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Filing year 2024

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Inc

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-0971454·6
Total revenue
$16M
Total assets
$16.3M
Total expenses
$16.9M
Reported officers
29
Mission

DISCUS is the leading convener of the spirits industry, bringing together producers large and small; supply chain professionals; and our service partners. All DISCUS members enjoy access to, and influence on, its best-in-class advocacy efforts in Washington, DC; state capitals across the US; and in key markets around the world.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$1.1M
$1.2M
Base
$847k
Bonus
$213k
Other
$23k
Benefits
$31k
Chief of Public Policy
key employee
$465k
$494k
Base
$338k
Bonus
$36k
Other
$21k
Benefits
$35k
Chief Legal Counsel/corp Sec.
officer (unspecified)
$434k
$461k
Base
$319k
Bonus
$51k
Other
$24k
Benefits
$7k
Chief of Federal & State
highest compensated employee
$389k
$413k
Base
$323k
Bonus
$32k
Other
Benefits
$2k
Svp, Public Affairs
senior vice president
$331k
$352k
Base
$240k
Bonus
$35k
Other
Benefits
$32k
Svp, Head of State Public
senior vice president
$315k
$334k
Base
$238k
Bonus
$24k
Other
Benefits
$29k
Svp, State Regulatory Affairs
senior vice president
$310k
$329k
Base
$232k
Bonus
$23k
Other
Benefits
$31k
Cfo/corp Treasurer
$284k
$302k
Base
$226k
Bonus
$22k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Chief of Resource Planning
highest compensated employee
$283k
$300k
Base
$181k
Bonus
$31k
Other
$23k
Benefits
$27k

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 20 unpaid individuals.

Up 23%
from 2023

From $929k in 2023 to $1.1M in 2024.

$929k
2023
$1.1M
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 20% in real terms$1M to $1.2M

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

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Inc reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$15M
$16.3M
2023
$16M
$16.9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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