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Filing year 2024

Sustainable Economies Law Center

Oakland, California·EIN 46-2210531·NTEE B60 · Education·3
Total revenue
$6.4M
Total assets
$9.9M
Total expenses
$5.2M
Reported officers
14
Mission

We provide legal services, research, education, and advocacy to assist communities in building their own sustainable sources of food, water, housing, energy, jobs, and other aspects of thriving communities.

Executive compensation

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

Dir. of Legal Educ
unclassified
$144k
$153k
Co-dir. - Minnow
unclassified
$131k
$138k
Staff Attorney
officer (unspecified)
$128k
$136k
Dir. Econ Democrcy
unclassified
$122k
$129k
Dir Holst Lnd Rltn
unclassified
$121k
$128k
Secretary/board
officer (unspecified)
$117k
$124k
Staff Attorney
unclassified
$115k
$121k
Board Member
board member
$100k
$106k
Exec. Secretary
secretary (operational)
$97k
$103k

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 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 31%
from 2023

From $207k in 2023 to $144k in 2024.

$207k
2023
$144k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 32% in real terms$226k to $153k

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

Sustainable Economies Law Center reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$5.1M
$4.5M
2023
$6.4M
$5.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in California

Comparable education organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $148,506.

25th percentile
$76k
Median
$148,506
75th percentile
$230k
90th percentile
$390k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,455 organizations across 1,455 filings (2021 – 2023).

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