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Filing year 2024

MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION

Lakewood, Colorado·EIN 84-0736725·NTEE R600 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$4.5M
Total assets
$7M
Total expenses
$5.3M
Reported officers
24
Mission

WE PROTECT INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, THE RIGHT TO OWN AND USE PROPERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT, AND THE BENEFITS OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Dgc
highest compensated employee
$259k
$278k
Base
$183k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$255k
$274k
Base
$230k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
General Coun
key employee
$234k
$251k
Base
$211k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Senior Attor
highest compensated employee
$186k
$199k
Base
$173k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Senior Attor
highest compensated employee
$162k
$174k
Base
$143k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Dir. of Deve
highest compensated employee
$151k
$162k
Base
$133k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Dir. Center
highest compensated employee
$118k
$127k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 17 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 12%
from 2023

From $231k in 2023 to $259k in 2024.

$231k
2023
$259k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$253k to $278k

Estimated with Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 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

MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.2M
$4.3M
2023
$4.5M
$5.3M
2024
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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