k in 2023.

$214k
2022
$219k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$245k to $242k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

ACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$9.5M
$9M
2022
$10.4M
$9.8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Illinois

Comparable education organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $79,978.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$79,978
75th percentile
$195k
90th percentile
$368k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 362 organizations across 362 filings (2021 – 2023).

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