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Filing year 2024

Texas Defender Service

Austin, Texas·EIN 76-0481649·NTEE R60 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$2.6M
Total assets
$3.3M
Total expenses
$2.1M
Reported officers
19
Mission

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass incarceration and advocates for a reimagined criminal-legal system that is just, humane, and free from racism and cruelty.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$142k
$150k
Deputy Director
highest compensated employee
$136k
$144k
Legal Director
highest compensated employee
$129k
$137k
Director of Special Projects
highest compensated employee
$120k
$128k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 7%
from 2023

From $133k in 2023 to $142k in 2024.

$133k
2023
$142k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 4% in real terms$145k to $150k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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

Texas Defender Service reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.1M
$2.1M
2023
$2.6M
$2.1M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $77,000.

25th percentile
$41k
Median
$77,000
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$194k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 527 organizations across 527 filings (2021 – 2023).

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