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Filing year 2022

THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 53-0196577·NTEE V220 · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$89.4M
Total assets
$537.6M
Total expenses
$98.8M
Reported officers
78

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 26 reported individuals · Filing year 2022

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Former President Thru 6/12/22
former officer/director/trustee
$597k
$675k
Sr Fllw & Dir, Tax Policy Center
highest compensated employee
$578k
$654k
Interim President
$573k
$648k
VP & Dir. Governance Studies
vice president
$459k
$519k
Chief Investment Officer
key employee
$442k
$500k
VP & Dir of Econ. Studies Thru 12/30/22
vice president
$416k
$470k
Sr Fellow & Dir, Hutchins
highest compensated employee
$400k
$452k
VP & Dir., Foreign Policy
vice president
$396k
$447k
VP & Director, Global
vice president
$383k
$433k
Chief Information Officer
chief information officer
$383k
$432k
Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro
highest compensated employee
$363k
$410k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$350k
$396k
Sr Fellow & Dir, Hamilton Project
highest compensated employee
$342k
$387k
Interim VP and Director - Metro
vice president
$337k
$381k
VP & Chief HR Officer
vice president
$333k
$377k
Interim VP & Dir., Gobal
vice president
$331k
$374k
Interim President Thru 7/7/22
$323k
$365k
Deputy Executive VP (thru 1/23)
executive vice president
$295k
$333k
Vp, Executive Affairs
executive vice president
$293k
$331k
General Counsel Start 7/5/22
officer (unspecified)
$285k
$322k
Vp, Chief Devel. Offc. Start 4/11/22
vice president
$257k
$291k
Chief Communications Officer
key employee
$257k
$291k
Sr VP of Finance & COO Start 7/6/22
$225k
$255k
VP Gen Counsel/asst Sec Thru 7/15/22
vice president
$203k
$230k
Dir Board Rltns, Asstnt Sec Board
officer (unspecified)
$141k
$159k
Fmr VP & Chief HR Off. Thru 4/1/22
vice president
$103k
$116k

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 52 unpaid individuals.

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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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