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Filing year 2024

WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-1376034·NTEE Q055 · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security·3
Total revenue
$21.5M
Total assets
$97.5M
Total expenses
$19.9M
Reported officers
44
Mission

THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE NEAR EAST THROUGH INSIGHT, ANALYSIS AND IDEAS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$710k
$754k
Base
$627k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$49k
Managing Director
key employee
$483k
$513k
Base
$382k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$67k
Counselor
highest compensated employee
$469k
$498k
Base
$382k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$52k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$450k
$478k
Base
$349k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$67k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$422k
$448k
Base
$315k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$74k
Researcher Counselor
key employee
$362k
$385k
Base
$255k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$54k
Director of Development
$337k
$358k
Base
$262k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$49k
Chief Financial Officer
$336k
$357k
Base
$255k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$56k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$331k
$352k
Base
$280k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$24k
Senior Fellow
highest compensated employee
$324k
$344k
Base
$243k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$58k
Director of Research
key employee
$250k
$265k
Base
$228k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k

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 33 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Up 1%
from 2023

From $702k in 2023 to $710k in 2024.

$702k
2023
$710k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$769k to $754k

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

WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$24.4M
$17.8M
2023
$21.5M
$19.9M
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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