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Filing year 2023

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 13-3768378·6
Total revenue
$36.2M
Total assets
$55.6M
Total expenses
$34.9M
Reported officers
26
Mission

THE ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION SERVES AS THE VOICE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY. OUR MISSION IS TO EXPAND AND PROTECT THE DYNAMIC WORLDWIDE MARKETPLACE FOR VIDEO GAMES AND TO ENHANCE PUBLIC TRUST IN THE INDUSTRY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$1.6M
$1.8M
Base
$1.2M
Bonus
$405k
Other
Benefits
$14k
President - Esrb
key employee
$1.1M
$1.2M
Base
$695k
Bonus
$400k
Other
Benefits
$14k
SVP & General Counsel
senior vice president
$743k
$815k
Base
$555k
Bonus
$156k
Other
Benefits
$12k
$633k
$694k
Base
$256k
Bonus
$108k
Other
$244k
Benefits
$7k
Svp, Comms & Public Affairs
senior vice president
$475k
$520k
Base
$401k
Bonus
$40k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Vp, Ip Protection & Security
vice president
$405k
$444k
Base
$314k
Bonus
$61k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Vp, State Gov Affairs (to 10/23)
vice president
$368k
$403k
Base
$271k
Bonus
$56k
Other
$13k
Benefits
$9k
Chief Counsel, Ip & Legal (to 11/23)
highest compensated employee
$325k
$356k
Base
$252k
Bonus
$40k
Other
$12k
Benefits
$6k
Vp, Federal Government Affairs
vice president
$299k
$328k
Base
$226k
Bonus
$40k
Other
Benefits
$17k
Senior Director, Government Affairs
highest compensated employee
$270k
$295k
Base
$222k
Bonus
$33k
Other
Benefits
$5k
$108k
$118k

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 15 unpaid individuals.

Down 2%
from 2022

From $1.6M in 2022 to $1.6M in 2023.

$1.6M
2022
$1.6M
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 5% in real terms$1.9M to $1.8M

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

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$38.6M
$33.4M
2022
$36.2M
$34.9M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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