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Filing year 2023

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-2136497·3
Total revenue
$2.2M
Total assets
$2.7M
Total expenses
$2.9M
Reported officers
23
Mission

THE BULLETIN'S MISSION IS TO REDUCE MANMADE THREATS TO OUR EXISTENCE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$224k
$248k
Base
$224k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Editor-in-chief
unclassified
$153k
$170k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Dir of Advancement
unclassified
$143k
$158k
Dir of Comm
unclassified
$124k
$137k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 19 unpaid individuals.

Up 2%
from 2022

From $219k in 2022 to $224k in 2023.

$219k
2022
$224k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$251k to $248k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 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

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.5M
$3M
2022
$2.2M
$2.9M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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