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Filing year 2023

Institute for Humane Studies

Arlington, Virginia·EIN 94-1623852·3
Total revenue
$31.1M
Total assets
$35.5M
Total expenses
$18.2M
Reported officers
18
Mission

The Institute discovers, develops, and supports students, scholars, and other intellectuals who maintain the highest standard of academic excellence and who share an interest in the principles of the classical liberal tradition.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President and CEO
$536k
$588k
Base
$343k
Bonus
$160k
Other
$242
Benefits
$33k
Chief Operating Officer
$342k
$375k
Base
$235k
Bonus
$75k
Other
Benefits
$32k
Chief of Programs and Operations
key employee
$223k
$244k
Base
$157k
Bonus
$40k
Other
Benefits
$26k
Managing Director Academic Relations
highest compensated employee
$189k
$207k
Base
$129k
Bonus
$30k
Other
Benefits
$29k
Senior Director of Marketing
director (operational)
$167k
$183k
Base
$150k
Bonus
$8k
Other
$316
Benefits
$10k
Managing Director of Programs
highest compensated employee
$159k
$174k
Base
$133k
Bonus
$10k
Other
Benefits
$16k
Director of Crm Architecture
highest compensated employee
$154k
$169k
Base
$135k
Bonus
$5k
Other
$598
Benefits
$13k
Senior Application Dev. Engineer
highest compensated employee
$154k
$168k
Base
$131k
Bonus
$10k
Other
Benefits
$12k
Secretary and Treasurer
$108k
$118k

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 9 unpaid individuals.

Up 4%
from 2022

From $515k in 2022 to $536k in 2023.

$515k
2022
$536k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$582k to $588k

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

Institute for Humane Studies reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$17.2M
$18.3M
2022
$31.1M
$18.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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