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Filing year 2024

The Breakthrough Institute

Berkeley, California·EIN 81-4526660·NTEE C19 · Environment·3
Total revenue
$7.5M
Total assets
$6.5M
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
21
Mission

The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$306k
Washington Dir.
unclassified
$225k
Dir Nuclear Energy Innovation
unclassified
$201k
Deputy Director
unclassified
$200k
Co-dir Climate & Energy
unclassified
$197k
Dir Energy for Dev
unclassified
$190k
Dir Food & Agriculture
unclassified
$179k
Co-dir Climate & Energy
unclassified
$179k
Dir. of Operations
unclassified
$158k
Dir Events & Proj
unclassified
$155k
Editorial Dir.
unclassified
$137k

Plus 10 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Up 8%
from 2023

From $283k in 2023 to $306k in 2024.

$283k
2023
$306k
2024
Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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