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Filing year 2023

MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

New York, New York·EIN 13-5253530·NTEE A700 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$16.1M
Total assets
$40.8M
Total expenses
$16.2M
Reported officers
30

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$338k
$379k
Base
$303k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Dir. of Admin. and Fin.
key employee
$248k
$278k
Base
$220k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Dir. Scholary Comm.
highest compensated employee
$209k
$234k
Base
$174k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$17k
Dir. Maps
highest compensated employee
$205k
$230k
Base
$176k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$25k
Dir. Info Systems & CIO
chief information officer
$202k
$227k
Base
$187k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Dir. of Bib. Info. Svcs.
key employee
$195k
$219k
Base
$173k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Head of Data Design
highest compensated employee
$195k
$219k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$25k
Dir. of Outreach
highest compensated employee
$171k
$192k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 22 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 3%
from 2022

From $328k in 2022 to $338k in 2023.

$328k
2022
$338k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$382k to $379k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 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

MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$17M
$15.9M
2022
$16.1M
$16.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in New York

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in New York pay their highest-earning executive a median of $71,214.

25th percentile
$26k
Median
$71,214
75th percentile
$161k
90th percentile
$321k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 608 organizations across 608 filings (2021 – 2023).

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