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Filing year 2024

THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS INC

Knoxville, Tennessee·EIN 35-1263022·NTEE V21Z · Social Science·3
Total revenue
$597k
Total assets
$987k
Total expenses
$686k
Reported officers
19
Mission

TO ENCOURAGE THE WORK OF YOUNG SOCIOLOGISTS; TO STIMULATE THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND THEORY TO THE STUDY OF VITAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TO ENCOURAGE PROBLEM CENTERED SOCIAL RESEARCH; TO FOSTER COOPERATIVE RELATIONS AMONG PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS; TO ENGAGE IN THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL FINDINGS TO THE FORMULATION OF SOCIAL POLICIES; TO FOSTER HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE, SOCIAL WELFARE, AND POSITIVE SOCIAL RELATIONS IN SOCIETY AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY AND TO UNDERTAKE ANY ACTIVITY RELATED THERETO OR NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE FOREGOING PURPOSES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Administrative Officer
officer (unspecified)
$162k
$171k
Base
$125k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Executive Officer
officer (unspecified)
$34k
$37k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 17 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Social Science

Down 3%
from 2023

From $166k in 2023 to $162k in 2024.

$166k
2023
$162k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 6% in real terms$181k to $171k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, 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 SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$523k
$693k
2023
$597k
$686k
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 $96,366.

25th percentile
$35k
Median
$96,366
75th percentile
$193k
90th percentile
$381k

These are social science sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 106 organizations across 106 filings (2022 – 2023).

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