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Filing year 2023

AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 53-0184647·NTEE R40 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$13.7M
Total assets
$29.5M
Total expenses
$13.4M
Reported officers
22
Mission

AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS A NONPARTISAN EDUCATIONAL AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT AS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE FREEDOM OF RELIGION, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO BELIEVE OR NOT BELIEVE, FOR ALL.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President and CEO
$295k
$323k
Base
$279k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$3k
Former VP & Legal Director
vice president
$226k
$248k
Base
$209k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
VP for Public Policy
vice president
$225k
$247k
Base
$206k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Associate VP & Associate Legal Dir.
vice president
$218k
$238k
Base
$175k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$35k
Chief Operating Officer
$216k
$237k
Base
$184k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$23k
Associate VP of Public Policy
vice president
$216k
$236k
Base
$173k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$36k
Senior Litigation Counsel
highest compensated employee
$197k
$216k
Base
$173k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
VP Strategic Communications
vice president
$185k
$203k
Base
$166k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Senior Director of Development
$176k
$193k
Base
$167k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$974
Senior Director of Finance
$89k
$98k

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.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Down 8%
from 2022

From $322k in 2022 to $295k in 2023.

$322k
2022
$295k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 11% in real terms$364k to $323k

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

AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$17.9M
$11.7M
2022
$13.7M
$13.4M
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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