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Filing year 2023

GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 53-0208981·NTEE P22Z · Human Services·3
Total revenue
$159.9M
Total assets
$14.6M
Total expenses
$159.3M
Reported officers
32
Mission

THE GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE ("GWUL OR "THE LEAGUE") ENVISIONS A DC METRO AREA INCLUSIVE OF FLOURISHING, MULTI-GENERATIONAL, BLACK COMMUNITIES WHERE MEMBERS THRIVE WITHOUT THE HINDRANCE OF SYSTEMIC MINORITIZATION AND RACIAL VIOLENCE. THUS, THE LEAGUE IS ON A MISSION TO INCREASE THE MONETARY AND POLITICAL WELLNESS AND POWER OF HISTORICALLY DISENFRANCHISED AND ECONOMICALLY EXCLUDED BLACK AND OTHER POPULATIONS OF COLOR. GWUL CONCURRENTLY WORKS TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AS A MECHANISM TO ACHIEVE EQUITY WHILE ALSO PROMOTING SELF-RELIANCE AND POLITICAL PARITY. OUR WORK COMBATS GENERATIONAL WEATHERING, PSYCHOLOGICAL OPPRESSION, STRUCTURAL BARRIERS, LOST WEALTH, AND COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT.FOR 84 YEARS, THE LEAGUE HAS IMPACTED MILLIONS OF LIVES, STANDING BOTH ON SOCIETY'S FRONTLINES AND IN THE TRENCHES, SERVING AS A SAFETY NET AND OPPORTUNITY FACILITATOR IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON DC COMMUNITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Cafo
officer (unspecified)
$230k
$252k
Base
$210k
Bonus
Other
$20k
Benefits
Base
$159k
Bonus
Other
$28k
Benefits
Program Director, Homeless Prevention
director (operational)
$121k
$132k
Finance Director
$108k
$118k
Clinical Program Director, Career Mobility Action
director (operational)
$101k
$111k

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 27 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Human Services

Up 1%
from 2022

From $228k in 2022 to $230k in 2023.

$228k
2022
$230k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$257k to $252k

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

GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$125.1M
$124.3M
2022
$159.9M
$159.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Human Services executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable human services organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $116,171.

25th percentile
$65k
Median
$116,171
75th percentile
$218k
90th percentile
$355k

These are human services sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 65 organizations across 65 filings (2022 – 2023).

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