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Filing year 2024

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER

Herndon, Virginia·EIN 54-1429009·NTEE A050 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$15.2M
Total assets
$18.7M
Total expenses
$13.1M
Reported officers
20
Mission

THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER DOCUMENTS AND COMBATS THE FALSEHOODS AND CENSORSHIP OF THE NEWS MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA AND BIG TECH IN ORDER TO DEFEND AND PRESERVE AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

President/director
$426k
$452k
Base
$396k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
Senior Vice President
senior vice president
$304k
$323k
Base
$284k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Vice President of Fsa
vice president
$245k
$260k
Base
$215k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$24k
VP & Chief Technology Offi
vice president
$236k
$251k
Base
$184k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$47k
VP of Research & Publicati
vice president
$202k
$214k
Base
$183k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Executive Editor
highest compensated employee
$188k
$200k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$35k
Director Financial Opera
$179k
$190k
Base
$161k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$14k
Executive Vp/asst Treasure
officer (unspecified)
$155k
$164k
Base
$144k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$100k
$106k

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 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Down 22%
from 2023

From $547k in 2023 to $426k in 2024.

$547k
2023
$426k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 25% in real terms$600k to $452k

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

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$18.7M
$16.3M
2023
$15.2M
$13.1M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Virginia

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Virginia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $64,100.

25th percentile
$26k
Median
$64,100
75th percentile
$118k
90th percentile
$224k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 123 organizations across 123 filings (2022 – 2023).

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