American Heart Association CEO salary and executive pay
American Heart Association paid its CEO, Nancy Brown, $4,563,563 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $174,718 (4.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,070,192,712, up 10.0% from $972,755,203 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. American Heart Association ranks 10th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. American Heart Association has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as AHA.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-5613797, Dallas, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$4,563,563
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Keith Churchwell (PRESIDENT), $3,983.
- Total revenue
- $1,070,192,712
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 93%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610729349300211.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 22nd of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.43% 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, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Nancy Brown CEO CEO | $4,563,563 |
| Leslie UptonCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,307,550 |
| Larry D CannonCAO/CORP SECRETARY | $1,270,798 |
| Mariell JessupCHIEF SCIENCE & MEDICAL OFFICER | $1,259,134 |
| John MeinersCHIEF OF MISSION ALIGNED BUSINESS | $953,926 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jeremy Beauchamp (EVP SOUTHEAST), $808,629; Cynthia Roberts (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $729,550; Paul Kalil (EVP MISSION ADVANCEMENT), $728,036; Kathleen Rogers (EVP WESTERN STATES), $720,979; Laura Sol (CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CEO), $719,202; Eduardo Sanchez (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR PREVENTION), $712,340; Mitchell Elkind (CHIEF CLINICAL SCIENCE OFFICER), $600,402; Raymond Vara Jr (IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON), $5,190; Keith Churchwell (PRESIDENT), $3,983; Joseph Wu (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT), $3,127; James Postl (BOARD MEMBER), $826.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Lee Shapiro (CHAIRPERSON-ELECT), Linda Gooden (TREASURER), Marsha Jones (CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD), Stacey Rosen (PRESIDENT-ELECT), Bertram Scott (BOARD MEMBER), Bob Swan (BOARD MEMBER), Cheryl Anderson (BOARD MEMBER), Cheryl Pegus (BOARD MEMBER), Donald Lloyd-Jones (BOARD MEMBER), John Warner (BOARD MEMBER), Jorge Saucedo (BOARD MEMBER), Katie Miller-Smith (BOARD MEMBER), Manesh Patel (BOARD MEMBER), Marcella Roberts (BOARD MEMBER), Michelle Albert (BOARD MEMBER), Mindy Grossman (BOARD MEMBER), Regina Benjamin (BOARD MEMBER), Robert Harrington (BOARD MEMBER), Svati Shah (BOARD MEMBER), Tom Greco (BOARD MEMBER), Vicente Reynal (BOARD MEMBER).
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 | Nancy Brown CEO CEO | $4,563,563 | $1,070,192,712 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Nancy Brown CEO CEO | $4,388,845 | $972,755,203 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | NANCY BROWN CEO CEO | $4,145,055 | $925,828,648 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | NANCY BROWN CEO CEO | $3,172,723 | $855,744,080 | 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 202610729349300211.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Nancy BrownCEO | $4,472,946 | $90,617 | $1,056,928 | $3,247,122 | $168,896 | $48,300 | $42,317 | $4,563,563 |
| Leslie UptonCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,201,179 | $106,371 | $601,059 | $600,120 | $0 | $87,812 | $18,559 | $1,307,550 |
| Larry D CannonCAO/CORP SECRETARY | $1,178,877 | $91,921 | $584,197 | $585,117 | $9,563 | $73,362 | $18,559 | $1,270,798 |
| Mariell JessupCHIEF SCIENCE & MEDICAL OFFICER | $1,176,206 | $82,928 | $591,089 | $585,117 | $0 | $73,306 | $9,622 | $1,259,134 |
| John MeinersCHIEF OF MISSION ALIGNED BUSINESS | $887,067 | $66,859 | $496,544 | $365,700 | $24,823 | $48,300 | $18,559 | $953,926 |
These figures come from American Heart 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 Heart Association compares
Ranked 10th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 9th, Mayo Clinic, $4,888,096
- Next in this ranking: 11th, NCAA, $3,439,897
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Southeastern Conference$4,828,580 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
SCL Health$3,849,642 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Southwest Research Institute$1,799,081 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
College Board$2,345,561 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
IDEA Public Schools$401,654 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Nancy Brown (CEO) was paid $4,563,563 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $4,472,946 from American Heart Association and $90,617 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Nancy Brown, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,563,563.
American Heart Association paid its CEO, Nancy Brown, $4,563,563 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $174,718 (4.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was NANCY BROWN, paid $3,172,723. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $3,172,723 (NANCY BROWN); June 2023, $4,145,055; June 2024, $4,388,845; June 2025, $4,563,563.
American Heart Association's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,010,930,601 and total revenue of $1,070,192,712 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $59,262,111. Expenses were $965,007,244 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.8%. The CEO's pay of $4,563,563 equals 0.45% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns American Heart Association filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on March 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.