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Filing year 2024

ZEPHYR INSTITUTE INC

Palo Alto, California·EIN 47-1979289·NTEE S05 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building·3
Total revenue
$470k
Total assets
$1.5M
Total expenses
$397k
Reported officers
11
Mission

THE ZEPHYR INSTITUTE IS A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS, STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS COMMITTED TO GAINING A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN PERSON AND THE COMMON GOOD.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryExecutive compensation
President and Executive Director
$94k
$100k
Research Fellow and Director of Academic Programs
director (operational)
$67k
$71k
Director of Operations
$36k
$38k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 8 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Up 2%
from 2023

From $91k in 2023 to $94k in 2024.

$91k
2023
$94k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$100k to $100k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West 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

ZEPHYR INSTITUTE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$605k
$412k
2023
$470k
$397k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Community Improvement & Capacity Building executives earn in California

Comparable community improvement & capacity building organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $102,610.

25th percentile
$46k
Median
$102,610
75th percentile
$178k
90th percentile
$287k

These are community improvement & capacity building sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 888 organizations across 888 filings (2021 – 2024).

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