How much do Cato Institute executives make?

In FY2024, Cato Institute reported 23 officers and key employees. Total reported compensation was $2,655,292, with the highest-paid officer earning $711,629.

Track Cato Institute

Follow to get their new filings, salary changes and grants as they post.

Work here? Claim this profile

Officer and Employee Compensation

Name	Title	Compensation
Peter Goettler	PRESIDENT AND CEO	$711,629
Stephen Kurtz	VP, CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER	$313,592
Norbert Michel	VP, DIRECTOR, MONETARY&FINANCIAL	$247,637
Scott Lincicome	VP, GENERAL ECONOMICS & TRADE	$245,178
Gene Healy	SENIOR VP FOR POLICY	$239,165
Clark Neily	SR VP FOR LEGAL STUDIES	$235,896
Michael Cannon	DIRECTOR OF HEALTH POLICY	$225,730
Harrison Moar	VP FOR DEVELOPMENT	$219,948
Marissa Delgado	SECRETARY, VP, FINANCE & CFO	$216,517
Kenneth Levy	DIRECTOR	$N/A
Howard S Rich	DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$N/A
Laura Holmes Jost	DIRECTOR	$N/A
Robert a Taylor	DIRECTOR	$N/A
Robert Gelfond	DIRECTOR	$N/A
Kenneth R French	DIRECTOR	$N/A
James M Lapeyre JR	DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$N/A
Baron Bond	DIRECTOR	$N/A
David C Humphreys	DIRECTOR	$N/A
Eileen S Leech	DIRECTOR (THRU 08/20/2024)	$N/A
Fred Young	DIRECTOR	$N/A

Atlas: prospecting & screening

Search every nonprofit by investable assets, fee burden, and what changed this year.

$100/mo Subscribe to Atlas

View full Cato Institute report

Compensation data is reported on the organization's IRS Form 990 Part VII (Compensation of Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees). All amounts shown are public record as filed by the organization and may include salary, bonuses, and other compensation. Data is from the most recent available filing for this organization.

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.