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Filing year 2024

CATO INSTITUTE

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 23-7432162·NTEE W200 · Public & Societal Benefit·3
Total revenue
$62.8M
Total assets
$190.5M
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
23
Mission

THE MISSION OF THE CATO INSTITUTE IS TO KEEP THE PRINCIPLES, IDEAS, AND MORAL CASE FOR LIBERTY ALIVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, WHILE MOVING PUBLIC POLICY IN THE DIRECTION OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FREE MARKETS, AND PEACE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President and CEO
$766k
Vp, Chief Digital Officer
vice president
$356k
Vp, Director, Monetary&financial
vice president
$288k
Vp, General Economics & Trade
vice president
$284k
Senior VP for Policy
senior vice president
$279k
Sr VP for Legal Studies
vice president
$276k
Director of Health Policy
highest compensated employee
$251k
Secretary, Vp, Finance & CFO
$249k
VP for Development
vice president
$245k

Plus 14 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Public & Societal Benefit

Up 12%
from 2023

From $682k in 2023 to $766k in 2024.

$682k
2023
$766k
2024
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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