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Filing year 2023

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Chevy Chase, Maryland·EIN 59-0735717·NTEE H920 · Medical Research·3
Total revenue
$1.8B
Total assets
$27.3B
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
34
Mission

THE MISSION OF THE INSTITUTE HAS REMAINED CONSTANT SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1953. AS ITS RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION STATE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE OF THE HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE SHALL BE THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE BY CONDUCTING DISCOVERY RESEARCH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION, PRINCIPALLY WITHIN FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, AND THE DISSEMINATION AND APPLICATION OF THAT KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 33 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
VP & Chief Investment Officer
vice president
$3.7M
Managing Director, Private Markets
highest compensated employee
$1.7M
Managing Director & Head of Investment Operations
$1.5M
Managing Director, Public Markets (thru 4/23)
highest compensated employee
$1.1M
VP Science Leadership and Culture
vice president
$1.1M
Managing Director, Public Markets
highest compensated employee
$1M
VP & General Counsel & Secretary
vice president
$952k
Investigator/ Former VP Sci. & Ed.media Group (thru 11/23)
vice president
$905k
Managing Director, Private Markets (thru 4/24)
highest compensated employee
$894k
VP & Chief Scientific Officer
vice president
$880k
VP & Exec Dir, Janelia Research Campus (thru 07/24)
vice president
$808k
VP & Exec Dir, Janelia Research Campus (as of 08/24)
vice president
$741k
VP & Chief Financial & Operating Officer (thru 01/23)
$689k
Senior Group Leader/former Vp&exec Dir, Jrc
former officer/director/trustee
$646k
Senior Group Leader/former VP & Chief Scientific Officer
senior vice president
$635k
Senior Scientific Officer/former Vice President of Operations
senior vice president
$515k
Chief of Strategic Initiatives
officer (unspecified)
$481k
Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary
secretary (operational)
$470k
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
$458k
Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
$326k
Associate Controller (thru 7/24)/controller & Assistant Treasurer (as of 08/24)
$278k
Trustee, Chair
board chair
$100k
Trustee, Chair Research Comm
board chair
$70k
Trustee, Chair Finance Comm
board chair
$70k
Trustee, Chair Audit & Comp
board chair
$70k
Trustee, Chair Nom & Gov Comm
board chair
$70k
Trustee, Chair Education Comm
board chair
$70k
Trustee
board member
$60k
Trustee
board member
$60k
Trustee
board member
$60k
Trustee
board member
$60k
Trustee
board member
$60k

Plus 1 unpaid individual.

Browse compensation in Medical Research

Up 44%
from 2022

From $2.5M in 2022 to $3.7M in 2023.

$2.5M
2022
$3.7M
2023
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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