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Filing year 2024

NIA TERO FOUNDATION

Seattle, Washington·EIN 82-1949563·NTEE C30 · Environment·3
Total revenue
$32.9M
Total assets
$80.6M
Total expenses
$42.5M
Reported officers
21
Mission

NIA TERO WORKS ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO SECURE THEIR GUARDIANSHIP OF VITAL ECOSYSTEMS. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE GUARDIANS OF EARTH.(SEE SCHEDULE O)

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Chief Executive Officer
$796k
$849k
Base
$618k
Bonus
$122k
Other
Benefits
$35k
Chief Strategy & Ext. Affairs Off.
officer (unspecified)
$427k
$455k
Base
$328k
Bonus
$57k
Other
Benefits
$31k
Chief Program Officer
officer (unspecified)
$411k
$439k
Base
$326k
Bonus
$31k
Other
Benefits
$34k
Sr Md, Partnerships
highest compensated employee
$315k
$336k
Base
$254k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$19k
Sr Md, Dir., Operations
officer (unspecified)
$306k
$326k
Base
$252k
Bonus
$24k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Sr Director, Partnerships
highest compensated employee
$271k
$289k
Base
$214k
Bonus
$17k
Other
Benefits
$26k
Sr Dir., Strategy & Planning
highest compensated employee
$271k
$289k
Base
$210k
Bonus
$15k
Other
Benefits
$32k
MD Dir., Development
highest compensated employee
$256k
$273k
Base
$223k
Bonus
$18k
Other
Benefits
$720
Sr Director of Finance
$252k
$269k
Base
$210k
Bonus
$17k
Other
Benefits
$11k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 12 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Up 15%
from 2023

From $692k in 2023 to $796k in 2024.

$692k
2023
$796k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 11% in real terms$766k to $849k

Estimated with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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

NIA TERO FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$26.2M
$43.1M
2023
$32.9M
$42.5M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Environment executives earn

Comparable environment organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,731.

25th percentile
$37k
Median
$76,731
75th percentile
$130k
90th percentile
$208k

These are environment sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,137 organizations across 1,137 filings (2021 – 2023).

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