Acts Retirement-Life Communities CEO salary and executive pay
Acts Retirement-Life Communities paid its CEO, Gerald T Grant, $1,795,839 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $107,201 (6.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $619,296,438, up 7.3% from $577,247,326 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Acts Retirement-Life Communities ranks 5th of 11 senior living nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. All of Gerald T Grant's reportable pay, $873,088, came from related organizations (column E). Acts Retirement-Life Communities has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1900132, Fort Washington, PA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,795,839
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Kent McRae (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 10/24)), $428,298; Joya Marotta (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $244,967; Brian Levesque (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $240,551; Catherine Leclerc (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $229,668.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,730,350Jefferson KaighnEXEC VP, CAO (THRU 11/24)
- Total revenue
- $619,296,438
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 85%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523189349306612.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 50th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.29% 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
On the latest return, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jefferson KaighnEXEC VP, CAO (THRU 11/24) | $2,730,350 |
| Gerald T Grant CEO CEO & DIRECTOR | $1,795,839 |
| Glenn D FoxEXEC VP, GENERAL COUNSEL, ASST. SEC'Y | $993,306 |
| Karen I ChristiansenPRESIDENT, ASST TREASURER, DIRECTOR | $914,642 |
| Jonathan D GrantEXEC VP, COO | $602,961 |
Also paid on the latest return: James H Petty (EVP, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $549,622; Kent McRae (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 10/24)), $428,298; Paul M Reinbold (VP, CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR), $427,558; Holly S Schade (SVP, CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $421,941; Craig Thompson (SVP, CHIEF PROPERTY & SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER), $421,076; Lori M Woodward (SVP, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER), $415,550; Jeremy O Neely (SVP, COMMUNITY OPERATIONS OFFICER), $412,542; Susan Ahern (SVP, CFO, TREASURER (AADC)), $401,672; Peter J Kress (SVP, CIO), $393,907; Deirdre Groenen (SVP, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $369,151; Teruko A White (VP OF OPERATIONS, NORTHEAST), $362,987; Brian Rutter (SVP, CHIEF COMM. & BRAND OFFICER), $356,967; Stephen V Eggles (VP OF OPERATIONS, MID-SOUTH), $352,639; George R Bryan (VP OF OPERATIONS, SOUTHEAST), $347,845; Megan Longley (VP SALES), $345,476; and 16 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: John L Esterhai Jr MD (DIRECTOR & CHAIRMAN), Michael D Kelly (DIRECTOR & VICE CHAIRMAN), Elric C Gerner (DIRECTOR & SECRETARY), Marvin Mashner (DIRECTOR & TREASURER), Susan B Allmond (DIRECTOR), Kathryn L Brod (DIRECTOR), Warren E Callaway (DIRECTOR), H Bruce Detweiler (DIRECTOR), Robert B Evans (DIRECTOR), Jill Gilbert (DIRECTOR (THRU 8/30/24)), James T Glynn (DIRECTOR), Jason J Greer (DIRECTOR), John E Lammers MD (DIRECTOR), Daniel W Lawson II (DIRECTOR), Daniel R Middlebrooks (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
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 202523189349306612.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jefferson KaighnEXEC VP, CAO (THRU 11/24) | $0 | $2,703,748 | $26,602 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $399,618 | $179,621 | $2,124,509 | $13,800 | $12,802 | $2,730,350 | |||
| Gerald T GrantCEO & DIRECTOR | $0 | $873,088 | $922,751 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $649,885 | $223,203 | $0 | $906,605 | $16,146 | $1,795,839 | |||
| Glenn D FoxEXEC VP, GENERAL COUNSEL, ASST. SEC'Y | $0 | $499,910 | $493,396 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $393,206 | $106,704 | $0 | $477,250 | $16,146 | $993,306 | |||
| Karen I ChristiansenPRESIDENT, ASST TREASURER, DIRECTOR | $0 | $637,993 | $276,649 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $477,469 | $160,524 | $0 | $256,560 | $20,089 | $914,642 | |||
| Jonathan D GrantEXEC VP, COO | $0 | $458,040 | $144,921 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $358,668 | $99,372 | $0 | $124,832 | $20,089 | $602,961 | |||
These figures come from Acts Retirement-Life Communities' 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 Acts Retirement-Life Communities compares
Ranked 5th of 11 senior living nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 4th, Chapters Health, $2,257,453
- Next in this ranking: 6th, VillageCare, $1,687,268
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
San Ysidro Health$1,431,424 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Noblis$2,126,732 (CEO), fiscal year ending Oct 2025
Big 12 Conference$3,598,823 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Harmony Public Schools$280,759 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
New York Blood Center$2,678,053 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Common questions
Gerald T Grant (CEO & DIRECTOR) was paid $1,795,839 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $0 from Acts Retirement-Life Communities, $873,088 from related organizations and $922,751 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Jefferson Kaighn (EXEC VP, CAO (THRU 11/24)), at $2,730,350. That is $934,511 more than the CEO, Gerald T Grant.
Acts Retirement-Life Communities paid its CEO, Gerald T Grant, $1,795,839 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $107,201 (6.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Gerald T Grant, paid $1,360,520. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,360,520 (Gerald T Grant); December 2023, $1,688,638; December 2024, $1,795,839.
Acts Retirement-Life Communities' return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $609,641,314 and total revenue of $619,296,438 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $9,655,124. Expenses were $565,144,480 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 7.9%. The CEO's pay of $1,795,839 equals 0.29% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Acts Retirement-Life Communities filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.