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Filing year 2023

PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION

Seattle, Washington·EIN 91-0852323·NTEE I80Z · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$31.1M
Total assets
$11.3M
Total expenses
$30.9M
Reported officers
23
Mission

THE PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION ADVANCES SOCIAL AND RACIAL EQUITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH THROUGH REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. GROUNDING REFORM IN A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FRAMEWORK, PDA DEVELOPS NEW STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTS MODELS THAT IMPROVE ON CONVENTIONAL RESPONSES TO CRIME AND PUBLIC ORDER ISSUES. IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, WE USE POLICY ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING, LITIGATION, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Senior Participant Support Specialist
highest compensated employee
$298k
$330k
Co-executive Directors
director (operational)
$262k
$289k
Co-executive Directors
director (operational)
$226k
$250k
Deputy Director
director (operational)
$212k
$235k
Medical Director
key employee
$203k
$225k
Senior Participant Support Specialist
highest compensated employee
$199k
$220k
Program Director, Lead Nsb
director (operational)
$186k
$206k
Legal Services Director
highest compensated employee
$180k
$199k
Director of Education and Resiliency
highest compensated employee
$179k
$198k
Director of Policing Strategies
key employee
$162k
$179k
Senior Participant Support Specialist
highest compensated employee
$162k
$179k

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 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Crime & Legal-Related

Up 16%
from 2022

From $257k in 2022 to $298k in 2023.

$257k
2022
$298k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$301k to $330k

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

PURPOSE DIGNITY ACTION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$30M
$32.2M
2022
$31.1M
$30.9M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn in Washington

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations in Washington pay their highest-earning executive a median of $97,821.

25th percentile
$67k
Median
$97,821
75th percentile
$138k
90th percentile
$207k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 100 organizations across 100 filings (2022 – 2024).

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