ALSAC (St. Jude fundraising) CEO salary and executive pay
ALSAC paid its CEO, Richard C Shadyac Jr, $1,564,611 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $102,824 (7.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $3,292,450,744, up 13.7% from $2,895,589,947 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. ALSAC ranks 20th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. ALSAC has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities.
See also: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which files its own return; James Downing, the hospital's president and CEO, is listed on both.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 35-1044585, Memphis, TN.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,564,611
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Ikshit Anand (INTERIM CEO (BEG 3/25) (COO THRU 3/25, filed with the name)), $817,232.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,713,883James R DowningEX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR
- Total revenue
- $3,292,450,744
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 6%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621339349308397.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 308th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.05% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
ALSAC is the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The hospital files its own return, with its own president and CEO. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025, ALSAC typed an earlier title into the name field for its interim CEO ("IKSHIT ANAND - COO THRU 325"); the name is shown here without it, and the typed title is added to the filed title.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 11 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James R DowningEX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR | $1,713,883 |
| Richard C Shadyac Jr CEO CEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR (THRU 3/25) | $1,564,611 |
| Anurag PanditCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $931,333 |
| Ikshit AnandINTERIM CEO (BEG 3/25) (COO THRU 3/25, filed with the name) | $817,232 |
| Sara HallCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $802,410 |
Also paid on the latest return: Steve Froehlich (CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER), $785,965; Kera Getter (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $749,275; Martin Hand (CHIEF DONOR OFFICER), $696,185; Melanee Hannock (CHIEF DIGITAL AND INNOVATION OFFICER), $685,832; Annette Green (CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER), $674,467; Emily Callahan (CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER), $592,492.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Joyce A Aboussie (VOTING DIRECTOR), Steven J Allen MD (VOTING DIRECTOR), Joseph S Ayoub Jr Esq (VOTING DIRECTOR), Paul J Ayoub Esq (VOTING DIRECTOR), Frederick M Azar MD (VOTING DIRECTOR), Khalil Z Barrage (VOTING DIRECTOR), Martha Perine Beard (VOTING DIRECTOR), Terry L Burman (VOTING DIRECTOR), Lisa R Diller MD (VOTING DIRECTOR), Joseph E Eid MD (VOTING DIRECTOR), John D Farina (VOTING DIRECTOR), Fred P Gattas III Pharmd (VOTING DIRECTOR), Gabriel G Haddad MD (VOTING DIRECTOR), Judy A Habib (VOTING DIRECTOR), Charles C Hajjar (VOTING DIRECTOR), Fouad A Hajjar MD (VOTING DIRECTOR), Michael K Hamra MBA (VOTING DIRECTOR), Frederick R Harris Jr MD (VOTING DIRECTOR), Carla Z Hassan (VOTING DIRECTOR), J David Karam II (VOTING DIRECTOR), Scott A Kupor (VOTING DIRECTOR (THRU 4/25)), Katherine N Lapp (VOTING DIRECTOR), Sharon L McCollam (VOTING DIRECTOR), Samia Melhem (VOTING DIRECTOR), Robert T Molinet Esq (VOTING DIRECTOR), and 12 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Richard C Shadyac Jr CEO CEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR (THRU 3/25) | $1,564,611 | $3,292,450,744 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Richard C Shadyac Jr CEO CEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR | $1,461,787 | $2,895,589,947 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Richard C Shadyac Jr CEO CEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR | $1,361,911 | $2,686,629,420 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Richard C Shadyac Jr CEO CEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR | $1,091,665 | $2,890,393,094 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621339349308397.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James R Downing*EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR | $0 | $1,647,264 | $66,619 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,581,245 | $50,250 | $15,769 | $37,950 | $28,669 | $1,713,883 | |||
| Richard C Shadyac JrCEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR (THRU 3/25) | $1,393,252 | $0 | $171,359 | $1,286,179 | $0 | $107,073 | $145,310 | $26,049 | $1,564,611 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Anurag PanditCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $818,220 | $0 | $113,113 | $768,159 | $0 | $50,061 | $86,618 | $26,495 | $931,333 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Ikshit AnandINTERIM CEO (BEG 3/25) (COO THRU 3/25, filed with the name) | $715,554 | $0 | $101,678 | $714,474 | $0 | $1,080 | $69,572 | $32,106 | $817,232 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Sara HallCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $679,934 | $0 | $122,476 | $613,604 | $0 | $66,330 | $88,233 | $34,243 | $802,410 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from ALSAC'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 ALSAC compares
Ranked 20th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 19th, National Geographic Society, $1,571,576
- Next in this ranking: 21st, World Wildlife Fund, $1,348,079
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Good360$314,515 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
American Red Cross$989,075 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
MITRE$5,957,132 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Direct Relief$1,111,239 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Silicon Valley Community Foundation$1,268,486 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Richard C Shadyac Jr (CEO & EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR (THRU 3/25)) was paid $1,564,611 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,393,252 from ALSAC and $171,359 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was James R Downing (EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR), at $1,713,883. That is $149,272 more than the CEO, Richard C Shadyac Jr.
ALSAC is the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The hospital files its own return, with its own president and CEO.
ALSAC paid its CEO, Richard C Shadyac Jr, $1,564,611 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $102,824 (7.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Richard C Shadyac Jr, paid $1,091,665. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,091,665 (Richard C Shadyac Jr); June 2023, $1,361,911; June 2024, $1,461,787; June 2025, $1,564,611.
ALSAC's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $2,796,215,545 and total revenue of $3,292,450,744 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $496,235,199. Expenses were $2,557,167,057 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 9.3%. The CEO's pay of $1,564,611 equals 0.06% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns ALSAC (St. Jude fundraising) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.