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Filing year 2024

ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-0784198·NTEE B73C · Education·3
Total revenue
$8.6M
Total assets
$15M
Total expenses
$8.7M
Reported officers
18
Mission

EMPOWER AND ADVOCATE FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES TO SHAPE, INFLUENCE, AND IMPLEMENT INSTITUTIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY. WE DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AND ENABLE STRATEGIC COOPERATION AMONG PARTNER INSTITUTIONS TO BENEFIT SCHOLARSHIP AND SOCIETY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director - Cni
$362k
$385k
Base
$304k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$19k
Executive Director
$318k
$337k
Base
$260k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Sr. Dir. of Scholarship & Policy
highest compensated employee
$226k
$240k
Base
$183k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Sr. Dir. of Fin & Admin
highest compensated employee
$225k
$239k
Base
$185k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Sr. Dir. Leadership & Transformation
highest compensated employee
$211k
$225k
Base
$175k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Sr. Dir. of Research & Analytics
highest compensated employee
$203k
$215k
Base
$166k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Dir Info Policy & Fed Relations
highest compensated employee
$172k
$182k
Base
$141k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k

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 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 3%
from 2023

From $372k in 2023 to $362k in 2024.

$372k
2023
$362k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 6% in real terms$408k to $385k

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

ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$7.6M
$7.6M
2023
$8.6M
$8.7M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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