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Filing year 2024

Citizens United Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 54-1626748·NTEE Z99Z · Unknown·3
Total revenue
$3.6M
Total assets
$4.5M
Total expenses
$3.3M
Reported officers
10
Mission

AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WHICH CONDUCTS RESEARCH, INFORMS AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON VARIOUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

$188k
$199k
Base
$128k
Bonus
Other
$3k
Benefits
$15k
VP Secretary & General Counsel
vice president
$137k
$146k
Base
$93k
Bonus
Other
$3k
Benefits
$10k
Deputy General Counsel
highest compensated employee
$119k
$126k
Base
$81k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$9k
VP of Development
vice president
$105k
$111k
Base
$72k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$8k
VP of Govt Relations
vice president
$90k
$96k
Base
$61k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$7k
Controller
officer (unspecified)
$15k
$16k

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 3 unpaid individuals.

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Down 29%
from 2023

From $264k in 2023 to $188k in 2024.

$264k
2023
$188k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 31% in real terms$290k to $199k

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

Citizens United Foundation reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.7M
$3.9M
2023
$3.6M
$3.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What organizationPage.redesign.benchmarkBuilder.ntee.Z executives earn

Comparable organizationpage.redesign.benchmarkbuilder.ntee.z organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $68,938.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$68,938
75th percentile
$137k
90th percentile
$262k

These are organizationpage.redesign.benchmarkbuilder.ntee.z sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 499 organizations across 499 filings (2021 – 2023).

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