Action for Boston Community Development CEO salary and executive pay
Action for Boston Community Development paid its CEO, Sharon Scott-Chandler, $403,788 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $21,706 (5.7%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Total revenue on that return was $446,082,448, up 18.1% from $377,827,246 for the fiscal year ending August 2024. Action for Boston Community Development ranks 15th of 17 human services nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Action for Boston Community Development has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2304133, Boston, MA.
CEO, fiscal year ending August 2025
$403,788
- Total revenue
- $446,082,448
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 4%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202631969349302438.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 199th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
No one on the latest return was paid more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Sharon Scott-Chandler CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $403,788 |
| Anne Corbin-FennellCOO | $287,128 |
| John WellsVP REAL ESTATE & ENERGY SERVICES | $262,453 |
| Shayla NazaireCFO | $247,563 |
| Jennifer WilliamsASSISTANT CLERK & GENERAL COUNSEL | $228,962 |
Also paid on the latest return: Flossy Calderon (VP HEAD START & CHILDREN SERVICES), $228,369; Lee Phenner (DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS), $204,798; Christina Seiber (VP INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT & STRATEGIC PLANNING), $187,931; James Collins IV (DIRECTOR OF CEI), $185,842.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Candice Caines-Francis (CHAIR (AS OF 6/25/25)), James Owens Jr (VICE CHAIR), Joyce Dennis (VICE CHAIR (AS OF 6/25/25)), Julia Hardy Cofield (CLERK), Marie Greig (VICE CHAIR), Patricia Washington (TREASURER), Sean K Daughtry (CHAIR (THRU 6/25/25), VICE CHAR (AS OF 6/25/25)), Yvonne L Jones (VICE CHAIR (AS OF 6/25/25)), Alejandro Camarena (DIRECTOR), Aneesh Sahni (DIRECTOR (THRU 7/15/25)), Angela Williams-Mitchell (DIRECTOR), Caitlin Callahan (DIRECTOR (THRU 1/7/25)), Calvin Conyers (DIRECTOR (AS OF 3/9/25)), Carlos Galvez (DIRECTOR (AS OF 4/7/25)), Carmen Rondash (DIRECTOR), Cokiena Fuller (DIRECTOR), Connie Forbes (DIRECTOR), Dareline Jackson Gillenwater (DIRECTOR), Dianna Bronchuk (DIRECTOR), Eileen Dern (DIRECTOR), Erga Pierrette (DIRECTOR (AS OF 1/3/25)), George Montgomery (DIRECTOR (THRU 11/6/24)), Griselda Polanco (DIRECTOR), Jamie Brenner Gutner (DIRECTOR (AS OF 1/20/25)), John P McGahan (DIRECTOR (THRU 6/25/25)), and 24 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Sharon Scott-Chandler CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $403,788 | $446,082,448 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | Sharon Scott-Chandler CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $382,082 | $377,827,246 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | Sharon Scott-Chandler CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $320,298 | $284,409,162 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | John Drew CEO PRESIDENT / CEO THRU 6/30/22 | $341,748 | $227,873,630 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202631969349302438.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Sharon Scott-ChandlerPRESIDENT/CEO | $331,148 | $72,640 | $330,140 | $0 | $1,008 | $34,659 | $37,981 | $403,788 |
| Anne Corbin-FennellCOO | $227,200 | $59,928 | $227,200 | $0 | $0 | $23,518 | $36,410 | $287,128 |
| John WellsVP REAL ESTATE & ENERGY SERVICES | $223,758 | $38,695 | $221,642 | $0 | $2,116 | $9,588 | $29,107 | $262,453 |
| Shayla NazaireCFO | $188,642 | $58,921 | $188,544 | $0 | $98 | $20,283 | $38,638 | $247,563 |
| Jennifer WilliamsASSISTANT CLERK & GENERAL COUNSEL | $177,149 | $51,813 | $177,149 | $0 | $0 | $18,566 | $33,247 | $228,962 |
These figures come from Action for Boston Community Development'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 Action for Boston Community Development compares
Ranked 15th of 17 human services nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 14th, Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin, $414,221
- Next in this ranking: 16th, Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, $292,348
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Road Scholar$1,386,517 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Aspen Institute$911,570 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Environmental Defense Fund$1,233,884 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025- Renaissance Charter School$188,637 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
- OneBlood$1,772,301 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Sharon Scott-Chandler (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $403,788 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $331,148 from Action for Boston Community Development and $72,640 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Sharon Scott-Chandler, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $403,788.
Action for Boston Community Development paid its CEO, Sharon Scott-Chandler, $403,788 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $21,706 (5.7%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the CEO was John Drew, paid $341,748. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $341,748 (John Drew); August 2023, $320,298 (Sharon Scott-Chandler); August 2024, $382,082; August 2025, $403,788.
Action for Boston Community Development's return for the fiscal year ending August 2025 reports total expenses of $409,955,795 and total revenue of $446,082,448 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $36,126,653. Expenses were $370,353,251 for the fiscal year ending August 2024, so they rose 10.7%. The CEO's pay of $403,788 equals 0.10% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Action for Boston Community Development filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.