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Filing year 2023

HIGHER LEARNING ADVOCATES INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 81-4690411·NTEE B90 · Education·3
Total revenue
$1.7M
Total assets
$327k
Total expenses
$1.7M
Reported officers
8
Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASED POSTSECONDARY ATTAINMENT AND A POSTSECONDARY SYSTEM THAT IS STUDENT-CENTERED, EQUITABLE, OUTCOMES-BASED, AND QUALITY DRIVEN AND THE NEED TO INCREASE ACCESS TO, AND AFFORDABILITY OF, POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$261k
$287k
Base
$232k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Managing Director, Advocacy
highest compensated employee
$184k
$201k
Base
$134k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$50k
Managing Dir., Policy & Research
highest compensated employee
$149k
$164k

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 5 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 8%
from 2022

From $283k in 2022 to $261k in 2023.

$283k
2022
$261k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 10% in real terms$319k to $287k

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

HIGHER LEARNING ADVOCATES INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$802k
$1.7M
2022
$1.7M
$1.7M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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