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Filing year 2023

MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION

Casper, Wyoming·EIN 31-1640047·NTEE R60 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$1.2M
Total assets
$1.3M
Total expenses
$1.3M
Reported officers
8
Mission

TO ERASE HATE BY REPLACING IT WITH UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION AND ACCEPTANCE AND TO EDUCATE AND ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY, UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION, ACCEPTANCE, AND RESPECT.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Vice President Strategy & Communications
vice president
$109k
$119k
$98k
$107k
Dir. of Operations
officer (unspecified)
$77k
$84k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 5 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Down 28%
from 2022

From $151k in 2022 to $109k in 2023.

$151k
2022
$109k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 31% in real terms$173k to $119k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West 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

MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.5M
$1.4M
2022
$1.2M
$1.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $77,000.

25th percentile
$41k
Median
$77,000
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$194k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 527 organizations across 527 filings (2021 – 2023).

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