Case Western Reserve University president salary and executive pay
Case Western Reserve University paid its president, Eric Kaler, $2,148,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $253,645 (13.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,735,353,050, up 8.0% from $1,607,017,960 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Case Western Reserve University ranks 28th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Case Western Reserve University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 34-1018992, Cleveland, OH.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,148,720
- Total revenue
- $1,735,353,050
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 37%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601319349303805.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 83rd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% 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, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $2,148,720 |
| Stanton GersonSr. VP; Dean & Professor | $1,645,154 |
| John SiderasExecutive VP for Finance & CFO (End 1/31/25) | $1,058,878 |
| Gary SchwartzProfessor | $1,040,797 |
| Dale BaurProfessor | $970,788 |
Also paid on the latest return: Carol Moss (Sr. VP for University Relations and Development), $881,651; Tim Milanich (Chief Investment Officer), $831,924; Joy Ward (Provost & Executive Vice President), $708,686; Jonathan Haines (Professor), $681,341; Peter Poulos (VP, Gen Counsel, Secretary), $669,645; Lia Logio (Vice Dean & Professor), $634,125; Pamela Davis (Professor), $557,843; Michael Lee (Treasurer), $276,352; Scott Cowen (Trustee), $257,324.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Aarti Chandna (Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees), Amy G Brady (Trustee), Anand Swaminathan (Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees), Celia Weatherhead (Trustee), Charles Hallberg (Trustee), Charles J Koch (Trustee), Colleen Batcheler (Trustee), David M Carr (Trustee), Debra Wilfong (Trustee), Donald J Richards (Trustee), Frank N Linsalata (Trustee), Fred Disanto (Trustee), Geoffrey Duyk MD PhD (Trustee), Gordon R Daily (Trustee), J David Heller (Trustee), Jacquelyn Nance (Trustee), James A Ratner (Trustee), James E Fleming Jr MD (Trustee), James Richman (Trustee), JoAnn Glick (Trustee), John Kobs II (Trustee), Joseph Mandato (Trustee), Julie Gerberding MD MPH (Chair of the Board of Trustees), Kathy Magliato (Trustee), Laura Quatela (Trustee), and 18 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 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $2,148,720 | $1,735,353,050 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $1,895,075 | $1,607,017,960 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio | $1,503,163 | $1,525,353,038 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Eric Kaler President President, Ex Officio (Beg. 7/1/21) | $1,005,796 | $1,531,453,122 | 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 202601319349303805.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Eric KalerPresident, Ex Officio | $2,096,565 | $52,155 | $1,590,558 | $415,000 | $91,007 | $37,212 | $14,943 | $2,148,720 |
| Stanton GersonSr. VP; Dean & Professor | $1,393,242 | $251,912 | $1,091,062 | $0 | $302,180 | $237,212 | $14,700 | $1,645,154 |
| John SiderasExecutive VP for Finance & CFO (End 1/31/25) | $1,005,794 | $53,084 | $788,303 | $190,000 | $27,491 | $37,212 | $15,872 | $1,058,878 |
| Gary SchwartzProfessor | $988,642 | $52,155 | $988,242 | $0 | $400 | $37,212 | $14,943 | $1,040,797 |
| Dale BaurProfessor | $918,941 | $51,847 | $912,924 | $0 | $6,017 | $37,212 | $14,635 | $970,788 |
These figures come from Case Western Reserve University'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 Case Western Reserve University compares
Ranked 28th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 27th, MIT, $2,151,788
- Next in this ranking: 29th, Western Governors University, $2,131,084
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Medical College of Wisconsin$1,947,303 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Delaware$1,523,193 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Temple University$1,120,249 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Western Governors University$2,131,084 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston College$0 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
Eric Kaler (President, Ex Officio) was paid $2,148,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,096,565 from Case Western Reserve University and $52,155 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Eric Kaler, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,148,720.
Case Western Reserve University paid its president, Eric Kaler, $2,148,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $253,645 (13.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Eric Kaler, paid $1,005,796. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,005,796 (Eric Kaler); June 2023, $1,503,163; June 2024, $1,895,075; June 2025, $2,148,720.
Case Western Reserve University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,651,834,029 and total revenue of $1,735,353,050 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $83,519,021. Expenses were $1,539,882,301 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 7.3%. The president's pay of $2,148,720 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Case Western Reserve University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 11, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.