Children's Nebraska CEO salary and executive pay
Children's Nebraska paid its CEO, Chanda Chacon, $2,195,461 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $583,644 (36.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $774,477,317, up 19.7% from $646,842,786 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Children's Nebraska ranks 10th of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Children's Nebraska has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 47-0379754, Omaha, NE.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,195,461
- Total revenue
- $774,477,317
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 79%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513189349305441.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 8th of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.28% 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Chanda Chacon CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,195,461 |
| Christopher Maloney MDEVP CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER | $1,182,219 |
| Amy HatcherEVP & CFO | $1,063,881 |
| Erin Willis-Loucks MDPHYSICIAN | $1,012,574 |
| Kathy EnglishEVP & COO | $938,792 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jerold Vuchak (EVP CHIEF INFO & INNOV OFFICER), $808,490; Janel Allen (EVP & CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER), $713,695; Amy Bones (SVP & GENERAL COUNSEL), $657,478; Pam Johnson-Carlson (SVP PCS & CNO), $631,020.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Margaret Hershiser (CHAIR), Stacy Scholtz (VICE CHAIR), Samantha Mosser (SECRETARY), Amy Ryan (TREASURER), Nicole Birge (MEMBER), Dave Diamond (MEMBER), Robert Dunlay MD (MEMBER), Cindy Heider (MEMBER), Farhan Khan (MEMBER), Steve Lindsay (MEMBER), Sue Thaden (MEMBER), Bryan Wilson (MEMBER), Jonathan Wegner (MEMBER).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Chanda Chacon CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,195,461 | $774,477,317 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Chanda Chacon CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,611,817 | $646,842,786 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Chanda Chacon CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,580,200 | $581,120,204 | 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 202513189349305441.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Chanda ChaconPRESIDENT & CEO | $1,757,773 | $437,688 | $1,114,762 | $434,981 | $208,030 | $422,331 | $15,357 | $2,195,461 |
| Christopher Maloney MDEVP CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER | $1,066,632 | $115,587 | $620,218 | $214,514 | $231,900 | $115,155 | $432 | $1,182,219 |
| Amy HatcherEVP & CFO | $941,557 | $122,324 | $575,887 | $185,451 | $180,219 | $113,775 | $8,549 | $1,063,881 |
| Erin Willis-Loucks MDPHYSICIAN | $960,056 | $52,518 | $929,713 | $26,250 | $4,093 | $26,850 | $25,668 | $1,012,574 |
| Kathy EnglishEVP & COO | $900,709 | $38,083 | $589,834 | $181,130 | $129,745 | $30,150 | $7,933 | $938,792 |
These figures come from Children's Nebraska'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 Nebraska compares
Ranked 10th of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 9th, Stamford Hospital, $2,305,770
- Next in this ranking: 11th, Freeman Health System, $2,115,755
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Mercyhealth$16,336,153 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Altru Health System$1,330,342 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Concord Hospital$2,016,109 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Pikeville Medical Center$1,738,038 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Dayton Children's Hospital$2,091,992 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Chanda Chacon (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,195,461 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $1,757,773 from Children's Nebraska and $437,688 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Chanda Chacon, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,195,461.
Children's Nebraska paid its CEO, Chanda Chacon, $2,195,461 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $583,644 (36.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Chanda Chacon, paid $1,580,200. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,580,200 (Chanda Chacon); December 2023, $1,611,817; December 2024, $2,195,461.
Children's Nebraska's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $685,097,245 and total revenue of $774,477,317 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $89,380,072. Expenses were $602,683,468 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 13.7%. The CEO's pay of $2,195,461 equals 0.32% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Children's Nebraska filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.