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Filing year 2024

INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-0788947·NTEE Q055 · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security·3
Total revenue
$5.7M
Total assets
$12.3M
Total expenses
$5.2M
Reported officers
16
Mission

THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES (THE INSTITUTE) IS A 60-YEAR-OLD ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE, ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE, AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$189k
$200k
Base
$161k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$19k
Deputy Director
highest compensated employee
$134k
$142k
Senior Advisor
officer (unspecified)
$95k
$101k

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 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Up 7%
from 2023

From $176k in 2023 to $189k in 2024.

$176k
2023
$189k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 4% in real terms$193k to $200k

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 POLICY STUDIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$4.4M
$4.7M
2023
$5.7M
$5.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What International, Foreign Affairs & National Security executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable international, foreign affairs & national security organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $150,000.

25th percentile
$75k
Median
$150,000
75th percentile
$279k
90th percentile
$476k

These are international, foreign affairs & national security sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 89 organizations across 89 filings (2021 – 2023).

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