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Filing year 2023

American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found

Seattle, Washington·EIN 23-7076867·NTEE R600 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$20.5M
Total assets
$63.9M
Total expenses
$12.2M
Reported officers
15
Mission

TO PROTECT AND EXTEND CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TO TAKE ACTION TO FURTHER THOSE LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS WITHIN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$194k
$212k
Base
$147k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Deputy Director
key employee
$184k
$201k
Base
$160k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Development Director
$179k
$196k
Base
$145k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Iad Director
key employee
$176k
$193k
Base
$145k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Finance Director
$148k
$162k
Base
$112k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
Policy Advocacy Director
key employee
$142k
$156k
Base
$106k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Communications Director
director (operational)
$129k
$141k
Base
$103k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Political Director
key employee
$51k
$56k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 7 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 6%
from 2022

From $183k in 2022 to $194k in 2023.

$183k
2022
$194k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 2% in real terms$209k to $212k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, 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 Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$11.7M
$10.1M
2022
$20.5M
$12.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $77,000.

25th percentile
$41k
Median
$77,000
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$194k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 527 organizations across 527 filings (2021 – 2023).

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