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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported $34.4 million in revenue and $34.4 million in expenses for calendar year 2024. Of every $100 it spent, $87.87 went to program services, $12.13 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 99.0% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $1,130,183 (PRESIDENT). 49 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 12% between 2019 and 2024. Source: Form 990, 2024.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $34MFor context, the median across 67 covered public safety, disaster preparedness & relief charities: $92.61 programs, $7.29 management, $0.10 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2024 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $34MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2024 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 87.9% | 89.6% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 12.1% | 7.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | Not reported | $0.01 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 87.0% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 99.0% | 2.8% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $1,130,183 | $350,135 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 3.28% | 1.29% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 49 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 17.5 | 8.0 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 28 of 29 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2024 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseVehicle research center projects: engineering and other resource support for vehicle related research projects and vehicle crash testing to evaluate the ability of vehicles to protect their occupants in front, side, rear, and rollover crashes. The latest projects include the evaluation of electronic systems designed to enhance vehicle crash avoidance capabilities
Highway loss data institute (hldi): hldi is a tax-exempt research and educational organization. Hldi performs scientific studies of insurance claims data on motor vehicle losses and publishes insurance loss results by vehicle make and model
Communications projects: projects undertaken to disseminate information to the public concerning motor vehicles and highway research done by the institute and by other organizations involved in motor vehicle and Highway Safety. The institute's public website provides information on the institute's research and on the institute's crash testing to evaluate the crashworthiness of vehicles, as well as on new research performed on vehicle based crash avoidance systems
Highest reported compensation
2024 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT Director/trustee, officer, 36.00 hrs/week | $844,411 | $196,250 | $89,522 | $1,130,183 |
| SR. VICE PRESIDENT Key employee, 9.00 hrs/week | $67,784 | $263,581 | $69,442 | $400,807 |
| SR. V.P. - VRC & CHIEF ADM Key employee, 36.00 hrs/week | $251,681 | $63,360 | $43,685 | $358,726 |
| SR. VICE PRES Key employee, 45.00 hrs/week | $313,913 | $0 | $39,645 | $353,558 |
| SECRETARY/TREASURER Officer, 36.00 hrs/week | $248,437 | $62,917 | $34,270 | $345,624 |
| EXECUTIVE V.P. - VRC & CHI Key employee, 36.00 hrs/week | $237,489 | $59,296 | $44,038 | $340,823 |
| DIR FILM & MEDIA SER Highest compensated employee, 35.00 hrs/week | $250,804 | $0 | $57,002 | $307,806 |
| DIR STATISTICAL SERV Highest compensated employee, 35.00 hrs/week | $255,483 | $0 | $46,629 | $302,112 |
49 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $2.2M (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2024 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b29 · 28 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aNo
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 5101
- Volunteers Part I, line 628
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Of every $100 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety spent in 2024, $87.87 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
Questions people ask
How much of Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2024, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported that 87.9% of its $34.4 million in expenses went to program services, 12.1% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Insurance Institute for Highway Safety pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported for one person in calendar year 2024 was $1,130,183, for the role of PRESIDENT (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Insurance Institute for Highway Safety get its money?
Of $34.4 million in revenue in calendar year 2024, 0.0% came from contributions and grants and 99.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Insurance Institute for Highway Safety a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 53-0246204 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202543179349306649 · read the filing · XML
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202442709349301214 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202323189349302282 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202242369349300914 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202113019349302076 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202002799349300715 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 53-0246204: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.