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Filing year 2024

CONSENSUS BUILDING INSTITUTE INC

Cambridge, Massachusetts·EIN 04-3186073·NTEE A20Z · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$7.5M
Total assets
$9.8M
Total expenses
$6.8M
Reported officers
20
Mission

THE CONSENSUS BUILDING INSTITUTE (CBI), FOUNDED IN 1993, IMPROVES THE WAY THAT LEADERS COLLABORATE TO MAKE ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONS, ACHIEVE AGREEMENTS, AND MANAGE MULTI-PARTY CONFLICTS AND PLANNING EFFORTS. A NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, CBI PROVIDES STRATEGIC PLANNING, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH-SKILLED FACILITATION FOR STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, NON-PROFITS, AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD. OUR STAFF ARE EXPERTS IN FACILITATION, MEDIATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE COMMITTED TO USING OUR SKILLS TO BUILD COLLABORATION ON TODAY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. WE WORK WITHIN AND ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, SECTORS, AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Managing Dir., Sr. Mediator Ii/clerk
officer (unspecified)
$255k
$273k
Base
$200k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$24k
Dir.wa Off./corp-community Eng. & Sr. Mediator II
highest compensated employee
$219k
$234k
Base
$165k
Bonus
$47k
Other
Benefits
$567
Cfo/coo
officer (unspecified)
$214k
$228k
Base
$167k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$17k
Senior Mediator II
highest compensated employee
$200k
$213k
Base
$170k
Bonus
$23k
Other
Benefits
$567
Senior Mediator II
highest compensated employee
$199k
$212k
Base
$173k
Bonus
$20k
Other
Benefits
Senior Mediator II
highest compensated employee
$186k
$199k
Base
$141k
Bonus
$17k
Other
Benefits
$23k
Dir. Latin America Practice & Senior Mediator II
highest compensated employee
$165k
$176k
Base
$125k
Bonus
$18k
Other
Benefits
$17k
Founder
board member
$13k
$13k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 4%
from 2023

From $246k in 2023 to $255k in 2024.

$246k
2023
$255k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$271k to $273k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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

CONSENSUS BUILDING INSTITUTE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$7.3M
$6.9M
2023
$7.5M
$6.8M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $75,614.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$75,614
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$293k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 197 organizations across 197 filings (2022 – 2023).

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