American Red Cross CEO salary and executive pay
Red Cross paid its CEO, CLIFFORD HOLTZ, $989,075 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the CEO was GAIL MCGOVERN, paid $1,313,605. Red Cross ranks 26th of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Red Cross has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Red Cross or American National Red Cross.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 53-0196605, Washington, DC.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$989,075
- Total revenue
- $3,916,983,933
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 0%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202640829349300109.View the filing
Peers: the 179 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 179th of 180 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.03% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This return is filed for the national corporation and its chapters (the filed name is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches), so local chapters do not file their own.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| CLIFFORD HOLTZ CEO PRESIDENT & CEO AS OF 7/1/2024 | $989,075 |
| CHRIS HROUDAPRESIDENT, BIOMEDICAL SERVICES | $928,973 |
| BRIAN RHOACHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $770,895 |
| GAIL MCGOVERNPres/CEO thru 6/30/24/Board Chair 7/1/24-6/30/25 | $735,613 |
| CARMEL DARCYCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $570,214 |
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 | CLIFFORD HOLTZ CEO PRESIDENT & CEO AS OF 7/1/2024 | $989,075 | $3,916,983,933 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | GAIL MCGOVERN CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,313,605 | $3,804,377,344 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | GAIL MCGOVERN CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $873,211 | $3,217,077,611 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | GAIL MCGOVERN CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $832,241 | $3,182,229,338 | 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 202640829349300109.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| CLIFFORD HOLTZPRESIDENT & CEO AS OF 7/1/2024 | $950,468 | $38,607 | $768,033 | $175,577 | $6,858 | $17,250 | $21,357 | $989,075 |
| CHRIS HROUDAPRESIDENT, BIOMEDICAL SERVICES | $887,069 | $41,904 | $684,313 | $200,353 | $2,403 | $17,250 | $24,654 | $928,973 |
| BRIAN RHOACHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $731,205 | $39,690 | $553,745 | $150,896 | $26,564 | $17,250 | $22,440 | $770,895 |
| GAIL MCGOVERNPres/CEO thru 6/30/24/Board Chair 7/1/24-6/30/25 | $717,416 | $18,197 | $375,891 | $260,211 | $81,314 | $17,250 | $947 | $735,613 |
| CARMEL DARCYCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $541,325 | $28,889 | $430,017 | $109,460 | $1,848 | $17,250 | $11,639 | $570,214 |
These figures come from Red Cross' 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 Red Cross compares
Ranked 26th of 46 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute$2,679,650 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
PeaceHealth$1,552,367 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Tampa General Hospital$2,944,103 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Northwestern University$2,085,890 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Franciscan Health$3,036,555 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
CLIFFORD HOLTZ (PRESIDENT & CEO AS OF 7/1/2024) was paid $989,075 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $950,468 from Red Cross and $38,607 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Red Cross ranks 26th of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, CLIFFORD HOLTZ, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $989,075. Next was CHRIS HROUDA (PRESIDENT, BIOMEDICAL SERVICES), at $928,973. On the latest return, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
This return is filed for the national corporation and its chapters (the filed name is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches), so local chapters do not file their own.
Red Cross paid its CEO, CLIFFORD HOLTZ, $989,075 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the CEO was GAIL MCGOVERN, paid $1,313,605. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was GAIL MCGOVERN, paid $832,241. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $832,241 (GAIL MCGOVERN); June 2023, $873,211; June 2024, $1,313,605; June 2025, $989,075 (CLIFFORD HOLTZ).
From the 4 Form 990 returns American Red Cross filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.