Mission
The Lawyers' Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real.
Executive compensation, broken down
Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
President/executive Direct
$412k
$451k
- Base
- $357k
- Bonus
- $20k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $20k
Chief Counsel
key employee
$302k
$332k
- Base
- $266k
- Bonus
- $5k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $21k
VP Development
vice president
$276k
$303k
- Base
- $236k
- Bonus
- $8k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $23k
Interim Chief Operating Officer
$250k
$274k
- Base
- $213k
- Bonus
- $10k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $18k
VP of Strategy
vice president
$246k
$270k
- Base
- $214k
- Bonus
- $5k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $18k
Deputy Chief Counsel
highest compensated employee
$218k
$239k
- Base
- $197k
- Bonus
- $5k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $8k
Deputy Chief Counsel
highest compensated employee
$205k
$224k
- Base
- $197k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- —
Director, Criminal Justice Project
highest compensated employee
$202k
$221k
- Base
- $174k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $20k
Co-director, Voting Rights Project
highest compensated employee
$194k
$213k
- Base
- $175k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $12k
Dir Fair Housing and Comm Dev Project
highest compensated employee
$185k
$203k
- Base
- $178k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- —
CFO (left)
$171k
$188k
- Base
- $162k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $3k
Director of Finance (joined)
$7k
$8k
| Position | Base | Bonus | Other | Benefits | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
President/executive Direct | $357k | $20k | — | $20k | $412k $451k |
Chief Counsel key employee | $266k | $5k | — | $21k | $302k $332k |
VP Development vice president | $236k | $8k | — | $23k | $276k $303k |
Interim Chief Operating Officer | $213k | $10k | — | $18k | $250k $274k |
VP of Strategy vice president | $214k | $5k | — | $18k | $246k $270k |
Deputy Chief Counsel highest compensated employee | $197k | $5k | — | $8k | $218k $239k |
Deputy Chief Counsel highest compensated employee | $197k | — | — | — | $205k $224k |
Director, Criminal Justice Project highest compensated employee | $174k | — | — | $20k | $202k $221k |
Co-director, Voting Rights Project highest compensated employee | $175k | — | — | $12k | $194k $213k |
Dir Fair Housing and Comm Dev Project highest compensated employee | $178k | — | — | — | $185k $203k |
CFO (left) | $162k | — | — | $3k | $171k $188k |
Director of Finance (joined) | — | — | — | — | $7k $8k |
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 21 unpaid individuals.
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