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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Klein Senior VP/Chief Investment Officer |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $ 3,637,391 | 12/31/2015 | Includes $1,846,113 retirement and deferred compensation. |
| 2 | Robert W. Stone President/CEO |
City of Hope | $ 1,765,025 | 09/30/2015 | |
| 3 | Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D. President/CEO |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | $ 1,539,789 | 09/30/2015 | |
| 4 | Nancy Brown CEO |
American Heart Association | $ 1,443,427 | 06/30/2015 | |
| 5 | John R. Seffrin Past CEO |
American Cancer Society | $ 1,404,269 | 12/31/2014 | |
| 6 | Wayne Brock Past Chief Scout Executive |
Boy Scouts of America (National Office) | $ 1,351,724 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Cristian Samper President/CEO |
Wildlife Conservation Society | $ 1,190,755 | 06/30/2015 | |
| 9 | Jonathan W. Simons, M.D. President/CEO |
Prostate Cancer Foundation | $ 1,182,091 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 10 | Brian Gallagher President/CEO |
United Way Worldwide | $ 1,166,454 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 11 | James W. DeMint President |
Heritage Foundation | $ 1,132,367 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 12 | Robert J. Beall Past President/CEO |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $ 1,100,581 | 12/31/2014 | |
| 13 | Arthur Brooks President |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $ 1,075,493 | 06/30/2015 | |
| 14 | Harry Johns President/CEO |
Alzheimer's Association (National Office) | $ 1,062,149 | 06/30/2015 | |
| 15 | James R. Downing President/CEO |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | $ 1,042,217 | 06/30/2015 | |
| 16 | Wayne LaPierre CEO/Executive VP |
National Rifle Association | $ 985,885 | 12/31/2014 | |
| 17 | Kelli Jo Shidler, M.D. Physician |
Boys Town | $ 977,295 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 18 | Scott A. Blackmun CEO |
United States Olympic Committee | $ 976,520 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 19 | Abraham H. Foxman Past National Director |
Anti-Defamation League & Foundation | $ 951,085 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 20 | Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein President/CEO |
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | $ 918,987 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 21 | William R. Brody, M.D. Past President |
Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $ 906,710 | 06/30/2015 | |
| 22 | Carter Roberts President/CEO |
World Wildlife Fund | $ 878,142 | 06/30/2015 | |
| 23 | Marc H. Morial President/CEO |
National Urban League (National Office) | $ 869,900 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 24 | Ron Robinson President |
Young America's Foundation | $ 867,389 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 25 | Kevin Washington President/CEO |
The Y (National Office) | $ 864,695 | 12/31/2015 | Includes $213,623 relocation assistance. |