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Reihan Salam

President · Manhattan Institute for Policy Research INC

President at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$737K
Others who share this name
2

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Reported as President of Manhattan Institute for Policy Research INC, based in New York, NY.
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Received $737K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Biography Web-sourced

Reihan Salam is the fifth President of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a leading free-market think tank advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law. He has served in this position since 2019.

Prior to joining Manhattan Institute, Salam was Executive Editor of National Review and has held positions at The New York Times Op-Ed page and NBC News, and was a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation.

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President since 2019

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Publications

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Melting Pot or Civil War?: A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders (2018)
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Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream (2008, co-authored with Ross Douthat)

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Affiliations

Organizations

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research INC President · $25.9M revenue · New York, NYTHE MANHATTAN INSTITUTE IS A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS, JOURNALISTS, ACTIVISTS, AND CIVIC LEADERS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING OPPORTUNITY, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY,…pay $404K → $737KFiled FY2025, FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$737Kreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named Reihan Salam

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Reihan Salam 1 organization · Berkeley, CAThe Breakthrough Institute
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Reihan Salam 1 organization · Washington, DCThe Foundation for American Innovation

Network

Serves alongside

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Exec.vice President (past) · FY2019
$424K
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Senior Fellow · FY2021
$413K
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Senior Fellow · FY2025
$370K
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Executive Vice President · FY2025
$342K
B
Editor, City Journal · FY2022
$337K
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Senior Fellow · FY2021
$322K
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Senior Fellow · FY2025
$313K
B
Editor, City Journal · FY2025
$311K
M
Senior Fellow · FY2023
$302K
D
Executive Vice President · FY2024
$280K
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Thomas W Smith Fellow · FY2025
$280K
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Senior Fellow · FY2024
$275K

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