CIEE CEO salary and executive pay
CIEE paid its CEO, James P Pellow, $1,212,104 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is down $228,844 (15.9%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Total revenue on that return was $218,141,529, up 16.2% from $187,692,000 for the fiscal year ending August 2024. CIEE ranks 2nd of 19 international nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. CIEE has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-4038907, Boston, MA.
CEO, fiscal year ending August 2025
$1,212,104
- Total revenue
- $218,141,529
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 59%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202630789349301508.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 84th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.56% 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, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James P Pellow CEO CEO & President | $1,212,104 |
| Deborah CroninPast CFO, Treasurer, Secretary | $546,267 |
| Matthew RedmanVice President | $498,134 |
| Mark WardPast COO | $375,073 |
| Patrick MoranVice President | $366,543 |
Also paid on the latest return: Paul Bradford (Vice President), $363,387; Aida Gevorgyan (Vice President), $358,691; Maria Clara Tami (Senior Vice President), $335,911; Marjorie Lucille Geraci (Vice President), $312,807; Carolin Duffin (Senior Vice President), $310,339; Martine Mangion (Senior Vice President), $293,046; Keith Stone (Vice President), $290,210; Nedra Jones (CFO, Treasurer, Secretary), $64,964.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Laura Brege (Chair), Ambassador Francis Taylor (Vice Chair), Roslyn Artis (Director), Cheryl Donnelly (Director), Kathryn Dungy (Director), David King (Director), Michael McRobbie (Director), Ambassador Marcelle Wahba (Director), Punam Rogers (Director), Carolyn Sanderson (Director), Peter Lighte (Past Director), Kathleen Sideli (Past Director), Christopher Thomforde (Past Director).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | James P Pellow CEO CEO & President | $1,212,104 | $218,141,529 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | James P Pellow CEO President & CEO | $1,440,948 | $187,692,000 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | James P Pellow CEO President & CEO | $1,060,100 | $151,306,157 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | James P Pellow CEO President & CEO | $790,593 | $119,425,162 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202630789349301508.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James P PellowCEO & President | $1,010,382 | $201,722 | $700,000 | $275,250 | $35,132 | $192,245 | $9,477 | $1,212,104 |
| Deborah CroninPast CFO, Treasurer, Secretary | $449,494 | $96,773 | $329,147 | $106,250 | $14,097 | $73,736 | $23,037 | $546,267 |
| Matthew RedmanVice President | $336,903 | $161,231 | $247,176 | $88,250 | $1,477 | $126,642 | $34,589 | $498,134 |
| Mark WardPast COO | $343,249 | $31,824 | $338,476 | $0 | $4,773 | $10,189 | $21,635 | $375,073 |
| Patrick MoranVice President | $319,078 | $47,465 | $247,176 | $70,600 | $1,302 | $12,875 | $34,590 | $366,543 |
These figures come from CIEE'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 CIEE compares
Ranked 2nd of 19 international nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 1st, DKT International, $2,256,771
- Next in this ranking: 3rd, International Rescue Committee, $1,188,792
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Humane World for Animals$702,371 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Joint Commission$2,825,944 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
AH Georgia$5,358,318 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Goodwill Industries of Houston$440,469 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$205,055 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Common questions
James P Pellow (CEO & President) was paid $1,212,104 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $1,010,382 from CIEE and $201,722 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, James P Pellow, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,212,104.
CIEE paid its CEO, James P Pellow, $1,212,104 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is down $228,844 (15.9%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the CEO was James P Pellow, paid $790,593. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $790,593 (James P Pellow); August 2023, $1,060,100; August 2024, $1,440,948; August 2025, $1,212,104.
CIEE's return for the fiscal year ending August 2025 reports total expenses of $178,834,816 and total revenue of $218,141,529 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $39,306,713. Expenses were $158,791,737 for the fiscal year ending August 2024, so they rose 12.6%. The CEO's pay of $1,212,104 equals 0.68% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns CIEE filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on March 19, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.