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 | Wayne LaPierre CEO/Executive VP |
National Rifle Association (NRA) | $ 4,645,251 | 12/31/2015 | Includes one-time deferred compensation payment from 457(f) plan of $3,767,345, made after 36 years of employment. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Robert J. Beall Past President/CEO |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $ 2,141,597 | 12/31/2015 | Includes $1 million retirement award for 21 years of service as CEO and 14 years as Executive VP. |
| 4 | Robert W. Stone President/CEO |
City of Hope & Affiliates | $ 1,765,025 | 09/30/2015 | |
| 5 | Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D. Past President/CEO |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | $ 1,551,407 | 09/30/2016 | |
| 6 | Gregory P. Bontrager Past COO |
American Cancer Society | $ 1,380,567 | 12/31/2015 | Includes $482,115 separation payment and $440,000 earned from 2010 retention agreement. |
| 7 | Wayne Brock Past Chief Scout Executive |
Boy Scouts of America (National Office) | $ 1,351,724 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 8 | Nancy Brown CEO |
American Heart Association | $ 1,343,019 | 06/30/2016 | Includes $640,000 payment from retention agreement. |
| 9 | Cristian Samper President/CEO |
Wildlife Conservation Society | $ 1,338,812 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 10 | William E. Evans Past President/CEO |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | $ 1,329,316 | 06/30/2016 | Includes $613,743 non-qualified deferred compensation payment. |
| 11 | James W. DeMint Past President |
Heritage Foundation | $ 1,184,998 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 12 | Brian Gallagher President/CEO |
United Way Worldwide | $ 1,166,454 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 13 | Harry Johns President/CEO |
Alzheimer's Association (National Office) | $ 1,119,540 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 14 | Arthur Brooks President |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $ 1,108,322 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 15 | Michael Salem, M.D. President/CEO |
National Jewish Health | $ 1,091,160 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 16 | Scott A. Blackmun 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 | $ 1,011,966 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 19 | William R. Brody, M.D. Past President |
Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $ 1,004,258 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 20 | Kelli Jo Shidler, M.D. Physician |
Boys Town | $ 977,295 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 21 | Abraham H. Foxman Past National Director |
Anti-Defamation League & Foundation | $ 951,085 | 12/31/2015 | |
| 22 | Carter Roberts President/CEO |
World Wildlife Fund | $ 941,181 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 23 | Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein President/CEO |
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | $ 891,182 | 12/31/2016 | |
| 24 | Derek Rapp President/CEO |
JDRF International | $ 872,116 | 06/30/2016 | |
| 25 | Marc H. Morial President/CEO |
National Urban League (National Office) | $ 869,900 | 12/31/2015 |