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Filing year 2023

Pacific Legal Foundation

Sacramento, California·EIN 94-2197343·NTEE I80Z · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$47.9M
Total assets
$113.6M
Total expenses
$27M
Reported officers
30
Mission

Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) litigates nationwide to secure all Americans' inalienable rights to live responsibly and productively in their pursuit of happiness. See Schedule O for full mission.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 14 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$696k
$762k
Exec. VP
vice president
$415k
$454k
Secretary
secretary (operational)
$340k
$372k
$314k
$344k
Director of Sop
key employee
$291k
$319k
Seperation of Powers
highest compensated employee
$279k
$305k
Dir.of Equ & Opp Lit.
key employee
$276k
$302k
VP of Legal Affairs
vice president
$274k
$300k
VP of Comm & Marketing
vice president
$265k
$290k
VP for Development
vice president
$259k
$284k
Senior Attorney
highest compensated employee
$257k
$281k
Senior Attorney
highest compensated employee
$246k
$270k
Dir.of Prop Rights Lit
key employee
$244k
$267k
Senior Attorney
highest compensated employee
$240k
$262k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 16 unpaid individuals.

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Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn in California

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $114,706.

25th percentile
$64k
Median
$114,706
75th percentile
$179k
90th percentile
$236k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 360 organizations across 360 filings (2022 – 2024).

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