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Filing year 2023

Council of Graduate Schools

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-2175852·NTEE B015 · Education·3
Total revenue
$5.8M
Total assets
$17.1M
Total expenses
$6.4M
Reported officers
16
Mission

Dedicated to the improvement and advancement of graduate education. As the largest national association organized specifically to represent the interests of graduate education, the Council offers many opportunities for deans and graduate school personnel to exchange ideas and share information on major issues in graduate education.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$1.1M
$1.2M
Base
$978k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$22k
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
$347k
$381k
Base
$244k
Bonus
$7k
Other
Benefits
$66k
Vp, Best Practices and Strategic Initatives
vice president
$251k
$275k
Base
$180k
Bonus
$8k
Other
Benefits
$41k
Assoc. Vp, Gov't Relations
vice president
$231k
$253k
Base
$185k
Bonus
$7k
Other
Benefits
$17k
Controller
highest compensated employee
$190k
$208k
Base
$132k
Bonus
$7k
Other
Benefits
$35k
Dir, Member Engagement, Recruitment & Retention
highest compensated employee
$181k
$198k
Base
$123k
Bonus
$9k
Other
Benefits
$33k
Dir, Meetings & Member Services
highest compensated employee
$180k
$198k
Base
$120k
Bonus
$7k
Other
Benefits
$38k

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 9 unpaid individuals.

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Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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