Columbus Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
Columbus Foundation paid its CEO, Douglas F Kridler, $1,012,706 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $332,622 (48.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $411,632,853, up 60.9% from $255,754,957 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Columbus Foundation ranks 6th of 18 foundations and grantmakers on this site by CEO pay. Columbus Foundation has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 31-6044264, Columbus, OH.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,012,706
- Total revenue
- $411,632,853
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 23%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513189349305651.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 159th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.25% 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, 1 person was paid more than $1 million and no one else more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Douglas F Kridler CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,012,706 |
| Scott G HeitkampVICE PRESIDENT & CFO | $381,890 |
| Angela G ParsonsVICE PRESIDENT OF DSD | $325,049 |
| John B BrittonDIR. OF PLANNED GVG. & GNL | $316,624 |
| Dan SharpeVICE PRESIDENT CRGM | $274,268 |
Also paid on the latest return: Tess Tannehill (SENIOR ADVISOR AND ASSOC.), $253,124; Gregg Oosterbaan (VICE PRESIDENT OF INFORMAT), $251,889; Steven Moore (CHIEF OF STAFF), $227,579; Nikki Scarpitti (EXEC. DIR., WALTER FOUNDATIONS), $219,358.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Clark Kellogg (CHAIRPERSON/TRUSTEE), Jeffrey W Edwards (VICE CHAIRPERSON/TRUSTEE), George S Barrett (TRUSTEE), Lisa Ingram (TRUSTEE), Jane Grote Abell (TRUSTEE), Katie Wolfe Lloyd (TRUSTEE), William J Hicks II MD (TRUSTEE), Marchelle E Moore (TRUSTEE), Matthew A Scantland (TRUSTEE).
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 | Douglas F Kridler CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,012,706 | $411,632,853 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Douglas F Kridler CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $680,084 | $255,754,957 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Douglas F Kridler CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $707,277 | $287,508,310 | 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 202513189349305651.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Douglas F KridlerPRESIDENT & CEO | $905,239 | $107,467 | $545,287 | $300,000 | $59,952 | $84,500 | $22,967 | $1,012,706 |
| Scott G HeitkampVICE PRESIDENT & CFO | $318,492 | $63,398 | $318,492 | $0 | $0 | $32,888 | $30,510 | $381,890 |
| Angela G ParsonsVICE PRESIDENT OF DSD | $267,008 | $58,041 | $267,008 | $0 | $0 | $27,531 | $30,510 | $325,049 |
| John B BrittonDIR. OF PLANNED GVG. & GNL | $259,159 | $57,465 | $259,159 | $0 | $0 | $26,955 | $30,510 | $316,624 |
| Dan SharpeVICE PRESIDENT CRGM | $239,341 | $34,927 | $239,341 | $0 | $0 | $24,166 | $10,761 | $274,268 |
These figures come from Columbus Foundation'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 Columbus Foundation compares
Ranked 6th of 18 foundations and grantmakers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 5th, UJA-Federation of New York, $1,022,711
- Next in this ranking: 7th, Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation, $973,900
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Food for the Poor$342,434 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee$897,783 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Endeavors$716,186 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
LC Industries$1,188,854 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium$2,745,444 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2024
Common questions
Douglas F Kridler (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $1,012,706 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $905,239 from Columbus Foundation and $107,467 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Douglas F Kridler, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,012,706.
Columbus Foundation paid its CEO, Douglas F Kridler, $1,012,706 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $332,622 (48.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Douglas F Kridler, paid $707,277. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $707,277 (Douglas F Kridler); December 2023, $680,084; December 2024, $1,012,706.
Columbus Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $272,733,262 and total revenue of $411,632,853 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $138,899,591. Expenses were $342,712,374 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they fell 20.4%. The CEO's pay of $1,012,706 equals 0.37% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Columbus Foundation 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.