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Filing year 2023

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 53-0226780·4
Total revenue
$25.5M
Total assets
$48.1M
Total expenses
$25.4M
Reported officers
89
Mission

THE LARGEST AND OLDEST NATIONAL ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING AND PROMOTING CITIES AS CENTERS OF OPPORTUNITY, GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Ceo/executive Director
director (operational)
$776k
$851k
Base
$418k
Bonus
$264k
Other
Benefits
$28k
Sr. Exec. Dir., Federal Advocacy
highest compensated employee
$276k
$303k
Base
$240k
Bonus
$11k
Other
Benefits
Dir. of Conferences and Meetings
highest compensated employee
$239k
$262k
Base
$189k
Bonus
$2k
Other
Benefits
$28k
Sr. Exec. Dir., Ops and Admin
highest compensated employee
$237k
$260k
Base
$206k
Bonus
$10k
Other
Benefits
$620
Sr. Exec. Dir. Member and Partner Engagement
highest compensated employee
$226k
$248k
Base
$186k
Bonus
$9k
Other
Benefits
$11k
Sr. Exec. Dir., Human Resources
highest compensated employee
$226k
$247k
Base
$189k
Bonus
$10k
Other
Benefits
$21k
Base
$182k
Bonus
$10k
Other
Benefits
$20k

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 82 unpaid individuals.

Up 42%
from 2022

From $546k in 2022 to $776k in 2023.

$546k
2022
$776k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 38% in real terms$617k to $851k

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$24.2M
$23.7M
2022
$25.5M
$25.4M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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