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Filing year 2024

Public Affairs Council

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 13-1790733·4
Total revenue
$7.7M
Total assets
$15.4M
Total expenses
$8.2M
Reported officers
204
Mission

Our mission is to advance the field of public affairs and provide tools and resources that enable public affairs executives and managers to achieve their business and professional goals.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$704k
$748k
Base
$511k
Bonus
$123k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Sr. Director
key employee
$267k
$283k
Base
$208k
Bonus
$29k
Other
Benefits
$9k
Vice President
vice president
$263k
$279k
Base
$182k
Bonus
$30k
Other
Benefits
$21k
Sr. Director
key employee
$242k
$257k
Base
$189k
Bonus
$21k
Other
Benefits
$16k
Sr. Director
key employee
$192k
$204k
Base
$135k
Bonus
$19k
Other
Benefits
$24k
Senior Manager
highest compensated employee
$173k
$184k
Base
$131k
Bonus
$15k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Senior Manager
highest compensated employee
$159k
$169k
Base
$120k
Bonus
$14k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Senior Manager
highest compensated employee
$155k
$164k
Base
$121k
Bonus
$14k
Other
Benefits
$8k
Senior Manager
highest compensated employee
$150k
$159k
Base
$116k
Bonus
$13k
Other
Benefits
$10k
Senior Manager
highest compensated employee
$130k
$138k

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 194 unpaid individuals.

Up 20%
from 2023

From $585k in 2023 to $704k in 2024.

$585k
2023
$704k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 17% in real terms$642k to $748k

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

Public Affairs Council reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$7M
$7.4M
2023
$7.7M
$8.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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