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Filing year 2023

THE PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION

Arlington, Virginia·EIN 81-3033585·NTEE B12 · Education·3
Total revenue
$2.7M
Total assets
$1.4M
Total expenses
$4.8M
Reported officers
5
Mission

THE PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION ("TPIFF") DRAWS ON THE LEGACY OF THAT GREAT JOURNAL OF IDEAS AND POLICY FOUNDED BY DANIEL BELL AND IRVING KRISTOL. THIS LEGACY NOURISHED GENERATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO MEETING THE MORAL AND CULTURAL CHALLENGES OF THE DAY THROUGH THE RIGOROUS STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICA AND RECLAIMING OF THE ENDURING PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL TRADITION. CONCEIVED IN THAT SPIRIT, TPIFF PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND A CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE TRADITION OF FREEDOM. THE UNIQUE COMBINATION OF WORK AND STUDY IS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE A FELLOW'S PURSUIT OF CAREERS DEVOTED TO ENRICHING THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$139k
$153k

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 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 6%
from 2022

From $131k in 2022 to $139k in 2023.

$131k
2022
$139k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$149k to $153k

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 PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.2M
$3.5M
2022
$2.7M
$4.8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Virginia

Comparable education organizations in Virginia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $103,585.

25th percentile
$39k
Median
$103,585
75th percentile
$249k
90th percentile
$462k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 263 organizations across 263 filings (2021 – 2023).

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