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Filing year 2023

FAIR DEMOCRACY

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 82-2747849·NTEE R01 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·4
Total revenue
$9.3M
Total assets
$1.3M
Total expenses
$8.6M
Reported officers
8
Mission

FAIR DEMOCRACY WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ARE HEALTHY WITH STRONG VOTING RIGHTS AND ACCESS, AN ENGAGED AND INFORMED ELECTORATE, AN OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT AND TRUSTED MESSENGERS ENGAGING AMERICANS IN CIVIL DISCOURSE.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Director, President, Co-ceo
$93k
$102k
Base
$63k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$3k
Director, Treasurer, Co-ceo
officer (unspecified)
$63k
$69k
Base
$63k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
State Director
highest compensated employee
$60k
$66k
Base
$42k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Chief Innovation Officer
highest compensated employee
$46k
$51k
Base
$32k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$1k
Creative Director
highest compensated employee
$32k
$35k
Campaigns Director
highest compensated employee
$23k
$26k
Base
$9k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$362
Political Director
highest compensated employee
$16k
$17k

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 1 unpaid individual.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Down 31%
from 2022

From $134k in 2022 to $93k in 2023.

$134k
2022
$93k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 33% in real terms$152k to $102k

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

FAIR DEMOCRACY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$13M
$12.8M
2022
$9.3M
$8.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $77,000.

25th percentile
$41k
Median
$77,000
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$194k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 527 organizations across 527 filings (2021 – 2023).

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