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Filing year 2023

American Bar Association

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-0723150·6
Total revenue
$119.1M
Total assets
$318.8M
Total expenses
$136.2M
Reported officers
60
Mission

To serve equally the members of the legal profession and the public by defending liberty and delivering justice as the national representative of the legal profession, to apply the knowledge and experience of the profession to promote the public good and to encourage cordial discourse among the members of the Bar.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 19 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director Former
$1M
$1.1M
Base
$231k
Bonus
Other
$770k
Benefits
$490
Executive Director
$590k
$654k
Base
$554k
Bonus
Other
$3k
Benefits
$14k
Sr Assoc. Executive Director and CFO
$549k
$608k
Base
$468k
Bonus
Other
$3k
Benefits
$40k
Sr Assoc Exec Dir-govt Affairs and Pil
key employee
$419k
$465k
Base
$403k
Bonus
Other
$3k
Benefits
$5k
Managing Director-legal Educ
highest compensated employee
$404k
$448k
Base
$353k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$26k
Chief Membership and Marketing Officer
key employee
$400k
$443k
Base
$373k
Bonus
Other
$913
Benefits
$12k
Sr Assoc Exec Dir and General Counsel
key employee
$369k
$408k
Base
$312k
Bonus
Other
$762
Benefits
$31k
Sr Assoc Exec Dir and Chief of Staff
key employee
$350k
$387k
Base
$323k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$8k
Chief Technology Officer
highest compensated employee
$325k
$360k
Base
$251k
Bonus
Other
$25k
Benefits
$25k
Assoc Exec Director-media Relations and Strategic Comm
key employee
$324k
$359k
Base
$283k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$18k
Chief Product Officer-chief Member Experience Officer
key employee
$305k
$338k
Base
$248k
Bonus
Other
$256
Benefits
$31k
Deputy Managing Dir-accreditation
highest compensated employee
$289k
$320k
Base
$214k
Bonus
Other
$902
Benefits
$39k
Associate Executive Director and Chief Governance Officer
$251k
$278k
Base
$217k
Bonus
$9k
Other
$311
Benefits
$12k
Division Director Human Resources
highest compensated employee
$238k
$264k
Base
$213k
Bonus
Other
$3k
Benefits
$11k
Director-public Interest Law
highest compensated employee
$236k
$261k
Base
$230k
Bonus
Other
$325
Benefits
$599
Associate Executive Director and Chief Communication Officer
$216k
$239k
Base
$165k
Bonus
Other
$134
Benefits
$28k
$100k
$111k
Aba Roli Chief Operating Officer Global Programs
$75k
$83k
Immediate Past President
$50k
$55k

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 41 unpaid individuals.

Down 28%
from 2022

From $1.4M in 2022 to $1M in 2023.

$1.4M
2022
$1M
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 30% in real terms$1.6M to $1.1M

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

American Bar Association reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$108M
$118.3M
2022
$119.1M
$136.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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