Top Compensation Packages
The salary information below was calculated by adding the IRS Form 990 categories of “Compensation,” “Contributions to employee benefit plans,” and “Expense accounts and other allowances.” Not included are any benefits received but not reported in the charity’s IRS Form 990. Information is based on the most current IRS Form 990 available.
When information is given only on the national headquarters and the charity does not include its affiliates in its financial statements, “National Office” appears after the group’s name.
NOTE:
CharityWatch grades are not based on the salary ranges reported in the IRS Form 990. DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY SALARIES MIGHT BE ALLOCATED, HIGH SALARIES DO NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE INEFFICIENCIES JUST AS LOW SALARIES ARE NOT ALWAYS A PLUS.
NAME & TITLE | CHARITY | COMPENSATION | FISCAL YEAR | NOTES | |
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1 | Craig B. Thompson, M.D. President/CEO |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $ 2,925,426 | 12/31/2014 | |
2 | Michael Friedman, M.D. Past CEO |
City of Hope | $ 1,646,002 | 09/30/2014 | |
3 | Paul Caskey, M.D. Chief of Staff |
Shriners Hospitals for Children | $ 1,499,735 | 12/31/2014 | Includes $1,012,020 retirement and other deferred compensation. |
4 | Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D. President/CEO |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | $ 1,495,477 | 09/30/2014 | |
5 | David Harris Executive Director |
American Jewish Committee | $ 1,454,958 | 12/31/2014 | Includes one-time payment of $538,144 vacation accrual accumulated over many years. |
6 | Nancy Brown CEO |
American Heart Association | $ 1,443,427 | 06/30/2015 | |
7 | John R. Seffrin CEO |
American Cancer Society | $ 1,404,269 | 12/31/2014 | |
8 | Yitzhak Gershon Past National Director/CEO |
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $ 1,282,949 | 12/31/2014 | Includes $631,251 bonus and incentive compensation. |
9 | Rupert W. Scofield President/CEO |
FINCA International | $ 1,281,285 | 12/31/2014 | Includes $339,574 one-time vested retirement benefits and $493,615 tax gross-up to cover related taxes. |
10 | Christian Samper President/CEO |
Wildlife Conservation Society | $ 1,190,755 | 06/30/2015 | |
11 | Jonathan W. Simons, M.D. President/CEO |
Prostate Cancer Foundation | $ 1,182,091 | 12/31/2015 | |
12 | Brian Gallagher President/CEO |
United Way Worldwide | $ 1,171,998 | 12/31/2014 | |
13 | James W. DeMint President |
Heritage Foundation | $ 1,132,367 | 12/31/2015 | |
14 | Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein President/CEO |
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | $ 1,129,242 | 12/31/2014 | Includes unvested deferred retirement contribution of $487,187. |
15 | Larry Hausner Past CEO |
American Diabetes Association | $ 1,125,689 | 12/31/2014 | Includes $210,833 severance. |
16 | Robert J. Beall President/CEO |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $ 1,100,581 | 12/31/2014 | |
17 | Arthur Brooks President |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $ 1,075,493 | 06/30/2015 | |
18 | Harry Johns President/CEO |
Alzheimer's Association (National Office) | $ 1,062,149 | 06/30/2015 | |
19 | James R. Downing President/CEO |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | $ 1,042,217 | 06/30/2015 | |
20 | William R. Brody, M.D. President |
Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $ 994,474 | 06/30/2014 | |
21 | Wayne LaPierre CEO/Executive VP |
National Rifle Association | $ 985,885 | 12/31/2014 | |
22 | Robert A. Tuggle Past CFO |
Boy Scouts of America (National Office) | $ 978,069 | 12/31/2014 | Includes $282,005 retirement benefits restoration plan. |
23 | Scott A. Blackmun CEO |
United States Olympic Committee | $ 976,520 | 12/31/2015 | |
24 | Carter Roberts President/CEO |
World Wildlife Fund | $ 878,142 | 06/30/2015 | |
25 | Kevin Washington President/CEO |
The Y (National Office) | $ 864,695 | 12/31/2015 | Includes $213,623 relocation assistance. |