Executive compensation, broken down
Form 990 · Schedule J · 14 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
President and CEO
$582k
$634k
- Base
- $499k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $42k
Interim Treasurer and Cfo/coo
$414k
$451k
- Base
- $371k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- —
Treasurer and CFO (thru 12/1/23)
$398k
$434k
- Base
- $361k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $13k
Senior Fellow II
highest compensated employee
$391k
$426k
- Base
- $356k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- —
Senior Fellow II
highest compensated employee
$384k
$418k
- Base
- $323k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $24k
VP of Comms/chief Strategy Officer
vice president
$380k
$414k
- Base
- $306k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $38k
Center Director & Senior Fellow I
key employee
$366k
$399k
- Base
- $317k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $13k
Ppic Statewide Survey Director
highest compensated employee
$362k
$394k
- Base
- $312k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $26k
VP of People and Culture
vice president
$316k
$344k
- Base
- $257k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $30k
Director of Content Strategy
highest compensated employee
$275k
$299k
- Base
- $214k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $38k
Secretary
secretary (operational)
$271k
$295k
- Base
- $245k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- —
VP of Research (interim)
vice president
$271k
$295k
- Base
- $232k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $12k
Policy Director & Senior Fellow I
highest compensated employee
$267k
$291k
- Base
- $220k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $24k
Dir Ppic Higher Ed Center & Senior Fellow
key employee
$237k
$258k
- Base
- $212k
- Bonus
- —
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $2k
| Position | Base | Bonus | Other | Benefits | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
President and CEO | $499k | — | — | $42k | $582k $634k |
Interim Treasurer and Cfo/coo | $371k | — | — | — | $414k $451k |
Treasurer and CFO (thru 12/1/23) | $361k | — | — | $13k | $398k $434k |
Senior Fellow II highest compensated employee | $356k | — | — | — | $391k $426k |
Senior Fellow II highest compensated employee | $323k | — | — | $24k | $384k $418k |
VP of Comms/chief Strategy Officer vice president | $306k | — | — | $38k | $380k $414k |
Center Director & Senior Fellow I key employee | $317k | — | — | $13k | $366k $399k |
Ppic Statewide Survey Director highest compensated employee | $312k | — | — | $26k | $362k $394k |
VP of People and Culture vice president | $257k | — | — | $30k | $316k $344k |
Director of Content Strategy highest compensated employee | $214k | — | — | $38k | $275k $299k |
Secretary secretary (operational) | $245k | — | — | — | $271k $295k |
VP of Research (interim) vice president | $232k | — | — | $12k | $271k $295k |
Policy Director & Senior Fellow I highest compensated employee | $220k | — | — | $24k | $267k $291k |
Dir Ppic Higher Ed Center & Senior Fellow key employee | $212k | — | — | $2k | $237k $258k |
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Plus 17 unpaid individuals.
Down 5%
from 2022
From $609k in 2022 to $582k in 2023.
$609k
2022
$582k
2023
$609k
2022
$582k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$688k to $634k
Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 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
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.
RevenueExpenses
$22.4M
$22.5M
2022
$19.4M
$23.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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