American Diabetes Association CEO salary and executive pay
American Diabetes Association paid its CEO, Charles D Henderson, $1,287,811 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $236,097 (22.4%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $152,241,578, up 11.3% from $136,787,149 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. American Diabetes Association ranks 8th of 11 disease charities and medical research groups on this site by CEO pay. American Diabetes Association has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1623888, Arlington, VA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,287,811
- Total revenue
- $152,241,578
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 79%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202502949349301305.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 43rd of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.85% 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, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Charles D Henderson CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,287,811 |
| Charlotte M CarterChief Operating Officer | $575,320 |
| Brandi BroomeChief Development Delivery Officer | $543,765 |
| Simone Grapini-GoodmanChief Marketing Digital Officer | $383,956 |
| Robert A GabbayChief Scientific Medical Officer | $372,415 |
Also paid on the latest return: Elle Uh (Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff), $354,072; Sean C McDonough (Senior Vice President General Counsel), $321,366; Lisa A Murdock (Chief Advocacy Officer), $297,021; Terri Wiggins (Senior Vice President, Health Equity), $275,446; Nuha El Sayed (Senior Vice President, Health Care Improvement), $262,955.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Rhodes B Ritenour JD (Chairman of the Board), Mandeep Bajaj MBBS (President, Medicine Science), Patti Urbanski MEd RD LD CDCES FADC (President, Health Care Education), James Tai (Secretary-Treasurer), Todd F Brown PMP (Chairman-Elect of the Board), Rita Rastogi Kalyani MD MHS (President-Elect, Medicine Science), Joshua J Neumiller PharmD CDCES FAD (President-Elect, Health Care Education), Robin Richardson (Secretary-Treasurer-Elect), Janet Brown-Friday RN MSN MPH (Board of Directors), Rodica Busui MD PhD (Board of Directors), Rone Luczynski (Board of Directors), Sean Pittman JD (Board of Directors), Francisco Prieto MD (Board of Directors), Madi Rajulapalli MD MBA (Board of Directors), Christopher K Ralston JD (Board of Directors).
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 | Charles D Henderson CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,287,811 | $152,241,578 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Charles D Henderson CEO Chief Executive Officer | $1,051,714 | $136,787,149 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Charles D Henderson Effective May 1 CEO Chief Executive Officer | $805,414 | $119,142,003 | 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 202502949349301305.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Charles D HendersonChief Executive Officer | $867,611 | $420,200 | $612,137 | $225,720 | $29,754 | $419,169 | $1,031 | $1,287,811 |
| Charlotte M CarterChief Operating Officer | $458,750 | $116,570 | $371,813 | $54,733 | $32,204 | $105,631 | $10,939 | $575,320 |
| Brandi BroomeChief Development Delivery Officer | $397,397 | $146,368 | $316,148 | $80,000 | $1,249 | $115,594 | $30,774 | $543,765 |
| Simone Grapini-GoodmanChief Marketing Digital Officer | $320,293 | $63,663 | $319,475 | – | $818 | $32,606 | $31,057 | $383,956 |
| Robert A GabbayChief Scientific Medical Officer | $343,148 | $29,267 | $335,950 | – | $7,198 | $13,800 | $15,467 | $372,415 |
These figures come from American Diabetes Association'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 American Diabetes Association compares
Ranked 8th of 11 disease charities and medical research groups by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 7th, Sanford Burnham Prebys, $1,345,526
- Next in this ranking: 9th, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $1,275,151
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Community Home Health Care$1,530,005 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024- Southern Poverty Law Center$530,740 (CEO), fiscal year ending Oct 2025
Boston Symphony Orchestra$1,371,354 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington$414,978 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Woods System of Care$1,531,144 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Charles D Henderson (Chief Executive Officer) was paid $1,287,811 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $867,611 from American Diabetes Association and $420,200 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Charles D Henderson, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,287,811.
American Diabetes Association paid its CEO, Charles D Henderson, $1,287,811 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $236,097 (22.4%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Charles D Henderson Effective May 1, paid $805,414. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $805,414 (Charles D Henderson Effective May 1); December 2023, $1,051,714 (Charles D Henderson); December 2024, $1,287,811.
American Diabetes Association's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $132,618,849 and total revenue of $152,241,578 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $19,622,729. Expenses were $123,974,766 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 7.0%. The CEO's pay of $1,287,811 equals 0.97% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns American Diabetes Association filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on October 21, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.