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Filing year 2023

CHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania·EIN 23-2515768·NTEE B92Z · Education·3
Total revenue
$8.9M
Total assets
$6.5M
Total expenses
$13.5M
Reported officers
20
Mission

CLI SEEKS TO DISMANTLE STRUCTURAL RACISM BY PROVIDING BLACK AND LATINX CHILDREN THE ANTI-RACIST INSTRUCTION, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY NEEDED TO CREATE EQUITY IN EDUCATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Chief Financial Officer
$318k
$354k
Base
$282k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$30k
Chief Program Officer
highest compensated employee
$263k
$293k
Base
$228k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$30k
Chief Development Officer
$207k
$230k
Base
$192k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Regional Executive Director
$205k
$229k
Base
$168k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$33k
Director of Professional Development
$199k
$222k
Base
$182k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Director of Operations
$198k
$220k
Base
$172k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$22k
Content Associate Director
highest compensated employee
$180k
$200k
Base
$165k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Chief Executive Officer
$117k
$131k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 13%
from 2022

From $282k in 2022 to $318k in 2023.

$282k
2022
$318k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 8% in real terms$328k to $354k

Estimated with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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

CHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$12.1M
$13.8M
2022
$8.9M
$13.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Pennsylvania

Comparable education organizations in Pennsylvania pay their highest-earning executive a median of $117,782.

25th percentile
$35k
Median
$117,782
75th percentile
$243k
90th percentile
$419k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 577 organizations across 577 filings (2022 – 2023).

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