Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594 · Education · Rank 53 by total revenue
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $6,737,799,000
- Total expenses
- $5,505,788,000
- Total assets
- $45,313,517,000
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $2,121,007,000
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $2,665,985,000
- Employees
- 28,041
- Salary base per employee
- $75,639
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (25)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Kornbluth | President | Board, Officer | 60 | $2,151,788 |
| Glen Shor | Executive VP and Treasurer | Board, Officer | 60 | $1,027,167 |
| Rachel J Donahue | Secretary | Officer | 60 | $345,359 |
| Seth Alexander | President of MITIMCo | Key employee | 60 | $4,462,390 |
| Cynthia Barnhart | Provost | Key employee | 60 | $1,103,532 |
| Mark DiVincenzo | VP and General Counsel | Key employee | 60 | $977,844 |
| Melissa Nobles | Chancellor | Key employee | 60 | $772,733 |
| Julie Lucas | VP for Resource Development | Key employee | 60 | $754,021 |
| Ian Waitz | VP for Research | Key employee | 60 | $733,546 |
| Alfred Ironside | VP for Communications | Key employee | 60 | $581,900 |
| Melissa Choi | Director of Lincoln Laboratory | Key employee | 60 | $579,346 |
| Whitney Espich | CEO, MIT Alumni Association | Key employee | 60 | $431,297 |
| Mark P Gorenberg | Chair of the Corporation | Board | 40 | $55,800 |
| David M Siegel | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Fariborz Maseeh | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Janet C Wolfenbarger | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Leslye Miller Fraser | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Noubar B Afeyan | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Orit Gadiesh | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Patricia R Callahan | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Paul R Marcus | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Ray A Rothrock | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Richard M Locke | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Russell Erich Caulfield | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Wesley G Bush | Executive Committee Member | Board | 5 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $23,006,597, which is 1.1% of the $2,121,007,000 salary base shared by 28,041 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Alexander | President of MITIMCo | Key employee | 60 | $3,845,075 | $0 | $617,315 | $4,462,390 |
| Thomas Wieand | Global Investment Professional, MITIMCo | Highly paid employee | 60 | $2,411,804 | $0 | $562,091 | $2,973,895 |
| Navneeth Harikumar | Global Investment Professional, MITIMCo | Highly paid employee | 60 | $2,406,464 | $0 | $523,521 | $2,929,985 |
| Ryan Akkina | Global Investment Professional, MITIMCo | Highly paid employee | 60 | $2,372,792 | $0 | $546,539 | $2,919,331 |
| Joel Cohen | Global Investment Professional, MITIMCo | Highly paid employee | 60 | $2,132,811 | $0 | $478,024 | $2,610,835 |
| Sally Kornbluth | President | Board, Officer | 60 | $1,734,292 | $0 | $417,496 | $2,151,788 |
| L Rafael Reif | Professor (Former President) | Highly paid employee | 60 | $1,807,611 | $0 | $42,219 | $1,849,830 |
| Cynthia Barnhart | Provost | Key employee | 60 | $1,084,227 | $0 | $19,305 | $1,103,532 |
| Glen Shor | Executive VP and Treasurer | Board, Officer | 60 | $950,529 | $0 | $76,638 | $1,027,167 |
| Mark DiVincenzo | VP and General Counsel | Key employee | 60 | $879,429 | $0 | $98,415 | $977,844 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202601359349306115 (Form 990, period ending 2025-06-30): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 04-2103594
- Organization website (as filed): http://web.mit.edu