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. Total revenue on that return was $930,316,002, up 180.3% from $331,888,900 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Bard College ranks 123rd of 137 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 21%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610699349300301.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 104th of 132 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Debra Pemstein (VP DEVELOPMENT), $328,932; Gideon Lester (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CEO), $322,319; Deirdre D'Albertis (DEAN), $265,757; Coleen Alexander (VP FOR ADMINISTRATION), $242,871; John Weinstein (PROVOST, SIMON'S ROCK), $240,001; Janet Ozarchuk (COO, BGC), $227,444; Aaron Mattocks (COO, FISHER CENTER), $217,667.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Martin Peretz (TRUSTEE), Mark Kaplan (TRUSTEE), Asher Edelman (TRUSTEE), Marcelle Clements (TRUSTEE), James Ottaway Jr (TRUSTEE), James C Chambers (CHAIR), Brandon Weber (VICE CHAIR), Emily H Fisher (VICE CHAIR), Elizabeth Ely (SECRETARY), Stanley A Reichel (TREASURER), Fiona Angelini (TRUSTEE), Roland J Augustine (TRUSTEE), Mark E Brossman (TRUSTEE), Kimberly Marteau Emerson (TRUSTEE), Barbara S Grossman (TRUSTEE), Andrew S Gundlach (TRUSTEE), Matina S Horner (TRUSTEE), Charles S Johnson III (TRUSTEE), George A Kellner (TRUSTEE), Fredric S Maxik (TRUSTEE), Hilary Pennington (TRUSTEE), Roger N Scotland (TRUSTEE), Annabelle Selldorf (TRUSTEE), Jonathan Slone (TRUSTEE), Mostafiz Shah Mohammed (TRUSTEE), and 9 more.
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 123rd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 122nd, Smith College, $745,032
- Next in this ranking: 124th, Catholic University of America, $681,341
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Villanova University$0 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
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
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).
The president, Leon Botstein, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $689,293.
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.
Bard College's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $408,373,029 and total revenue of $930,316,002 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $521,942,973. Expenses were $392,676,470 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.0%. The president's pay of $689,293 equals 0.17% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Bard College filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on March 10, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.