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Filing year 2023

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Montpelier, Vermont·EIN 22-3098727·NTEE Q50Z · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security·3
Total revenue
$5M
Total assets
$4.2M
Total expenses
$8M
Reported officers
24
Mission

THE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES (ISC) IS AN INTERNATIONAL, 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS PARTNERS, EXPERTISE, AND FUNDING TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EFFECT IT HAS ON THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

VP of Development (thru 08/23)
vice president
$211k
$236k
Base
$137k
Bonus
$15k
Other
$31k
Benefits
$19k
Former President
former officer/director/trustee
$170k
$190k
Base
Bonus
Other
$170k
Benefits
VP of Global Programs
vice president
$163k
$182k
Base
$153k
Bonus
$581
Other
Benefits
Financial & Opt Officer (thru 07/23)
highest compensated employee
$140k
$156k
Director, Us Programs
highest compensated employee
$136k
$152k
Associate Director, Us Programs
highest compensated employee
$120k
$134k
Director, Institutional Giving
highest compensated employee
$114k
$128k
$81k
$91k
(thru 08/23)/secretary
officer (unspecified)
$79k
$88k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Down 49%
from 2022

From $415k in 2022 to $211k in 2023.

$415k
2022
$211k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 51% in real terms$479k to $236k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast 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

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.5M
$9.1M
2022
$5M
$8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What International, Foreign Affairs & National Security executives earn

Comparable international, foreign affairs & national security organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $67,756.

25th percentile
$30k
Median
$67,756
75th percentile
$133k
90th percentile
$257k

These are international, foreign affairs & national security sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 916 organizations across 916 filings (2021 – 2023).

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