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Filing year 2024

AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Arlington, Virginia·EIN 25-0965219·NTEE V230 · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$437.2M
Total assets
$1.1B
Total expenses
$403.8M
Reported officers
31
Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OAIR'S MISSION IS TO GENERATE AND USE RIGOROUS EVIDENCE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO A BETTER, MORE EQUITABLE WORLD.AIR'S VISION IS TO BE A PREMIER RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION, GUIDED BY PRINCIPLES OF ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING, COLLABORATIONS, INCLUSION, AND INNOVATION.TOWARD THIS VISION, SPECIFICALLY, AIR:- INFORMS IMPROVEMENTS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SOCIAL SCIENCES AREAS.- COLLABORATES WITH ORGANIZATIONS, POLICYMAKERS, AND PRACTITIONERS TO ADOPT EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES.- PARTNERS GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES; AND,- INTEGRATES EXPERTISE IN SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY ARENAS, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND INTERVENTIONS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 31 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
CEO (end 02/24)/ Bd & Cmte Member
$1.6M
$1.7M
(all of 2024) & CEO (as of 03/24)
$994k
$1.1M
& CFO (end 07/24), See Sch J
$936k
$994k
Sec., General Counsel (end 07/24)
officer (unspecified)
$752k
$798k
Vp, Program Finance (end 12/24)
vice president
$570k
$605k
Sr Vp, Human Services
vice president
$490k
$520k
Vp, Human Services Division
vice president
$482k
$512k
VP & Institute Fellow
vice president
$478k
$508k
Sec., Chief Legal Offc (as of 02/24)
officer (unspecified)
$478k
$508k
Cco and Sr VP - Communications
vice president
$475k
$504k
Sr Vice President, Health Divison
vice president
$475k
$504k
Sr Vp, International Division
vice president
$468k
$497k
Treas., Sr VP & CFO (as of 04/24)
$465k
$494k
Sr Vp, Human Res & Workplace Mgmt
vice president
$463k
$492k
Vp, Health
vice president
$453k
$482k
Chief Investment Officer
key employee
$420k
$446k
Vp, Contracts, Grants & Procurement
vice president
$362k
$385k
Sr Vp, Health Division (end 09/23)
vice president
$293k
$311k
Bd & Cmte Member, Bd Chair
board chair
$125k
$133k
Bd & Cmte Chair, Fmr Pres
board chair
$92k
$98k
Bd, Cmte Member & Bd Cmte Chair
board chair
$92k
$98k
Bd & Cmte Mbr, Bd Cmte Chair
board chair
$92k
$98k
Bd & Cmte Member, Bd Cmte Chair
board chair
$92k
$98k
Bd & Cmte Member, Cmte Chair
board chair
$92k
$98k
Bd & Cmte Member, Bd Cmte Chair
board chair
$90k
$96k
Bd & Cmte Member
board member
$83k
$88k
Bd & Cmte Member
board member
$76k
$81k
Bd & Cmte Member
board member
$74k
$79k
Bd & Cmte Mbr, Bd Cmte Chair
board chair
$70k
$74k
Bd & Cmte Member (end 12/24)
board member
$67k
$71k
Bd & Cmte Member (as of 06/24)
board member
$45k
$48k

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 Social Science

Down 26%
from 2023

From $2.2M in 2023 to $1.6M in 2024.

$2.2M
2023
$1.6M
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 29% in real terms$2.5M to $1.7M

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 INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$355.3M
$369.6M
2023
$437.2M
$403.8M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Social Science executives earn

Comparable social science organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $120,010.

25th percentile
$55k
Median
$120,010
75th percentile
$208k
90th percentile
$415k

These are social science sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 409 organizations across 409 filings (2021 – 2024).

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