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Filing year 2024

THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 54-1512177·NTEE W20H · Public & Societal Benefit·3
Total revenue
$892k
Total assets
$1.3M
Total expenses
$3.1M
Reported officers
17
Mission

THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY INSPIRES CHANGE USING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THAT REVEALS THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF INEQUALITY. DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEMS IN EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO DEMOCRACY AFFECT PEOPLE BASED ON RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, ABILITY, IMMIGRATION STATUS AND INCOME. OUR DATA-DRIVEN AND NARRATIVE JOURNALISM HOLDS POWERFUL INTERESTS ACCOUNTABLE, INVESTIGATES SOLUTIONS AND ILLUSTRATES THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF INEQUALITY IN AMERICA.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 6 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Editor in Chief Part Year
highest compensated employee
$153k
$162k
Base
$148k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$3k
Senior Reporter Part Year
highest compensated employee
$153k
$162k
Base
$114k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$35k
Editor Part Year
highest compensated employee
$141k
$150k
$130k
$138k
Dir Fin & Ops Part Year
highest compensated employee
$124k
$132k
Co-chair
officer (unspecified)
$33k
$35k

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 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Public & Societal Benefit

Down 54%
from 2023

From $335k in 2023 to $153k in 2024.

$335k
2023
$153k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 56% in real terms$367k to $162k

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 CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.8M
$6.1M
2023
$892k
$3.1M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Public & Societal Benefit executives earn

Comparable public & societal benefit organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $76,607.

25th percentile
$29k
Median
$76,607
75th percentile
$157k
90th percentile
$280k

These are public & societal benefit sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 641 organizations across 641 filings (2021 – 2023).

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