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Filing year 2024

CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH

Ann Arbor, Michigan·EIN 01-0779978·NTEE U05 · Science & Technology·3
Total revenue
$2.7M
Total assets
$2.6M
Total expenses
$2.7M
Reported officers
18
Mission

TO INFORM AND ADVISE, THROUGH INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DIALOGUE, ENABLING A MORE VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE ECOSYSTEM.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

President and CEO Jan-sep
$222k
$238k
Base
$212k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$4k
Senior VP of Research
senior vice president
$171k
$184k
Base
$162k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$4k
Treasurer, V-p of Operations
$126k
$135k
VP of Business Development Jan-june
vice president
$95k
$103k
Interim CEO Oct-dec
$58k
$63k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Science & Technology

Down 18%
from 2023

From $271k in 2023 to $222k in 2024.

$271k
2023
$222k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 20% in real terms$299k to $238k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, 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

CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.2M
$3.5M
2023
$2.7M
$2.7M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Science & Technology executives earn

Comparable science & technology organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $111,215.

25th percentile
$35k
Median
$111,215
75th percentile
$231k
90th percentile
$443k

These are science & technology sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 255 organizations across 255 filings (2022 – 2023).

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