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Filing year 2024

MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 47-0928008·NTEE B99 · Education·3
Total revenue
$21.9M
Total assets
$18M
Total expenses
$27.4M
Reported officers
20
Mission

DEDICATED TO COMPREHENSIVELY MONITORING, ANALYZING, AND CORRECTING CONSERVATIVE MISINFORMATION IN THE U.S. MEDIA.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 14 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$413k
$438k
Base
$394k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Chief Operating Officer
$349k
$371k
Base
$324k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Director and Chief Financial Officer
$250k
$265k
Base
$237k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$5k
Vice President, Research & Policy
vice president
$233k
$248k
Base
$211k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Vice President
vice president
$216k
$229k
Base
$187k
Bonus
$5k
Other
Benefits
$18k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$211k
$224k
Base
$178k
Bonus
$8k
Other
Benefits
$20k
Editor-in-chief
key employee
$190k
$201k
Base
$169k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Senior Director
key employee
$190k
$201k
Base
$175k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Senior Communications Director
director (operational)
$186k
$197k
Base
$171k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Senior Director, Innovation & Impact
key employee
$171k
$181k
Base
$158k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Senior Advisor, Talent & Skills Development
highest compensated employee
$151k
$160k
Base
$137k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Media Intelligence Director
highest compensated employee
$150k
$159k
External Affairs Director
highest compensated employee
$148k
$157k
Original Video Director
highest compensated employee
$135k
$143k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 6 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Held steady
from 2023

From $411k in 2023 to $413k in 2024.

$411k
2023
$413k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$448k to $438k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South 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

MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$19.6M
$20.8M
2023
$21.9M
$27.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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