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Filing year 2023

ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC

Boston, Massachusetts·EIN 47-3686152·NTEE R60 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$5.4M
Total assets
$30.5M
Total expenses
$6.4M
Reported officers
27
Mission

ACLU FOUNDATION OF MA WAS ESTABLISHED TO DEFEND FREEDOMS GUARANTEED IN THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LITIGATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Director
$377k
$416k
Director of Finance
$268k
$295k
Chief Operations and Talent Officer
highest compensated employee
$193k
$212k
Senior Managing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$176k
$194k
Interim Legal Director
key employee
$176k
$194k
Legal Director
key employee
$155k
$171k
Chief Development Officer
$141k
$156k
Political Director
highest compensated employee
$135k
$149k
Chief Communications & Mar
highest compensated employee
$117k
$128k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 18 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Down 14%
from 2022

From $441k in 2022 to $377k in 2023.

$441k
2022
$377k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 17% in real terms$504k to $416k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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

ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$10M
$5.8M
2022
$5.4M
$6.4M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $101,774.

25th percentile
$56k
Median
$101,774
75th percentile
$154k
90th percentile
$259k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 78 organizations across 78 filings (2022 – 2024).

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