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Filing year 2023

POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC

Somerville, Massachusetts·EIN 36-3193323·NTEE V24Z · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$4.7M
Total assets
$3.1M
Total expenses
$4.4M
Reported officers
13
Mission

POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IS A SOCIAL JUSTICE THINK TANK DEVOTED TO SUPPORTING MOVEMENTS THAT ARE BUILDING A MORE JUST AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. WE EXPOSE MOVEMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND IDEOLOGIES THAT UNDERMINE HUMAN RIGHTS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Director, Ex-off
$173k
$190k
Managing Director
highest compensated employee
$151k
$167k
Development Director
$140k
$154k
Pricipal Research Advisor
highest compensated employee
$136k
$149k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Social Science

Down 5%
from 2022

From $182k in 2022 to $173k in 2023.

$182k
2022
$173k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 9% in real terms$208k to $190k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 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

POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.4M
$3.5M
2022
$4.7M
$4.4M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Social Science executives earn

Comparable social science organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $120,010.

25th percentile
$55k
Median
$120,010
75th percentile
$208k
90th percentile
$415k

These are social science sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 409 organizations across 409 filings (2021 – 2024).

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