American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee CEO salary and executive pay
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee paid its CEO, Ariel Zwang, $897,783 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $54,623 (6.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $412,907,647, up 0.7% from $409,844,302 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ranks 9th of 19 international nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1656634, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$897,783
- Total revenue
- $412,907,647
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 20%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523049349302612.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 165th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.22% 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, 4 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Ariel Zwang CEO Chief Executive Officer | $897,783 |
| Gideon HerscherFormer Dir. Fin. Res Devlp. | $704,127 |
| Pablo WeinsteinerDeputy CEO | $617,588 |
| Ophir SingalChief Financial Officer | $589,310 |
| Sigal Shelach thru 83124Exec Dir, JDC Israel | $432,144 |
Also paid on the latest return: Stefan Oscar (Exec. Dir FSU), $422,897; Rachel Lubert (Gen'l Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer), $400,890; Andrea Fram Plotkin (Chief of Staff), $389,856; Lisa Gurwitch thru 73124 (Chief Advancement Officer), $317,720; Alexandra Shklar (Senior Development Officer), $317,156; Asher Ostrin (Former Interim CEO), $311,723; Victoria Blint Midrony (Exec. Mng Dir. Res. Devlp), $288,177; David Zackon (Interim Chief Adv. Off), $280,898; Heather Morgan (Dir of Global Mktg & Comms), $280,535; Michael Geller (Sr. Dir. Global Commuications), $271,590; Diego Ornique (Exec. Dir. FSU, Europe, A&A), $207,953.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Betty-Jean Bavar (Board member), Stephen Bayer (Board member), Terry Teresa Bazbaz (Board member), Michelle Bernstein (Board member), Leslie Bider (Vice President), Penny Blumenstein (Board member), Amy Bressman (Board member), Ellie Bressman Davis (Board member), David T Brown (Board member), Jay Chernikoff (Vice President), Debra Cohen (Board member), David Colman (Board member), Geoffrey Colvin (Treasurer), Leslie Dunn (Board member), Alejandro Ergas (Board member), Eva Fischl (Board member), Danielle Flug Capalino (Board member), Martha Freedman (Board member), David Friedkin (Board member), Howard Friend (Board member), Patricia Gantz (Board member), Stas Gayshan (Board member), Brooke German (Board member), Merle Ginsburg (Board member), Zvi Gitelman (Board member), and 121 more.
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 | Ariel Zwang CEO Chief Executive Officer | $897,783 | $412,907,647 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Ariel Zwang CEO Chief Executive Officer | $843,160 | $409,844,302 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Ariel Zwang CEO Chief Executive Officer | $788,253 | $456,029,318 | 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 202523049349302612.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Ariel ZwangChief Executive Officer | $793,245 | $0 | $104,538 | $703,285 | $0 | $89,960 | $46,000 | $58,538 | $897,783 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Gideon Herscher*Former Dir. Fin. Res Devlp. | $0 | $669,408 | $34,719 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $152,554 | $0 | $516,854 | $20,808 | $13,911 | $704,127 | |||
| Pablo WeinsteinerDeputy CEO | $540,304 | $0 | $77,284 | $479,040 | $0 | $61,264 | $17,662 | $59,622 | $617,588 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Ophir SingalChief Financial Officer | $516,670 | $0 | $72,640 | $428,202 | $0 | $88,468 | $18,454 | $54,186 | $589,310 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Sigal Shelach thru 83124*Exec Dir, JDC Israel | $0 | $385,149 | $46,995 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $199,088 | $0 | $186,061 | $28,524 | $18,471 | $432,144 | |||
These figures come from American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee'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 Jewish Joint Distribution Committee compares
Ranked 9th of 19 international nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 8th, Institute of International Education, $948,481
- Next in this ranking: 10th, Rotary Foundation, $852,448
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Food for the Poor$342,434 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Columbus Foundation$1,012,706 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Endeavors$716,186 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
LC Industries$1,188,854 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium$2,745,444 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2024
Common questions
Ariel Zwang (Chief Executive Officer) was paid $897,783 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $793,245 from American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and $104,538 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Ariel Zwang, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $897,783.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee paid its CEO, Ariel Zwang, $897,783 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $54,623 (6.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Ariel Zwang, paid $788,253. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $788,253 (Ariel Zwang); December 2023, $843,160; December 2024, $897,783.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $376,439,654 and total revenue of $412,907,647 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $36,467,993. Expenses were $368,439,711 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 2.2%. The CEO's pay of $897,783 equals 0.24% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on October 31, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.