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 | Craig B. Thompson, M.D. President/CEO |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $ 6,700,703 | 12/31/2016 | Includes $3,740,063 bonus & incentive compensation, and $1,213,562 retirement and other deferred compensation. |
| 2 | Robert W. Stone President/CEO |
City of Hope & Affiliates | $ 2,281,832 | 09/30/2016 | Includes $1,064,773 bonus & incentive compensation. |
| 3 | Nancy Brown CEO |
American Heart Association | $ 1,850,348 | 06/30/2017 | Includes $936,738 bonus & incentive compensation. |
| 4 | Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D. Past President/CEO |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | $ 1,551,407 | 09/30/2016 | |
| 5 | Wayne LaPierre CEO/Executive VP |
National Rifle Association (NRA) | $ 1,422,339 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 6 | Gregory P. Bontrager Past COO |
American Cancer Society | $ 1,334,995 | 12/31/2016 | Includes $670,129 supplemental employee retirement benefits and $664,866 deferred qualified retirement benefits. |
| 7 | Cristian Samper President/CEO |
Wildlife Conservation Society | $ 1,320,978 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 8 | Thomas E. Merchant Chair |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | $ 1,249,628 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 9 | James E. Williams, Jr. Past President |
Easterseals (National Office) | $ 1,238,076 | 12/31/2016 | Includes $650,000 in supplemental executive retirement plan payments and deferred compensation accumulated over 24 years as President/CEO of Easter Seals, Inc., from June 1990 to December 31, 2014; and $99,996 for consulting services pursuant to an independent contractor contract with Easter Seals, Inc. |
| 10 | Michael Salem, M.D. President/CEO |
National Jewish Health | $ 1,214,673 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 11 | Paul Caskey Chief Of Staff |
Shriners Hospitals for Children | $ 1,196,800 | 12/31/2016 | Includes $735,302 retirement and other deferred compensation. |
| 12 | Brian Gallagher President/CEO |
United Way Worldwide | $ 1,188,073 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 13 | James W. DeMint Past President |
Heritage Foundation | $ 1,184,998 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 14 | Arthur Brooks President |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $ 1,110,482 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 15 | Harry Johns President/CEO |
Alzheimer's Association (National Office) | $ 1,109,458 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 16 | Scott A. Blackmun Past CEO |
United States Olympic Committee | $ 1,075,604 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 17 | Jonathan W. Simons, M.D. President/CEO |
Prostate Cancer Foundation | $ 1,047,967 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 18 | Kevin Rudd President, Asia Society Policy Institute |
Asia Society | $ 1,038,572 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 19 | Preston Campbell, M.D. President/CEO |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $ 957,145 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 20 | Carter Roberts President/CEO |
World Wildlife Fund | $ 953,130 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 21 | Elizabeth Blackburn President |
Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $ 938,686 | 06/30/2017 | |
| 22 | Kelli Jo Shidler. M.D. Physician |
Boys Town | $ 932,033 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 23 | Meir Klifi-Amir National Director/CEO |
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $ 918,677 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 24 | Marc H. Morial President/CEO |
National Urban League (National Office) | $ 900,187 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 25 | Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein President/CEO |
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | $ 891,182 | 12/31/2016 |