Executive pay at US nonprofits, from their IRS filings
See what the CEOs and top staff of 657 major US nonprofits were paid, with each figure linked to the Form 990 it comes from.
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Top 10 major nonprofits by CEO pay
Each figure is the CEO's total pay on the organization's latest full-year return. Where no one has a CEO title, it's the highest-paid person instead. The top figure among major nonprofits is $12,976,050.
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Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan)CEOGregory Adams, Chairman & CEO (see note 1)$12,976,050Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 2
Sutter HealthCEOWarner Thomas, PRESIDENT & CEO, SH$11,904,420Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 3
Intermountain Health (IHC Health Services)Robert W Allen, FORMER OFFICER (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return) (see note 2)$9,715,356Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 4
Cleveland ClinicCEOTomislav Mihaljevic MD, DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO$9,709,152Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 5
Blue Cross Blue Shield AssociationCEOKim Keck, PRESIDENT AND CEO$8,414,231Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 6
U.S. Chamber of CommerceCEOSuzanne Clark, President & CEO/Director$8,391,682Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 7
OhioHealthCEOStephen E Markovich MD, CEO/President/Board - OhioHlth$6,546,210Year ending Jun 2025Filing - 8
Indiana University HealthCEODennis M Murphy, DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO$5,720,461Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 9
Mayo ClinicCEOGianrico Farrugia MD, DIRECTOR/CEO/PRESIDENT$4,888,096Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 10
American Heart AssociationCEONancy Brown, CEO$4,563,563Year ending Jun 2025Filing
Totals are Part VII columns D, E and F added together. Each organization's page shows the three amounts separately.
- 1.Kaiser Foundation Hospitals reports the same executives and is listed on its own page.
- 2.SCL Health, now part of Intermountain, lists Intermountain executives with the same pay on its own return and is listed on its own page.
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Where the numbers come from
Every figure is sourced from the organization's own IRS Form 990 and links to it, so you can check it yourself. We don't estimate, round or combine figures across years.
- What “total” means
- Part VII columns D, E and F added together: reportable pay from the organization, reportable pay from related organizations, and estimated other compensation. We add them up; each organization's page shows the three amounts separately.
- Which return
- The most recent return that covers a full year. Short-year returns, filed when an organization changes its fiscal year, cover only a few months and are not used as the latest year. Where a return was amended, the amended version is used.
- Timing
- Returns are due up to 10½ months after the fiscal year ends and appear in IRS data anywhere from about 4 to 18 months after the year ends, so the latest year here is often a year or more old.
- Who counts as CEO
- The person whose filed title names them chief executive (CEO, chief executive officer or executive director), or, where no one has one of those titles, a plain "President" or head of school. At a university it is the president or chancellor. If no one has any of these titles, we show the highest-paid person and say so. Totals and percentages labeled as calculated are our arithmetic on figures from one filing.
The full rules are on the methodology page. To report an error or ask for a review, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
Common questions
From each organization's own IRS Form 990. Part VII lists pay for officers, directors, key employees and the highest-paid staff, and Schedule J breaks it down for anyone paid more than $150,000. Every figure on this site gives its fiscal year and links to the return.
Returns are due up to 10½ months after the fiscal year ends, and then the IRS has to publish them. A year's pay shows up in public data anywhere from about 4 to 18 months after the year ends.
Some. Local affiliates are separate nonprofits that file their own returns and pay their own CEOs, so a large one gets its own page. Goodwill Central Texas, Goodwill of North Georgia and the YMCA of Greater New York are here so far. Search for yours above.
The IRS classes the Salvation Army as a church, so it doesn't file a Form 990 and there's no pay figure to show. Our Salvation Army page explains what the public record does include.