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Filing year 2023

Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

New York, New York·EIN 81-4759386·NTEE B11 · Education·3
Total revenue
$7.3M
Total assets
$14.2M
Total expenses
$6.7M
Reported officers
9
Mission

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is open and inclusive, that broadens and elevates public discourse, and that fosters creativity, accountability, and effective self-government.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Trustee (ex-officio)
board member
$328k
$369k
Trustee
board member
$161k
$181k
Trustee
board member
$118k
$133k
Trustee
board member
$77k
$86k
Trustee
board member
$66k
$75k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 40%
from 2022

From $545k in 2022 to $328k in 2023.

$545k
2022
$328k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 42% in real terms$636k to $369k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 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.

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