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Filing year 2023

HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC

New Market, Tennessee·EIN 62-0646373·NTEE C60Z · Environment·3
Total revenue
$25M
Total assets
$41.1M
Total expenses
$24M
Reported officers
22
Mission

HIGHLANDER SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND MOVEMENT BUILDING IN APPALACHIA AND THE SOUTH. WE WORK WITH PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, SUPPORTING THEIR EFFORTS TO TAKE COLLECTIVE ACTION TO SHAPE THEIR OWN DESTINY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

unclassified
$179k
$195k
Base
$179k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Co-executive Direc
unclassified
$161k
$176k
Base
$161k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Ex-officio
board member
$107k
$116k
Ex-officio
board member
$107k
$116k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 18 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Up 3%
from 2022

From $173k in 2022 to $179k in 2023.

$173k
2022
$179k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$197k to $195k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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

HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$23.7M
$23.6M
2022
$25M
$24M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Environment executives earn

Comparable environment organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,731.

25th percentile
$37k
Median
$76,731
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$208k

These are environment sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,137 organizations across 1,137 filings (2021 – 2023).

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