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How much of spending goes to officers at NTEE V: Social Science?

Officer compensation share of expenses, NTEE V: Social Science: median 11.2% in tax year 2023 across 338 e-filers (mean 15.6%); the middle half lies between 3.9% and 22.3%. In 2018 the median was 9.5%.

MEDIAN 2023: 11.2%FILERS: 338SINCE: 2018

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What it means

Total officer compensation divided by total expenses. This is not the overhead ratio (management, general and fundraising expenses), which these e-file totals do not carry.

Year by year

Percentiles within the group; the median is bold. Years marked partial are still filling with late filings.

Tax year	Filers	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
2025 partial	125	0.0%	4.1%	9.7%	18.3%	35.8%
2024 partial	237	0.0%	4.6%	11.2%	22.6%	36.7%
2023	338	0.0%	3.9%	11.2%	22.3%	37.3%
2022	312	0.0%	4.2%	11.3%	21.4%	36.6%
2021	199	0.0%	4.4%	11.9%	20.7%	34.1%
2020	281	0.0%	4.6%	11.4%	22.2%	35.4%
2019	247	0.0%	4.5%	10.0%	19.0%	31.2%
2018	205	0.0%	4.2%	9.5%	19.8%	31.6%

NTEE V: Social Science: all measures →Total revenue →Total expenses →Total assets →Net assets →Officer compensation (total per organisation) →Program service revenue share →Contributions share of revenue →Months of reserves →Surplus margin →Method →

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