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Filing year 2024

THESENTRYORG INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 20-8827879·NTEE Q70 · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security·3
Total revenue
$5.5M
Total assets
$4.5M
Total expenses
$4M
Reported officers
13
Mission

THE SENTRY IS AN INVESTIGATIVE AND POLICY TEAM THAT FOLLOWS THE DIRTY MONEY CONNECTED TO WAR CRIMINALS AND TRANSNATIONAL WAR PROFITEERS AND SEEKS TO SHUT THOSE BENEFITING FROM VIOLENCE OUT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$262k
$278k
Base
$252k
Bonus
$2k
Other
Benefits
$678
Co-founder
officer (unspecified)
$226k
$240k
Base
$211k
Bonus
$1k
Other
Benefits
$625
Director of Communications
director (operational)
$219k
$233k
Base
$183k
Bonus
$2k
Other
Benefits
$23k
Investigations Director
key employee
$200k
$212k
Base
$180k
Bonus
$1k
Other
Benefits
$8k
General Counsel/secretary
secretary (operational)
$170k
$181k
Base
$170k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Deputy Director of Investigations
highest compensated employee
$164k
$174k
Base
$104k
Bonus
$1k
Other
Benefits
$52k
Deputy Director of Development
$159k
$169k
Base
$115k
Bonus
$892
Other
Benefits
$36k
Editorial Deputy Director
highest compensated employee
$139k
$148k
Deputy Director of Communications
director (operational)
$139k
$147k

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 International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Up 2%
from 2023

From $257k in 2023 to $262k in 2024.

$257k
2023
$262k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$282k to $278k

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

THESENTRYORG INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.2M
$3M
2023
$5.5M
$4M
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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