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Filing year 2023

The Becket Fund

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-1858532·NTEE V24Z · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$18.8M
Total assets
$33.4M
Total expenses
$12.3M
Reported officers
22
Mission

Public interest legal activities. Our mission is to protect the free expression of all faiths.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President and CEO
$415k
$455k
VP & Senior Counsel
senior vice president
$367k
$402k
VP & Senior Counsel
senior vice president
$347k
$381k
VP & Senior Counsel
senior vice president
$344k
$378k
VP & Senior Counsel
senior vice president
$332k
$364k
VP & Senior Counsel
senior vice president
$326k
$358k
Chief Financial Officer
$252k
$276k
COO & Executive Director - Through May 2023
$128k
$141k
Board Chair
board chair
$46k
$51k

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 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Social Science

Up 8%
from 2022

From $384k in 2022 to $415k in 2023.

$384k
2022
$415k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 5% in real terms$434k to $455k

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

The Becket Fund reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$17.3M
$10.7M
2022
$18.8M
$12.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Social Science executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable social science organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $255,425.

25th percentile
$146k
Median
$255,425
75th percentile
$396k
90th percentile
$601k

These are social science sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 60 organizations across 60 filings (2022 – 2024).

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