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Filing year 2023

WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-1257057·NTEE Q055 · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security·3
Total revenue
$267.4M
Total assets
$630.3M
Total expenses
$240.8M
Reported officers
44
Mission

WRI IS COMMITTED TO CREATING CHANGE THAT IMPROVES PEOPLE'S LIVES AND ENSURES THE NATURAL WORLD CAN THRIVE. (SEE SCHEDULE O)WRI'S BOLD VISION REQUIRES A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS WE CALL "COUNT IT. CHANGE IT. SCALE IT.":- COUNT IT: OUR WORK IS GUIDED BY TIMELY, INDEPENDENT RESEARCH THAT IS SUBJECTED TO RIGOROUS PEER REVIEWS.- CHANGE IT: WE THEN USE OUR RESEARCH TO INFORM ACTION ON THE GROUND, CLEAR BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN MONITOR PROGRESS TO LEARN FROM IT.- SCALE IT: ONCE TESTED, WE STRIVE TO EXPAND OUR SUCCESSES NATIONALLY, REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, AND WE MAKE OUR LEARNINGS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLICATIONS AND TOOLS. WE EMPLOY THIS STRATEGY ACROSS ALL OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS AND CENTERS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 17 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$672k
$736k
Base
$620k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$2k
Md, Programs
key employee
$404k
$442k
Base
$342k
Bonus
Other
$1k
Benefits
$32k
Evp, Governance & Development
executive vice president
$381k
$418k
Base
$326k
Bonus
Other
$4k
Benefits
$25k
Md, Strategy, Learning, & Results
key employee
$373k
$409k
Base
$340k
Bonus
Other
$4k
Benefits
$3k
Md, Africa & Global P'ships
key employee
$351k
$385k
Base
$311k
Bonus
Other
$9k
Benefits
Presence & Nat'l Action
key employee
$349k
$382k
Base
$349k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Base
$286k
Bonus
Other
$1k
Benefits
$23k
& Secretary - to 12/2023
secretary (operational)
$322k
$353k
Base
$284k
Bonus
Other
$1k
Benefits
$13k
Global Director, Energy
highest compensated employee
$298k
$327k
Base
$243k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$32k
Director, Us Climate
highest compensated employee
$297k
$326k
Base
$262k
Bonus
Other
$4k
Benefits
$11k
Deputy Dir., Climate Program
highest compensated employee
$295k
$324k
Base
$244k
Bonus
$6k
Other
$2k
Benefits
$22k
Chief Administrative Officer
highest compensated employee
$287k
$314k
Base
$232k
Bonus
Other
$2k
Benefits
$32k
Director, Ndc Partnership
highest compensated employee
$285k
$313k
Base
$235k
Bonus
Other
$1k
Benefits
$30k
Md, Global Delivery
key employee
$275k
$302k
Base
$275k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
Dir. of P'ships, Innov. & Inv.
former officer/director/trustee
$264k
$290k
Base
$214k
Bonus
Other
$1k
Benefits
$31k
Sr. Grants & Contracts Dir.
key employee
$213k
$233k
Base
$185k
Bonus
Other
$611
Benefits
$12k
HR Officer - to 09/2023
key employee
$180k
$197k
Base
$137k
Bonus
$32k
Other
$240
Benefits

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 27 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Up 9%
from 2022

From $615k in 2022 to $672k in 2023.

$615k
2022
$672k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 6% in real terms$696k to $736k

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

WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$357.8M
$211.9M
2022
$267.4M
$240.8M
2023
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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