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Filing year 2024

Fair Elections Center

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 81-5447067·NTEE R40 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$9.3M
Total assets
$5.2M
Total expenses
$8M
Reported officers
18
Mission

FAIR ELECTIONS CENTER (FEC) IS A NATIONAL, NONPARTISAN VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTION REFORM ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH INNOVATIVE EFFORTS FOCUSED ON VOTING RIGHTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE CENTER WORKS TO IMPROVE ELECTION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE CENTER WORKS TO IMPROVE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION THROUGH LEGISLATIVE, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; TO PROTECT ACCESS TO THE BALLOT THROUGH LITIGATION; AND TO PROVIDE ELECTION LAW EXPERTISE, VOTER INFORMATION, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO VOTER MOBILIZATION ORGANIZATIONS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$297k
$315k
Base
$270k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Vice President
vice president
$213k
$226k
Base
$195k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Sr Counsel
highest compensated employee
$150k
$159k
Sr Counsel
highest compensated employee
$149k
$158k
Cvp Nat'l Director
highest compensated employee
$140k
$149k
Director of Finance & HR
$128k
$136k

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 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 3%
from 2023

From $288k in 2023 to $297k in 2024.

$288k
2023
$297k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$316k to $315k

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 Elections Center reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.3M
$5.4M
2023
$9.3M
$8M
2024
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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