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Filing year 2023

The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice

Oakland, California·EIN 30-0520981·NTEE R99 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$4.3M
Total assets
$6.5M
Total expenses
$4.4M
Reported officers
17
Mission

Our mission is to build a powerful movement for a more just and participatory media and digital world, with human rights for all.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Dir.
officer (unspecified)
$195k
$212k
Base
$164k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$20k
Operations Dir.
unclassified
$166k
$181k
Base
$114k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$48k
Network Director
unclassified
$159k
$173k
Base
$114k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$37k
Narrative Director
unclassified
$141k
$154k
Senior Fellow
unclassified
$139k
$152k
Campaigns Director
unclassified
$138k
$151k

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 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 22%
from 2022

From $160k in 2022 to $195k in 2023.

$160k
2022
$195k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 18% in real terms$180k to $212k

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

The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.6M
$4.3M
2022
$4.3M
$4.4M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn in California

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $100,517.

25th percentile
$50k
Median
$100,517
75th percentile
$153k
90th percentile
$230k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 71 organizations across 71 filings (2022 – 2023).

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