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Organizations Public & Societal Benefit The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation

Fiscal year ending 2020. Filed on June 30, 2021.

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
400
Washington, District of Columbia 20002

The Heritage Foundation (EIN: 23-7327730) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2020 IRS Form 990 filing, The Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 21 out of 388 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $349,921. The highest compensated employee at The Heritage Foundation is Kay Coles James with fiscal year 2020 compensation of $995,708.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$119,134,479

Expenses

$78,753,539

Employee compensation

$39,785,050
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Kay Coles James
President
$995,708
$908,352 No related comp$87,356
Kim Holmes
Executive Vice President
$517,906
$447,564 No related comp$70,342
James Carafano
Vice President, Davis INST for Nat'L Security
$341,148
$301,129 No related comp$40,019
Robert Bluey
Vice President, Communications
$336,987
$271,511 No related comp$65,476
Jack Spencer
Vice President, INST for Economic Freedom
$336,158
$270,098 No related comp$66,060
John Malcolm
Vice President, INST for Constitutional Gov'T
$331,563
$265,955 No related comp$65,608
Wesley Dyck
Vice President, Personnel
$330,535
$267,344 No related comp$63,191
Carsten Walter
SR Director, Development Operations
$326,882
$265,203 No related comp$61,679
Bridgett Wagner
Vice President, Policy Promotion
$317,961
$258,999 No related comp$58,962
Becky Norton Dunlop
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow
$316,323
$269,605 No related comp$46,718
Genevieve Wood
Director, Donor Communications
$315,462
$269,583 No related comp$45,879
Miguel M Gonzalez
Senior Fellow
$315,323
$253,076 No related comp$62,247

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Edwin Meese III
Trustee
$32,100
$32,100 No related compNo other comp
Thomas A Saunders III
Trustee
No compensation reported
Abby Spencer Moffat
Trustee
No compensation reported
Hon J William Middendorf II
Trustee
No compensation reported
William J Hume
Trustee
No compensation reported
Larry P Arnn, Ph.D.
Trustee
No compensation reported
Robert Pennington
Trustee
No compensation reported
Brian Tracy
Trustee
No compensation reported
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr
Trustee
No compensation reported
Michael W Gleba
Vice Chair
No compensation reported
William L Walton
Trustee
No compensation reported
Price Harding
Trustee
No compensation reported

Contractors

Bognet Construction Associates Inc.
Construction
$7,449,494
Merkle Response Services Inc.
Mailing Contact Management
$1,474,281
Conrad Direct
Mailing Contact Management
$1,354,607
Next After LLC
Mailing Contact Management
$972,000
Odell Simms & Lynch Inc.
Consultants on Direct Mail Program
$731,432

Mission Statement

TO FORMULATE AND PROMOTE CONSERVATIVE PUBLIC POLICIES BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE ENTERPRISE, LIMITED GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES, AND A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 15, 2025:
2024 The Heritage Foundation 990 filed
November 7, 2024:
2023 The Heritage Foundation 990 filed
June 27, 2023:
2022 The Heritage Foundation 990 filed

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