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Filing year 2023

THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 36-3235550·3
Total revenue
$22.5M
Total assets
$48.3M
Total expenses
$27.7M
Reported officers
19
Mission

THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY EXISTS TO PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE STATE EXISTS TO PRESERVE FREEDOM, THE SEPARATION OF POWERS IS CENTRAL TO OUR CONSTITUTION, AND THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF THE JUDICIARY TO SAY WHAT THE LAW IS, NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Director/president & CEO
$803k
$880k
Base
$730k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$50k
Director/senior Vice President
vice president
$470k
$515k
Base
$446k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Director of Practice Groups
highest compensated employee
$459k
$503k
Base
$391k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$45k
Director of Student Division
highest compensated employee
$336k
$368k
Base
$272k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$45k
Director of Finance
$296k
$324k
Base
$238k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$42k
VP & Dir, Regul. Transparacy
vice president
$277k
$304k
Base
$221k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$42k
VP & Dir, Lawyers Chapter
vice president
$275k
$301k
Base
$231k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
VP & Director
vice president
$241k
$264k
Base
$225k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$570
Director
board member
$55k
$60k
Director
board member
$8k
$9k
Director
board member
$3k
$3k

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 8 unpaid individuals.

Up 4%
from 2022

From $772k in 2022 to $803k in 2023.

$772k
2022
$803k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$872k to $880k

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 FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$21.5M
$26.2M
2022
$22.5M
$27.7M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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