Bard College president salary and executive pay
Bard College paid its president, LEON BOTSTEIN, $689,293 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $3,271 (0.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Bard College ranks 94th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Bard College has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 14-1713034, Annandaleonhudson, NY.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$689,293
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: KAREN ZORN (PRESIDENT, LONGY), $367,217.
- Total revenue
- $930,316,002
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 27%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610699349300301.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 69th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% 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, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| LEON BOTSTEIN President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $689,293 |
| TOM ECCLESEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CCS | $529,440 |
| JONATHAN BECKEREXECUTIVE VP | $459,124 |
| TAUN TOAYSENIOR VP/CFO | $454,027 |
| KAREN ZORNPRESIDENT, LONGY | $367,217 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | LEON BOTSTEIN President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $689,293 | $930,316,002 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | LEON BOTSTEIN President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $692,564 | $331,888,900 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | LEON BOTSTEIN President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $621,720 | $303,954,067 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | LEON BOTSTEIN President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $508,070 | $396,743,958 | 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 202610699349300301.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| LEON BOTSTEINPRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $565,417 | $123,876 | $565,417 | $0 | $0 | $93,125 | $30,751 | $689,293 |
| TOM ECCLESEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CCS | $467,098 | $62,342 | $419,098 | $0 | $48,000 | $31,432 | $30,910 | $529,440 |
| JONATHAN BECKEREXECUTIVE VP | $391,251 | $67,873 | $351,251 | $0 | $40,000 | $35,125 | $32,748 | $459,124 |
| TAUN TOAYSENIOR VP/CFO | $392,595 | $61,432 | $352,595 | $0 | $40,000 | $35,125 | $26,307 | $454,027 |
| KAREN ZORNPRESIDENT, LONGY | $335,761 | $31,456 | $335,761 | $0 | $0 | $16,788 | $14,668 | $367,217 |
These figures come from Bard College'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 Bard College compares
Ranked 94th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
American University$569,942 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Dayton$2,681,214 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Savannah College of Art and Design$5,736,005 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
DePaul University$1,189,697 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Denver$1,209,539 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
LEON BOTSTEIN (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE) was paid $689,293 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $565,417 from Bard College and $123,876 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Bard College ranks 94th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, LEON BOTSTEIN, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $689,293. Next was TOM ECCLES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CCS), at $529,440. On the latest return, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
Bard College paid its president, LEON BOTSTEIN, $689,293 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $3,271 (0.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was LEON BOTSTEIN, paid $508,070. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $508,070 (LEON BOTSTEIN); June 2023, $621,720; June 2024, $692,564; June 2025, $689,293.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Bard College 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.