Community Health Centers of the Central Coast CEO salary and executive pay
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast paid its CEO, Ron Castle, $1,372,863 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $388,133 (39.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $197,931,260, up 11.8% from $177,116,283 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Community Health Centers of the Central Coast ranks 9th of 11 community health centers on this site by CEO pay. Community Health Centers of the Central Coast has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-3253302, Santa Maria, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,372,863
- Total revenue
- $197,931,260
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 70%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349312604.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 62nd of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.69% 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, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Ron Castle CEO CEO | $1,372,863 |
| Sophia SosaDeputy CEO | $692,324 |
| Lue ThaoCFO | $580,774 |
| Maria Flores-CooperPhysician | $552,481 |
| Arthur HigginsPhysician | $534,996 |
Also paid on the latest return: Shan Thomas (Physician), $533,728; John Khan-Variba (CMO), $530,634; Bala Bhat (Physician), $522,918; Hugo Gonzalez (Physician), $504,358; Steve Clarke (Medical Director), $471,095; Nancy Banuelos (COO), $341,153.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Gary Gross (Board Member), Artexin Amezcua (Board Member), Lori Gross (Board Member), Gary Lewis (Board Member), Sylvia Orozco (Board Member), William Esakoff (Vice President), Sam Orozco (Secretary), Marlene Wood (Board Member), Gail Tutino (Board Member), Will Gordon (President).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Ron Castle CEO CEO | $1,372,863 | $197,931,260 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Ron Castle CEO CEO | $984,730 | $177,116,283 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Ron Castle CEO CEO | $2,776,761 | $175,020,648 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Ron Castle CEO CEO | $1,056,358 | $155,183,225 | 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 202641359349312604.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Ron CastleCEO | $1,250,562 | $122,301 | $1,049,030 | $201,532 | – | $115,461 | $6,840 | $1,372,863 |
| Sophia SosaDeputy CEO | $625,288 | $67,036 | $567,203 | $58,085 | – | $58,085 | $8,951 | $692,324 |
| Lue ThaoCFO | $479,919 | $100,855 | $428,135 | $51,784 | – | $93,395 | $7,460 | $580,774 |
| Maria Flores-CooperPhysician | $514,132 | $38,349 | $393,292 | $120,840 | – | $29,713 | $8,636 | $552,481 |
| Arthur HigginsPhysician | $485,183 | $49,813 | $483,799 | $1,384 | – | $48,457 | $1,356 | $534,996 |
These figures come from Community Health Centers of the Central Coast'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 Community Health Centers of the Central Coast compares
Ranked 9th of 11 community health centers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 8th, Martin's Point Health Care, $1,387,229
- Next in this ranking: 10th, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, $1,224,783
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
ATCC$2,350,282 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Stowers Resource Management (Stowers Institute support organization)$3,206,337 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
YMCA of the USA$892,142 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Jewish National Fund-USA$981,628 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Goodwill Industries of South Florida$614,397 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Ron Castle (CEO) was paid $1,372,863 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,250,562 from Community Health Centers of the Central Coast and $122,301 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Ron Castle, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,372,863.
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast paid its CEO, Ron Castle, $1,372,863 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $388,133 (39.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Ron Castle, paid $1,056,358. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,056,358 (Ron Castle); June 2023, $2,776,761; June 2024, $984,730; June 2025, $1,372,863.
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $187,130,463 and total revenue of $197,931,260 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $10,800,797. Expenses were $169,604,798 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 10.3%. The CEO's pay of $1,372,863 equals 0.73% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Community Health Centers of the Central Coast filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.