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Filing year 2024

THE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-1818907·NTEE V20E · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$8.9M
Total assets
$15.8M
Total expenses
$4.3M
Reported officers
18
Mission

THE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY (IHEP) WORKS TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST SOCIETY THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION. WE DRIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND GENERATIONAL IMPACT FOR COMMUNITIES HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED BASED ON RACE, ETHNICITY, OR INCOME. WE PURSUE THIS CHANGE THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND FIELD ENGAGEMENT.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$320k
$340k
VP of Comms & Govt Affairs
vice president
$231k
$245k
Chief Financial Officer/treasurer
$226k
$240k
VP of Research & Policy
vice president
$217k
$231k
VP of Operations
vice president
$205k
$217k
Director of Research and Policy
highest compensated employee
$162k
$172k
Director of Research and Policy
highest compensated employee
$144k
$153k
Associate Dir. of Res. and Policy
highest compensated employee
$138k
$146k

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 10 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Social Science

Down 2%
from 2023

From $328k in 2023 to $320k in 2024.

$328k
2023
$320k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 5% in real terms$359k to $340k

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 INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.1M
$4.2M
2023
$8.9M
$4.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Social Science executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable social science organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $255,425.

25th percentile
$146k
Median
$255,425
75th percentile
$396k
90th percentile
$601k

These are social science sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 60 organizations across 60 filings (2022 – 2024).

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