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Filing year 2024

Lawfare Institute

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 46-2967640·NTEE W20 · Public & Societal Benefit·3
Total revenue
$1.9M
Total assets
$833k
Total expenses
$2.1M
Reported officers
7
Mission

THE LAWFARE INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT AND NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE HARD CHOICES IN NATIONAL SECURITY, LAW, AND POLICY. WE PRODUCE ACADEMIC-QUALITY ANALYSIS WITH MAGAZINE-LEVEL READABILITY AT THE PACE OF NEWS TO ENABLE INFORMED GOVERNMENT POLICY, FACT-BASED DECISION-MAKING, AND AN ENGAGED CITIZENRY.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Executive Editor and Dgc
officer (unspecified)
$204k
$217k
Base
$175k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$22k
Managing Director
director (operational)
$143k
$152k
Managing Editor
officer (unspecified)
$124k
$131k

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 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Public & Societal Benefit

Up 3%
from 2023

From $198k in 2023 to $204k in 2024.

$198k
2023
$204k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$217k to $217k

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

Lawfare Institute reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.9M
$1.7M
2023
$1.9M
$2.1M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Public & Societal Benefit executives earn

Comparable public & societal benefit organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,607.

25th percentile
$29k
Median
$76,607
75th percentile
$157k
90th percentile
$280k

These are public & societal benefit sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 641 organizations across 641 filings (2021 – 2023).

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