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Filing year 2023

THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania·EIN 23-2473845·NTEE W05 · Public & Societal Benefit·3
Total revenue
$12.1M
Total assets
$6.9M
Total expenses
$11M
Reported officers
22
Mission

THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION TRANSFORMS FREE-MARKET IDEAS INTO PUBLIC POLICIES, EMPOWERING ALL PENNSYLVANIANS TO THRIVE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Vice President
vice president
$253k
$282k
Senior Vice President
senior vice president
$216k
$241k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$139k
$155k
Director of Government Affairs
highest compensated employee
$135k
$150k
Director of Policy Analysis
highest compensated employee
$130k
$146k
Digital Marketing Director
director (operational)
$129k
$144k
Director of Legislative Strategy
highest compensated employee
$121k
$135k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Public & Societal Benefit

Up 5%
from 2022

From $240k in 2022 to $253k in 2023.

$240k
2022
$253k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 2% in real terms$277k to $282k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast 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 COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$9.6M
$9M
2022
$12.1M
$11M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Public & Societal Benefit executives earn in Pennsylvania

Comparable public & societal benefit organizations in Pennsylvania pay their highest-earning executive a median of $51,925.

25th percentile
$17k
Median
$51,925
75th percentile
$115k
90th percentile
$244k

These are public & societal benefit sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 113 organizations across 113 filings (2022 – 2024).

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