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Filing year 2024

THE POLICY CIRCLE CO

Wilmette, Illinois·EIN 47-2843650·NTEE V20 · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$2.9M
Total assets
$1.1M
Total expenses
$2.3M
Reported officers
11
Mission

THE POLICY CIRCLE IS A NATIONAL, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT INFORMS, EQUIPS, AND CONNECTS WOMEN TO BE MORE IMPACTFUL CITIZENS AND INFLUENTIAL LOCAL LEADERS.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) THE POLICY CIRCLE'S AGILE AND FLEXIBLE MODEL HAS THREE CORE COMPONENTS:1. WE INFORM AND INSPIRE A DIVERSE, NATIONAL AUDIENCE USING POLICY BRIEFS, VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, AN ENGAGING WEBSITE, AND ROBUST SOCIAL CHANNELS. 2. WE ATTRACT AND CONNECT INDEPENDENT THINKERS AND CIVIC-MINDED WOMEN WHO ARE REVITALIZING CIVIL SOCIETY BY CONVENING AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EVENTS, HOSTING ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATIONS IN 45 STATES, AND GATHERING VIRTUALLY. 3. WE IDENTIFY AND EQUIP LEADERS THROUGH THE CIVIC LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT ROADMAP (CLER), WHICH IS A PROPRIETARY 3-MONTH PROGRAM THAT STRENGTHENS WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SKILLS, POLICY ACUMEN, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. THE POLICY CIRCLE IS CULTIVATING AN UNTAPPED COMMUNITY OF CIVIC-MINDED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EAGER TO LEARN AND LEAD IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Chief Strategy & Operation
officer (unspecified)
$163k
$174k
Director of Civic Impact
highest compensated employee
$110k
$118k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 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.

Browse compensation in Social Science

Up 17%
from 2023

From $260k in 2023 to $303k in 2024.

$260k
2023
$303k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 13% in real terms$288k to $325k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 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 POLICY CIRCLE CO reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.3M
$2.5M
2023
$2.9M
$2.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Social Science executives earn

Comparable social science organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $120,010.

25th percentile
$55k
Median
$120,010
75th percentile
$208k
90th percentile
$415k

These are social science sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 409 organizations across 409 filings (2021 – 2024).

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