Children's Healthcare of Atlanta CEO salary and executive pay
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta paid its CEO, Donna Hyland, $3,008,349 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $470,529 (18.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $2,772,950,050, up 8.7% from $2,550,504,874 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ranks 117th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. All of Donna Hyland's reportable pay, $2,492,426, came from related organizations (column E). Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 90-0779996, Atlanta, GA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$3,008,349
- Total revenue
- $2,772,950,050
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 33%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523159349305557.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 122nd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.11% 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 a group return: one Form 990 filed for a group of affiliated organizations together.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Donna Hyland CEO President/CEO (filed with the name); Trustee - SYS/MAC/FDN/HSOC | $3,008,349 |
| Ronald FriesonINDIV TRUSTEE - HSOC/MAC/COO | $1,946,910 |
| Samuel Willimon MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,608,724 |
| Ruth FowlerCFO/TREASURER - SYSTEM | $1,494,725 |
| Tim Schrader MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,299,352 |
Also paid on the latest return: David Wrubel MD (NEUROSURGEON), $1,216,881; Michael Schmitz MD (ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON), $1,216,609; Joshua Chern MD (NEUROSURGEON), $1,190,254; James Fortenberry MD (CMO, TRUSTEE - SR/AMBH/CPG/UC), $1,137,868; Barunashish Brahma MD (INDIV TRUSTEE-FDN/NEUROSURGEON), $1,052,956; Colin Brady MD (INDIV TRUSTEE - SYS/SURGEON), $996,915; Linda Cole (SVP OPERATIONS/CNO), $995,472; Christopher Chelette (SVP FACILITIES SERVICES), $895,042; Janine Musholt (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE FOUNDATION), $777,661; David Fenstermacher (SVP GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY), $666,107; Michael Riley (INDIV TRUSTEE-HSOC/VP FIN OPS), $494,447; Lucky Jain MD INDIV TTEE-MAC (PED IN CHIEF UNTIL 12/24), $434,636; Darilyn Brown (COO, CPG as of 12/24), $404,054; Heather Balberde (VP CHILDREN'S PHYSICIAN GROUP), $400,330; Carolyn Goodman (VP OPERATIVE SERVICES), $372,357; and 6 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Amy Hertz Agami (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Carolyn Alford (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Chantal Bagwell (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Jon Bridges (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Brian Betkowski (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Jay Caiafa (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Lori Chennault (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Richard Courts (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), William Curtis (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), David Dickey (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Richard Dugas (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Walt Ehmer (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Marie Foster (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Chanel Frazier (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Lige Gillis (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Amy Githens (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Trey Googe (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Nikki Harland (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Teri Hartman (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Mary Ellen Imlay (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Saadia Madsbjerg (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Meredith McClure (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Ashish Mistry (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), Toni Murphy (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), John Richert (INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE - FDN), and 52 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Donna Hyland CEO President/CEO (filed with the name); Trustee - SYS/MAC/FDN/HSOC | $3,008,349 | $2,772,950,050 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Donna HylandTRUSTEE - SYS MAC FDN HSOC (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $2,537,820 | $2,550,504,874 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Donna HylandTRUSTEE - SYS/MAC/FDN/HSOC (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $2,920,495 | $2,425,943,632 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523159349305557.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Donna Hyland*President/CEO (filed with the name); Trustee - SYS/MAC/FDN/HSOC | $0 | $2,492,426 | $515,923 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,502,152 | $936,152 | $54,122 | $487,451 | $28,472 | $3,008,349 | |||
| Ronald Frieson*INDIV TRUSTEE - HSOC/MAC/COO | $0 | $1,730,573 | $216,337 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $778,870 | $291,681 | $660,022 | $188,547 | $27,790 | $1,946,910 | |||
| Samuel Willimon MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,543,464 | $0 | $65,260 | $1,218,719 | $110,125 | $214,620 | $23,700 | $41,560 | $1,608,724 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Ruth Fowler*CFO/TREASURER - SYSTEM | $0 | $1,276,740 | $217,985 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $793,915 | $295,570 | $187,255 | $190,745 | $27,240 | $1,494,725 | |||
| Tim Schrader MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,236,549 | $0 | $62,803 | $1,032,951 | $88,899 | $114,699 | $23,700 | $39,103 | $1,299,352 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta'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 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta compares
Ranked 117th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 116th, BayCare Health System, $3,027,169
- Next in this ranking: 118th, Valley Children's Hospital, $2,982,371
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Rush University System for Health$4,819,778 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Nebraska Medicine$2,775,089 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Temple University Hospital$1,176,873 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Northwell Health$5,943,362 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Stanford Medicine Children's Health$2,338,281 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Donna Hyland (President/CEO (filed with the name); Trustee - SYS/MAC/FDN/HSOC) was paid $3,008,349 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $0 from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, $2,492,426 from related organizations and $515,923 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, Donna Hyland, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,008,349.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta paid its CEO, Donna Hyland, $3,008,349 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $470,529 (18.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the highest-paid person was Donna Hyland, paid $2,920,495. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $2,920,495 (Donna Hyland); December 2023, $2,537,820; December 2024, $3,008,349.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $2,479,621,994 and total revenue of $2,772,950,050 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $293,328,056. Expenses were $2,186,845,577 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 13.4%. The CEO's pay of $3,008,349 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Children's Healthcare of Atlanta filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 11, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.