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Filing year 2024

THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INSTITUTE INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-1943698·NTEE W20 · Public & Societal Benefit·3
Total revenue
$2.8M
Total assets
$5.5M
Total expenses
$2.9M
Reported officers
15
Mission

CREATE AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL COURSES FOR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Gai Director
board member
$269k
$286k
Base
$211k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$58k
Vice President
vice president
$256k
$272k
Base
$225k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$31k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$207k
$220k
Base
$181k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$26k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$192k
$203k
Base
$144k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$48k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$175k
$186k
Base
$154k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$22k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$144k
$153k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$141k
$150k
Director of Finance
$120k
$127k

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 7 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Public & Societal Benefit

Down 14%
from 2023

From $313k in 2023 to $269k in 2024.

$313k
2023
$269k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 17% in real terms$343k to $286k

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 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INSTITUTE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.2M
$3M
2023
$2.8M
$2.9M
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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