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Filing year 2023

WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC

New York, New York·EIN 13-3839293·NTEE B40Z · Education·3
Total revenue
$57.9M
Total assets
$313.3M
Total expenses
$50.6M
Reported officers
39
Mission

THE WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR. CENTER FOR JUSTICE IS A NONPARTISAN LAW AND POLICY INSTITUTE THAT SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE AMERICAN SYSTEMS OF DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
$676k
$759k
Vp/coo
officer (unspecified)
$408k
$457k
Director Democracy Program
director (operational)
$405k
$455k
VP , Programs
vice president
$405k
$454k
Chief of Staff
highest compensated employee
$399k
$448k
VP Development
vice president
$381k
$427k
Chief Human Resources Officer
highest compensated employee
$333k
$373k
Sr. Director, Elections & Govt
highest compensated employee
$313k
$351k
Sr. Dir., Justice Program
highest compensated employee
$295k
$331k
Vp, Communications & Strategy
vice president
$290k
$325k
Secretary / General Counsel
secretary (operational)
$286k
$321k
Executive Director
$127k
$142k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 27 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 5%
from 2022

From $647k in 2022 to $676k in 2023.

$647k
2022
$676k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 1% in real terms$754k to $759k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 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

WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$110.5M
$41.7M
2022
$57.9M
$50.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in New York

Comparable education organizations in New York pay their highest-earning executive a median of $123,038.

25th percentile
$51k
Median
$123,038
75th percentile
$236k
90th percentile
$435k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,897 organizations across 1,897 filings (2021 – 2024).

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