AARP CEO salary and executive pay
AARP paid its CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins, $2,871,820 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $370,059 (14.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $10,969,160,920, up 529.7% from $1,741,888,321 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. AARP ranks 12th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. AARP has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1985500, Washington, DC.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,871,820
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Dr Myechia Minter-Jordan (CEO (as of 11/11/2024)), $413,824.
- Total revenue
- $10,969,160,920
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 15%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503159349305695.View the filing
Peers: the 52 other organizations on this site with revenue over $5 billion. Ranked 45th of 53 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.03% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is AARP, the membership organization, which pays the CEO. AARP Foundation files its own return, and AARP Services is a taxable company with no Form 990.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 17 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jo Ann Jenkins CEO CEO (until 11/8/2024) | $2,871,820 |
| Scott M FrischEVP & COO | $1,099,565 |
| Nancy A LeaMondEVP - Advocacy & Engagemen | $928,355 |
| Martha BoudreauEVP & Chief Comm & Mktg (until 11/29/2024) | $836,924 |
| Kevin DonnellanEVP & Chief of Staff | $694,621 |
Also paid on the latest return: David C Morales (EVP & General Counsel), $663,071; Debra B Whitman (EVP & Public Policy Officer), $652,419; Nancy M Smith (EVP & Corporate Secretary), $616,137; Kevin Belli (SVP - Financial Planning & Analysis), $610,555; Edna Kane-Williams (EVP & Chief Diversity Officer), $605,607; Sami Hassanyeh (Interim EVP & Chief Comm & Mktg Off (as of 11/29)), $594,199; Kristin Dillon (SVP - States & Community Engage), $581,266; Myrna Blyth (SVP & Editorial Director), $562,220; William J Sweeney (SVP Government Affairs), $556,573; Doris Dickens Gilliam (Associate General Counsel), $554,999; John Francis Hishta (SVP Campaigns), $548,777; Karen L Mercer (SVP & AARP Treasurer), $532,283; Dr Myechia Minter-Jordan (CEO (as of 11/11/2024)), $413,824; Lloyd Johnson (Board Chair), $7,971; Rosanna A Marquez (Director), $913.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Margot James Copeland (First Vice Chair), Robert Blancato (Second Vice Chair), Joseph F Coughlin (Director), Jeffrey D Dunn (Director), Elizabeth Ellard (Director), Alan Murray (Director), Julio A Portalatin (Director - until 6/13/2024), Marie Quintero-Johnson (Director), Libby Sartain (Director), David Windley (Director).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Jo Ann Jenkins CEO CEO (until 11/8/2024) | $2,871,820 | $10,969,160,920 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Jo Ann Jenkins CEO Chief Executive Officer | $2,501,761 | $1,741,888,321 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Jo Ann Jenkins CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,589,234 | $1,812,434,007 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503159349305695.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jo Ann JenkinsCEO (until 11/8/2024) | $2,746,855 | $124,965 | $1,099,345 | $1,602,689 | $44,821 | $107,524 | $17,441 | $2,871,820 |
| Scott M FrischEVP & COO | $1,024,073 | $75,492 | $613,994 | $407,757 | $2,322 | $47,024 | $28,468 | $1,099,565 |
| Nancy A LeaMondEVP - Advocacy & Engagemen | $879,502 | $48,853 | $611,619 | $256,759 | $11,124 | $47,024 | $1,829 | $928,355 |
| Martha BoudreauEVP & Chief Comm & Mktg (until 11/29/2024) | $771,916 | $65,008 | $532,495 | $232,537 | $6,884 | $47,024 | $17,984 | $836,924 |
| Kevin DonnellanEVP & Chief of Staff | $630,155 | $64,466 | $461,758 | $161,539 | $6,858 | $47,024 | $17,442 | $694,621 |
These figures come from AARP's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How AARP compares
Ranked 12th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 11th, NCAA, $3,439,897
- Next in this ranking: 13th, Shriners Hospitals for Children, $2,387,804
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Battelle Memorial Institute$5,978,396 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Feeding America$1,214,028 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals$12,976,050 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Jo Ann Jenkins (CEO (until 11/8/2024)) was paid $2,871,820 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,746,855 from AARP and $124,965 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,871,820.
This is AARP, the membership organization, which pays the CEO. AARP Foundation files its own return, and AARP Services is a taxable company with no Form 990.
AARP paid its CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins, $2,871,820 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $370,059 (14.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Jo Ann Jenkins, paid $1,589,234. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,589,234 (Jo Ann Jenkins); December 2023, $2,501,761; December 2024, $2,871,820.
AARP's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,773,489,042 and total revenue of $10,969,160,920 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $9,195,671,878. Expenses were $1,726,170,779 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 2.7%. The CEO's pay of $2,871,820 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns AARP filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 11, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.