People

Ted Gayer

PRESIDENT

2 organizations7 filing recordsTY 2019–2024Peak comp: $682,937

Career timeline

Compensation is reported as filed. Linking the same person across organizations is DoubleNine’s inference, not stated on the form: ✓ Exact match = distinctive exact-name match; ≈ likely match = same name at a related (Schedule R) organization.

The Brookings Institution✓ Exact match
Social Science · DC
INTERIM PRESIDENT THRU 7/7/22
$554,466
TY 2019–2022
The Niskanen Center Inc✓ Exact match
Public & Societal Benefit · DC
PRESIDENT
$682,937
TY 2022–2024
Also listed as an officer of 1 related organization ($0 direct compensation)

Each of these organizations reports $0 in direct compensation (ReportableCompFromOrgAmt) for this person, with pay recorded as coming from a related organization (ReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt) on their IRS Form 990. That is a standard controlled-group reporting pattern — the same figure echoed across affiliated filings, not separate salaries.

Compensation history · 6 tax years

Tax year 2024
$10.0M
$682,937
Tax year 2023
$11.3M
$651,875
Tax year 2022
The Brookings Institution
INTERIM PRESIDENT THRU 7/7/22 · DC
$89.4M
$322,975
+1 more filing this year
$6.8M
$237,500
Tax year 2021
The Brookings Institution
INTERIM PRESIDENT · DC
$119.3M
$554,466
Tax year 2020
The Brookings Institution
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT · DC
$67.9M
$514,467
Tax year 2019
The Brookings Institution
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT · DC
$79.4M
$532,568

Compensation data from IRS Form 990, Part VII. Career timeline links confirmed by cross-filing identity resolution.

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