Executive pay at US nonprofits, from their IRS filings
See what the CEOs and top staff of 286 major US nonprofits were paid, with each figure linked to the Form 990 it comes from.
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Top 10 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 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)$9,715,356Year ending Dec 2024Filing - 4
Cleveland ClinicCEOMIHALJEVIC MD TOMISLAV, 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
OhioHealthCEOMarkovich Stephen E 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 ClinicCEOFARRUGIA MD GIANRICO, 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.
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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 usually appear in IRS data 12 to 18 months after the year ends, so the latest year here is 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). If none is listed, we show the highest-paid person and say so. Totals and percentages labeled as calculated are our arithmetic on figures from one filing.
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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 usually shows up in public data 12 to 18 months after the year ends.
Not yet. The organizations here are national nonprofits. Local affiliates are separate nonprofits that file their own returns and pay their own CEOs.
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.