Nonprofit Compensation Packages of $1 Million or More

1 Name: Selwyn Vickers, M.D. Title: President/CEO Charity: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Compensation: $6,979,162 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

Note: Includes $3,475,000 bonus & incentive compensation.

2 Name: Robert W. Stone Title: President/CEO Charity: City of Hope & Affiliates Compensation: $5,460,799 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

Note: Includes $2,198,672 bonus & incentive compensation and $1,627,785 retirement and other deferred compensation.

3 Name: Nancy Brown Title: CEO Charity: American Heart Association Compensation: $4,563,563 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

Note: Includes $3,247,122 bonus & incentive compensation.

4 Name: John McCabe Title: Executive VP Charity: Shriners Hospitals for Children Compensation: $4,000,753 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

Note: Includes $2,911,877 supplemental executive retirement plan payout.

5 Name: Jeffrey Drebin, M.D. Title: Chairman Attending Charity: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Compensation: $2,908,680 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

6 Name: Babak Mehrara, M.D. Title: Chief Attending Charity: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Compensation: $2,692,766 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

7 Name: Michael S. Salem, M.D. Title: President/CEO Charity: National Jewish Health Compensation: $2,610,232 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

Note: Includes $1,000,000 bonus & incentive compensation.

8 Name: Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D. Title: President/CEO Charity: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Compensation: $2,459,825 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

9 Name: Annette M. Walker Title: President, COH OC Cancer Center Charity: City of Hope & Affiliates Compensation: $2,313,135 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

Note: Includes $1,117,453 bonus & incentive compensation.

10 Name: James L. Clark Title: President/CEO Charity: Boys & Girls Clubs of America (National Office) Compensation: $2,298,670 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

Note: Includes $1,045,796 supplemental executive retirement plan payout.

11 Name: Harlan Alcon Levine, M.D. Title: President, Health Innovation & Policy Charity: City of Hope & Affiliates Compensation: $2,158,254 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

12 Name: Karen E. Knudsen Title: Past CEO Charity: American Cancer Society Compensation: $2,134,841 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

Note: Includes $1,028,608 bonus & incentive compensation.

13 Name: John C. Mahler Jr., M.D. Title: Chief Investment Officer Charity: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Compensation: $1,942,627 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

Note: Includes $1,091,398 bonus & incentive compensation.

14 Name: James R. Downing, M.D. Title: President/CEO Charity: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Compensation: $1,837,190 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

15 Name: Kelli Jo Shidler, M.D. Title: Physician Charity: Boys Town Compensation: $1,656,247 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

16 Name: Deborah W. Brooks Title: Co-Founder/CEO Charity: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Compensation: $1,524,299 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

17 Name: Richard C. Shadyac, Jr. Title: Ex-Officio Director Charity: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Compensation: $1,421,785 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

18 Name: Earl A. Lee Title: Managing Director, Investments Charity: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Compensation: $1,420,187 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

19 Name: Andrew Lewis Title: Managing Director, Investments Charity: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Compensation: $1,401,714 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

20 Name: William Hahn, M.D. Title: COO/Executive VP Charity: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Compensation: $1,349,728 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

21 Name: Marc H. Morial Title: President/CEO Charity: National Urban League (National Office) Compensation: $1,340,638 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

22 Name: Kael Reicin Title: Chief Financial & Strategy Officer Charity: American Cancer Society Compensation: $1,322,641 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

23 Name: Gail McGovern Title: President/CEO Charity: American Red Cross Compensation: $1,313,605 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

24 Name: Leslie Upton Title: COO Charity: American Heart Association Compensation: $1,307,550 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

25 Name: Fred Krupp Title: President & EDF Action Executive Director Charity: Environmental Defense Fund Compensation: $1,302,005 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

26 Name: Sarah C. Hirshland Title: CEO Charity: United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Compensation: $1,291,598 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

27 Name: Carter Roberts Title: President/CEO Charity: World Wildlife Fund Compensation: $1,290,569 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

28 Name: Jonathan Greenblatt Title: CEO/National Director Charity: Anti-Defamation League & Foundation Compensation: $1,283,886 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

29 Name: Larry D. Cannon Title: CAO Charity: American Heart Association Compensation: $1,270,798 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

30 Name: Todd Sherer Title: Chief Mission Officer Charity: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Compensation: $1,263,822 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

31 Name: Sheldon Rabinowitz Title: Interim CFO Charity: Simon Wiesenthal Center Compensation: $1,259,875 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

32 Name: Elizabeth Liebow Title: Former Key Employee Charity: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Compensation: $1,257,451 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

33 Name: David Miliband Title: President/CEO Charity: International Rescue Committee Compensation: $1,246,992 Fiscal Year: 09/30/2024

34 Name: Michael Dyer Title: Chair Charity: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Compensation: $1,237,373 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

35 Name: Matt Bershadker Title: President/CEO Charity: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Compensation: $1,226,402 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

36 Name: Claire Babineaux-Fontenot Title: CEO Charity: Feeding America Compensation: $1,214,028 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

37 Name: Joanne Pike Title: President/CEO Charity: Alzheimer's Association Compensation: $1,174,136 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

38 Name: Wayne R. LaPierre Title: Past Executive VP & NRA Foundation Ex-Officio Charity: National Rifle Association (NRA) Compensation: $1,151,233 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

Note: Wayne LaPierre announced his resignation as chief executive of the NRA, effective January 31, 2024.

39 Name: Anthony D. Romero Title: Executive Director/CEO Charity: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Compensation: $1,128,202 Fiscal Year: 03/31/2025

40 Name: Robert Doar Title: President Charity: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Compensation: $1,123,965 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2024

41 Name: Purnendu Gupta, M.D. Title: Chief of Staff Charity: Shriners Hospitals for Children Compensation: $1,112,104 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

42 Name: Sanjayan Muttulingam Title: CEO Charity: Conservation International Foundation Compensation: $1,104,239 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

43 Name: Frances Farley, M.D. Title: Chief Medical Officer Charity: Shriners Hospitals for Children Compensation: $1,100,065 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

44 Name: Thomas J. Fitton Title: President Charity: Judicial Watch Compensation: $1,076,883 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

45 Name: William L. Dahut Title: Chief Scientific Officer Charity: American Cancer Society Compensation: $1,073,456 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

46 Name: Mark Puccioni, M.D. Title: Physician Charity: Boys Town Compensation: $1,054,657 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

47 Name: Aaron Kowalski Title: CEO Charity: Breakthrough T1D Compensation: $1,048,752 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

48 Name: Charles D. Henderson Title: CEO Charity: American Diabetes Association Compensation: $1,035,530 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

49 Name: Donna McCullough Title: COO Charity: Alzheimer's Association Compensation: $1,027,741 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

50 Name: Maria Carrillo Title: Chief Science Officer Charity: Alzheimer's Association Compensation: $1,020,548 Fiscal Year: 06/30/2025

51 Name: Sohini Chowdhury Title: Chief Program Officer Charity: Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Compensation: $1,008,076 Fiscal Year: 12/31/2024

CharityWatch's "A+" to "F" letter grade ratings and financial efficiency ratios take into account how a nonprofit's employee salaries and other compensation are allocated among program, management & general, and fundraising functions.

Nonprofits generally allocate compensation based on how each member of staff spends their time. For example, the salary of a doctor who spends 100% of their time on a charity's program activities, such as providing direct medical care, would generally be allocated 100% to program. A fundraising or development executive's salary would be allocated 100% to fundraising. An executive director or president of a charity might spent 40% of their time on program activities, 25% of their time managing their nonprofit, and 35% on fundraising, and this person's compensation would be allocated among program, management & general, and fundraising expenses commensurately.

Due to differences in the way compensation is allocated by charities in their IRS Form(s) 990 and audited financial statements, high salaries do not necessarily indicate inefficiencies just as low salaries are not always beneficial. Rather than perceiving a particular nonprofit executive's compensation as too high or too low based on its nominal value, appropriate salaries are better determined by considering factors such as special skills needed for the position, relevant education and experience, and the complexity of a charity's operations. CharityWatch encourages donors to view each nonprofit's letter grade rating to better understand how efficiently it is operating overall prior to making a giving decision.