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Filing year 2023

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

Reston, Virginia·EIN 53-0204616·NTEE D300 · Animal-Related·3
Total revenue
$156.4M
Total assets
$178.9M
Total expenses
$127M
Reported officers
52

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 18 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$757k
$829k
$370k
$405k
Executive VP Conservation
executive vice president
$303k
$332k
Chief Development Officer
$302k
$331k
VP Equity & Justice
vice president
$272k
$299k
$268k
$294k
Srvp of People
highest compensated employee
$248k
$272k
Srvp Operations & Technolo
highest compensated employee
$245k
$269k
Senior VP for Philanthropy
senior vice president
$220k
$241k
VP Strategic Partnerships
vice president
$216k
$237k
VP Conservation Programs
vice president
$207k
$227k
VP Conservation Policy
vice president
$200k
$220k
VP National Education & En
vice president
$197k
$216k
Asst Secretary & General Counsel
secretary (operational)
$192k
$211k
VP Environmental Justice
vice president
$191k
$210k
AVP Publishing Operations
key employee
$190k
$208k
AVP Membership Programs
key employee
$179k
$196k
Asst Treasurer & Controller
$164k
$180k

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 34 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Animal-Related

Up 21%
from 2022

From $626k in 2022 to $757k in 2023.

$626k
2022
$757k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 17% in real terms$707k to $829k

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 WILDLIFE FEDERATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$117.9M
$121.3M
2022
$156.4M
$127M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Animal-Related executives earn in Virginia

Comparable animal-related organizations in Virginia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $55,180.

25th percentile
$27k
Median
$55,180
75th percentile
$115k
90th percentile
$188k

These are animal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 97 organizations across 97 filings (2022 – 2024).

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