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Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs

Location: Washington, DC

Category: Advocacy or Public Service

Michael Makovsky

CEO & Executive Director

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The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs is a prominent conservative think tank concerned with American national security, cooperation with democratic allies and the relationship between Israel and the United States. Founded in 1976 in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, JINSA has expanded its portfolio to include not only Israeli-American security ties but also general American national security policy. JINSA publishes the semiannual Journal of International Security Affairs and coordinates meetings between American and Israeli military and law enforcement officers. This year, JINSA declined to disclose their 2016 information.

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Michael Makovsky joined the Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs as CEO and executive director in 2013. An expert on national security, energy issues and the Middle East, Makovsky served as director of essential services in the Washington office of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the postwar allied governing body of Iraq. He worked as an energy market analyst at several investment firms and founded MSM Consulting, a political risk consulting firm. He came to JINSA from the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he served as director of foreign policy from 2006 to 2013.

2016

Institution Revenue: $3,985,193 ²³

Institution Total Expenses: $3,944,444 ²³

Employees: 16 ²³

Salary: $315,000 ²³

2014

Institution Revenue: $3,491,593

Institution Total Expenses: $3,496,342

Employees: 22

Salary: $290,000

Underpaid by: 11%

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¹ _{Interim head of organization}

² _{Data from 2012}

³ _{Data from 2011}

⁴ _{Data from 2010}

⁵ _{Data from 2009}

⁶ _{Data from 2008}

⁷ _{Data from 2007}

⁸ _{Includes payment from SWC Museum Corp.}

⁹ _{Predecessor’s salary}

¹⁰ _{Partial year}

¹¹ _{Not a 501(c)3}

¹² _Annualized

¹³ _{Position currently vacant}

¹⁴ _{As per Form 990, JNF declined to comment}

¹⁵ _{Base salary}

¹⁶ _{Data from president-elect period}

¹⁷ _{2010 Employees}

¹⁸ _{Legally exempt from public disclosure of salary}

¹⁹ _{Highest paid professional, not CEO}

²⁰ _{Paid from two related organizations}

²¹ _{Data from 2013}

²² _{Data from 2014}

²³ _{Data from 2015}

²⁴ _{Includes a one-time honorarium of $55,000}

²⁵ _{Data from 2017}

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