National Opinion Research Center (NORC)

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) is an independent research organization at the University of Chicago 1 Its research focuses on issues of economics, education, global development, health, and society 2

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Website: www.norc.org
Location: Chicago, IL View on map
Tax ID: 36-2167808
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $225,002,289 Revenue: $397,190,163 Expenses: $387,206,567

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $225,002,289 $397,190,163 $387,206,567 View
2023 $212,859,751 $348,969,128 $340,972,747 View
2022 $195,266,219 $325,575,511 $318,230,751 View
2021 $171,487,860 $293,760,106 $285,366,079 View
2020 $154,208,152 $268,782,107 $250,214,895 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 3758

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Mark AndersonTRUSTEE$3,295,016
Daniel GaylinPRESIDENT$1,357,245
Katherine BaickerTRUSTEE$1,150,931
Ka Yee C LeeTRUSTEE$928,371
Michele NachbarCSO/EVP/SECRETARY$769,120
Ellen BeattyCFO/EVP/TREASURER (THRU 06/2025)$759,234
Ron JurekCIO/EVP$720,030
Robert GertnerCHAIR & TRUSTEE$703,501
Michael DavernEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT$657,055
Susan PaddockEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT$603,733
Amanda WoodwardTRUSTEE$553,484
Krishna KumarEXECUTIVE VP$533,818
Angela DebelloSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$494,142
J Mark HansenTRUSTEE$486,331
John DennisSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$480,256
Stephen SmithSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$471,893
Greg LanierSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$458,319
Ed MulrowSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$446,649
Tenia Davis-Svp andCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICE (THRU 06/2025)$439,453
Caitlin OppenheimerSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$433,114
Diane LauderdaleTRUSTEE$406,830
Michelle StrolloSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT$383,621

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $161,047,315
  • Number of Grants: 458
  • Number of Funders: 124

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$7,081,6772020 National Institutes of HealthNational social life and aging project: wave 4
$3,018,3852020 Johns Hopkins UniversitySub-award
$2,906,9592024 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$2,716,7732023 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$2,516,7252021 Gates FoundationTo create an OER Math Content Partnership to Understand Math Content Quality leveraging the Infinite Campus LMS
$2,442,5322022 Chicago Cook Workforce PartnershipWORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AND OTHER GRANT ACTIVIIES
$2,390,6212021 Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSUPPORT TO COVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VALIDATING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND DISSEMINATING A POPULATION BASED SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURS AT NORC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 202102-10003
$2,205,2392024 University of ChicagoSUBAWARD
$2,169,7032022 Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSUPPORT FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VALIDATING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND DISSEMINATING A POPULATION BASED SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURS AT NORC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 202102-10003
$2,003,3272021 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$1,782,5632025 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$1,134,9352024 Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationSUPPORT FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VALIDATING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND DISSEMINATING A POPULATION BASED SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURS AT NORC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 202102-10003
$1,123,0172021 Chicago Cook Workforce PartnershipWORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AND OTHER GRANT ACTIVIIES
$1,019,2602020 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionResearch to enhance the us vision and eye health surveillance system
$1,000,0002024 Robert Wood Johnson FoundationTo support NORC at the University of Chicago's expansion of its Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander probability-based survey panel to allow for greater representation of subgroups in survey research.
$963,7262022 Johns Hopkins UniversitySUB-AWARD
$906,7032023 Gates FoundationTo provide critical information to frame on-going initiatives and debates about the promise of financial supports in college, the effects of student loan debt, and the allocation of public funds.
$848,1302025 University of ChicagoSUBAWARD
$735,2142024 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.EDUCATION
$714,1992021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$697,1872022 Gates Foundationto collect student and family survey data on experiences and outcomes in K-12 math
$639,3092020 United States Health Resources & Services AdministrationSpecial projects of national significance
$600,0002025 Mother Cabrini Health FoundationGLOWS Mental Health: Addressing Social Isolation, Substance Use, and Suicide Risk Among Older Adults in Rural Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming, and Steuben (GLOWS) Counties
$600,0002025 William T. Grant FoundationBoundary Infrastructure and the Democratization of Research Use: The Case of Chicago Public Schools
$600,0002022 Walton Family FoundationTo conduct an early-stage evaluation of WFF's Catalytic Communities initiative informing both evolution of strategy as well as community support and engagement.

References

1. “About NORC.” NORC at the University of Chicago. Accessed July 15, 2022.https://www.norc.org/About/Pages/default.aspx
2. “Research Areas and Topics.” NORC at the University of Chicago. Accessed July 15, 2022.https://www.norc.org/Research/Topics/Pages/default.aspx