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Filing year 2024

THE CENTER FOR RURAL STRATEGIES INC

Whitesburg, Kentucky·EIN 61-1379952·NTEE P20 · Human Services·3
Total revenue
$3.4M
Total assets
$7.6M
Total expenses
$2.8M
Reported officers
13
Mission

THE CENTER FOR RURAL STRATEGIES SEEKS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE USE OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS. BY PRESENTING ACCURATE AND COMPELLING PORTRAITS OF RURAL LIVES AND CULTURES, WE HOPE TO DEEPEN PUBLIC DEBATE AND CREATE A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH POSITIVE CHANGE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES CAN OCCUR.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$117k
$124k
Vice President
vice president
$107k
$114k
Vice President
vice president
$93k
$99k
VP National Programs
vice president
$48k
$50k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 8 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Human Services

Down 5%
from 2023

From $123k in 2023 to $117k in 2024.

$123k
2023
$117k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 8% in real terms$134k to $124k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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 RURAL STRATEGIES INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.3M
$2.8M
2023
$3.4M
$2.8M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Human Services executives earn in Kentucky

Comparable human services organizations in Kentucky pay their highest-earning executive a median of $59,747.

25th percentile
$32k
Median
$59,747
75th percentile
$106k
90th percentile
$142k

These are human services sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 96 organizations across 96 filings (2021 – 2023).

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