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TOP 25 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.
When information is given only on the national headquarters
and the charity does not include its affiliates in its financial
statements, “National Office” or “N.O.” appears
after the group’s name.
This table was published in the December 2011
issue of the Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report.
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 |
Organization |
Top Salary*
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| Harold Varmus, M.D., Past President/CEO |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center |
$2,557,403
|
| John
R. Seffrin, CEO |
American Cancer
Society |
$2,222,272
|
| Includes
$1.5 million in a retention benefit approved in 2001, "to
preserve management stability." |
|
Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D., President/CEO
|
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund
|
$1,252,705
|
| Robert J. Mazzuca,
Chief Scout Executive |
Boy Scouts of
America - N.O. |
$1,211,572
|
| Thomas C. Nelson, Past Ex-Officio/Past
COO |
AARP Foundation & AARP, respectively |
$1,176,614
|
| Includes a separation
payment of $682,285. The full amount of Thomas Nelson's compensation
was paid by AARP, not AARP Foundation. |
| Edwin J. Feulner,
Jr., President |
Heritage Foundation |
$1,098,612
|
| Harry Johns, President/CEO |
Alzheimer's Association - N.O. |
$1,065,524
|
| Includes $392,218
retirement and other deferred compensation. |
| Ernest Allen, President/CEO |
National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children |
$1,057,604
|
| Includes $432,542
retirement and other deferred compensation, of which $338,953
is a catch-up amount for underfunded retirement benefits in
previous years. |
| Gail McGovern, President/CEO |
American Red Cross |
$1,032,022
|
| Includes a one-time
reimbursement of $473,570 for relocation costs to work at the
national headquarters. |
| Wayne LaPierre, Executive VP/Ex-Officio |
National Rifle Association &
Foundation, respectively |
$970,588
|
| Christopher DeMuth, Past President |
American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research |
$939,059
|
| Includes $528,972
in supplemental executive retirement plan payments. |
| Steven E. Sanderson, President/CEO
|
Wildlife Conservation Society |
$927,534
|
| Michael L. Lomax, President/CEO
|
United Negro College Fund (UNCF/The
College Fund) |
$877,582
|
| Includes $686,080
in retirement funds for 5 full years of service. |
|
Joseph V. Haggerty, COO
|
United Way Worldwide |
$864,875
|
| Includes $318,578
SERP imputed income. |
|
Jonathan W. Simons, M.D., President/CEO
|
Prostate Cancer Foundation |
$850,188
|
| James E. Williams, Jr., President/CEO |
Easter Seals |
$833,000
|
| Alan J. Lewis, Past President/CEO |
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
International |
$813,732
|
| Joseph Krajbich, M.D., Orthopaedic
Surgeon |
Shriners Hospitals for Children |
$807,917
|
| Includes $401,435
retirement and other deferred compensation. |
| William E. Evans, Director/CEO |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/ALSAC |
$795,538
|
| Robert J. Beall, President/CEO |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
$760,446
|
| Rabbi Marvin Hier, President/CEO |
Simon Wiesenthal Center |
$759,026
|
| Howard Rieger, President/CEO |
Jewish Federations of North America |
$707,454
|
| Shulamith Bahat, Past Associate
Executive Director |
American Jewish Committee |
$706,563
|
| Includes $530,798
deferred compensation and retirement payments in respect to
50 weeks salary and accrued vacation. |
|
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, President
|
International Fellowship of Christians
& Jews |
$702,417
|
| Abraham H. Foxman, National Director |
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith |
$689,398
|
* Includes “Compensation,” “Contributions to
employee benefit plans,” “Expense accounts and other allowances,”
and deferred compensation earned in reporting year, as reported
to the IRS. Compensation of medical professionals may include fees
for patient care in addition to salary.
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