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Filing year 2024

THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 53-0204608·NTEE Q052 · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security·3
Total revenue
$8.4M
Total assets
$32.7M
Total expenses
$9.7M
Reported officers
48
Mission

TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AMONG CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THESE TWO AREAS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$310k
$330k
Base
$273k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
Chief Development Officer
$272k
$289k
Base
$238k
Bonus
$20k
Other
Benefits
$4k
Vice President, Policy Center
vice president
$259k
$275k
Base
$245k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$298
Interim President/coo
$254k
$270k
Base
$246k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Senior Vice President
senior vice president
$242k
$257k
Base
$219k
Bonus
$8k
Other
Benefits
$298
VP of Finance
vice president
$237k
$252k
Base
$204k
Bonus
$20k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Program Director
director (operational)
$183k
$194k
Base
$165k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$7k
Senior Fellow/program Director
highest compensated employee
$175k
$186k
Base
$155k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Senior Fellow/program Director
highest compensated employee
$161k
$171k
Base
$151k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$241
Secretary
secretary (operational)
$93k
$99k

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 38 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Down 10%
from 2023

From $347k in 2023 to $310k in 2024.

$347k
2023
$310k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 13% in real terms$380k to $330k

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 MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.7M
$8.4M
2023
$8.4M
$9.7M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What International, Foreign Affairs & National Security executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable international, foreign affairs & national security organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $150,000.

25th percentile
$75k
Median
$150,000
75th percentile
$279k
90th percentile
$476k

These are international, foreign affairs & national security sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 89 organizations across 89 filings (2021 – 2023).

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