Big Brothers Big Sisters of America CEO salary and executive pay
Big Brothers Big Sisters paid its CEO, Artis Stevens, $723,520 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $92,696 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $69,170,417, up 12.7% from $61,392,364 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Big Brothers Big Sisters ranks 32nd of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Big Brothers Big Sisters has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1365190, Tampa, FL.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$723,520
- Total revenue
- $69,170,417
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 88%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202640939349300009.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 25th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 1.05% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is the national office in Tampa. Local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies file their own returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Artis Stevens CEO CEO | $723,520 |
| Tim MidkiffCHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER | $366,676 |
| Deborah BargeCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $304,108 |
| Tawanna MyersCHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER | $267,912 |
| Adam VasalloCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | $261,097 |
Also paid on the latest return: Alison Avera (CHIEF AGENCY GROWTH OFFICER), $259,677; Dvon Williams (CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER), $258,905; Travis Gibson (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER), $258,395; Julie Novak (Chief Youth Safety & Well-Being Officer), $253,071.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Leonard Bernstein (SECRETARY), Michael Carrel (BOARD CHAIR), Nicole Peterson (TREASURER), Tony Coles (BOARD VICE CHAIR), David Clark (BOARD MEMBER), Emily Chen Carrera (BOARD MEMBER), Floyd Ferjuste (AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR), Jana Brown (BOARD MEMBER), Jon Dinesman (BOARD MEMBER), Makola Abdullah (BOARD MEMBER), Matt Zabel (BOARD MEMBER), Michael Kassan (BOARD MEMBER), Rudy Baldoni (BOARD MEMBER), Ryan Detert (BOARD MEMBER), Suzy Deprizio (BOARD MEMBER), Terrance Williams (BOARD MEMBER), Thomas Harvey (BOARD MEMBER), Timothy Ellis (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 | Artis Stevens CEO CEO | $723,520 | $69,170,417 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Artis Stevens CEO CEO | $630,824 | $61,392,364 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Artis Stevens CEO CEO | $560,429 | $47,205,552 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Artis Stevens CEO CEO (beginning January 2021) | $576,267 | $66,648,076 | 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 202640939349300009.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Artis StevensCEO | $695,153 | $28,367 | $537,248 | $157,905 | $0 | $9,278 | $19,089 | $723,520 |
| Tim MidkiffCHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER | $342,918 | $23,758 | $297,918 | $45,000 | $0 | $9,165 | $14,593 | $366,676 |
| Deborah BargeCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $277,076 | $27,032 | $251,076 | $26,000 | $0 | $7,943 | $19,089 | $304,108 |
| Tawanna MyersCHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER | $241,154 | $26,758 | $208,154 | $33,000 | $0 | $6,721 | $20,037 | $267,912 |
| Adam VasalloCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | $236,872 | $24,225 | $209,872 | $27,000 | $0 | $6,599 | $17,626 | $261,097 |
These figures come from Big Brothers Big Sisters' 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 Big Brothers Big Sisters compares
Ranked 32nd of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 31st, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, $739,620
- Next in this ranking: 33rd, Humane World for Animals, $702,371
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Advocate Aurora Health$30,862,679 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Goodwill Industries International$766,469 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
United Way Worldwide$929,417 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
VNS Health$3,165,809 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
March of Dimes$488,009 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Common questions
Artis Stevens (CEO) was paid $723,520 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $695,153 from Big Brothers Big Sisters and $28,367 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Artis Stevens, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $723,520.
This is the national office in Tampa. Local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies file their own returns.
Big Brothers Big Sisters paid its CEO, Artis Stevens, $723,520 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $92,696 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Artis Stevens, paid $576,267. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $576,267 (Artis Stevens); June 2023, $560,429; June 2024, $630,824; June 2025, $723,520.
Big Brothers Big Sisters' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $61,691,907 and total revenue of $69,170,417 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $7,478,510. Expenses were $64,135,413 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 3.8%. The CEO's pay of $723,520 equals 1.17% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Big Brothers Big Sisters of America filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 3, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.