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Filing year 2023

DISTANCE EDUCATION & TRAINING COUNCIL

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 53-0115490·6
Total revenue
$3.4M
Total assets
$4.9M
Total expenses
$3.5M
Reported officers
13
Mission

THE DETC IS A VOLUNTARY, NON-GOVERNMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING ASSOCIATION, THE DETC ACCREDITING COMMISSION. THE DETC ACCREDITING COMMISSION DEFINES, MAINTAINS, AND PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN DISTANCE EDUCATION. THE COMMISSION FOSTERS QUALITY ASSURANCE, PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE STUDENTS AND INSTITUTIONAL SELF-IMPROVEMENT THROUGH VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATION VIA PEER EVALUATION. DETC ACCREDITATION AIMS TO INSTILL PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN DETC INSTITUTIONS' MISSIONS, GOALS, PERFORMANCES AND RESOURCES THROUGH A RIGOROUS AND FAIR APPLICATION AND PEER-DEVELOPED ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Executive Director
$399k
$437k
Base
$332k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Director of Accreditation
key employee
$222k
$244k
Base
$183k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Director of Media and Events
highest compensated employee
$146k
$161k
Chair & Public Commissioner
board chair
$7k
$7k
Public Commissioner
board member
$4k
$4k
Public Commissioner
board member
$3k
$3k
Treasurer & Public Commissioner
officer (unspecified)
$3k
$3k
Public Commissioner
board member
$2k
$2k

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 5 unpaid individuals.

Up 4%
from 2022

From $384k in 2022 to $399k in 2023.

$384k
2022
$399k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$434k to $437k

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

DISTANCE EDUCATION & TRAINING COUNCIL reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.3M
$3.4M
2022
$3.4M
$3.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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