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Filing year 2024

THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 27-4011343·NTEE B80 · Education·3
Total revenue
$9.5M
Total assets
$11.2M
Total expenses
$8.9M
Reported officers
20
Mission

THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT, A NONPARTISAN EDUCATION NONPROFIT, IS BUILDING A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO ADVANCE THE PRACTICE OF NEWS LITERACY THROUGHOUT AMERICAN SOCIETY, CREATING BETTER INFORMED, MORE ENGAGED AND MORE EMPOWERED INDIVIDUALS - AND ULTIMATELY A STRONGER DEMOCRACY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

President and CEO
$337k
$357k
Base
$285k
Bonus
$27k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Svp, Strategy and Impact
senior vice president
$234k
$248k
Base
$193k
Bonus
$19k
Other
Benefits
$12k
Svp, Research and Design
senior vice president
$225k
$239k
Base
$198k
Bonus
$19k
Other
Benefits
Svp, Creative Strategy
senior vice president
$222k
$235k
Base
$172k
Bonus
$18k
Other
Benefits
$29k
Svp, Administration
senior vice president
$207k
$219k
Base
$171k
Bonus
$16k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Svp, Educator Engagement
senior vice president
$176k
$187k
Base
$169k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Founder (retired 6/30/24)
former officer/director/trustee
$143k
$151k
Base
$126k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k

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 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 13%
from 2023

From $299k in 2023 to $337k in 2024.

$299k
2023
$337k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 9% in real terms$327k to $357k

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 NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$13.3M
$8.2M
2023
$9.5M
$8.9M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable education organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,769.

25th percentile
$107k
Median
$180,769
75th percentile
$290k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 156 organizations across 156 filings (2022 – 2023).

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