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Filing year 2024

AMERICAN CENTER FOR PHYSICS INC

College Park, Maryland·EIN 52-1712905·NTEE U300 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$7.1M
Total assets
$34.5M
Total expenses
$4M
Reported officers
6
Mission

The purpose of the Corporation is exclusively to operate for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and to carry out the purposes of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Institute of Physics Incorporated, the American Physical Society and other organizations, as may be determined from time to time, that are recognized as public charities and exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) who are dedicated to the advancement of physics and related scientific disciplines.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryExecutive compensation
$65k
$69k
Director
board member
$60k
$64k
Director
board member
$56k
$60k
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$56k
$60k
Director
board member
$54k
$57k
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$51k
$54k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Up 3%
from 2023

From $63k in 2023 to $65k in 2024.

$63k
2023
$65k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$70k to $69k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 CENTER FOR PHYSICS INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$22.9M
$1.8M
2023
$7.1M
$4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Science & Technology executives earn

Comparable science & technology organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $128,372.

25th percentile
$50k
Median
$128,372
75th percentile
$251k
90th percentile
$495k

These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,028 organizations across 1,028 filings (2020 – 2024).

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