Dayton Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
Dayton Foundation paid its CEO, Michael M Parks, $953,481 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $69,840 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $131,240,042, up 100.2% from $65,553,692 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Dayton Foundation ranks 8th of 18 foundations and grantmakers on this site by CEO pay. Dayton Foundation has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 31-6027287, Dayton, OH.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$953,481
- Total revenue
- $131,240,042
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 74%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611359349308031.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 54th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.73% 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 $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Michael M Parks CEO PRESIDENT/SECRETARY | $953,481 |
| Michelle LovelyVP DEVELOPMENT AND DONOR SERVICES | $244,926 |
| Amy WagnerSENIOR VP OF OPERATIONS | $218,568 |
| Stephen D DarnellV.P. FINANCE | $178,765 |
| Barbra StonerockCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | $167,843 |
Also paid on the latest return: Chris Smith (VP MARKETING & PUBLIC RELA), $145,892; S Tracie Boshears (ASSISTANT TREASURER), $81,813; Jeanne S Holihan (ADMINISTRATION VP), $41,347.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: L Tony Ortiz (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), David T Miller (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Art Harlan (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Lori Kershner (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Rakesh Arora (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Valerie Lemmie (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Allice McCollum (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Martha Shaker (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Josh Stuckey (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Thomas J Becker (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), George E Forest (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Cassie Barlow (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Janice L Culver (CHAIR GOVERNING BOARD MEMB), James Vaughn (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER), Alonzo Patterson III (GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER).
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 | Michael M Parks CEO PRESIDENT/SECRETARY | $953,481 | $131,240,042 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Michael M Parks CEO PRESIDENT/SECRETARY | $883,641 | $65,553,692 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Michael M Parks CEO PRESIDENT/SECRETARY | $774,428 | $59,281,429 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Michael M Parks CEO PRESIDENT/SECRETARY | $639,190 | $86,220,290 | 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 202611359349308031.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael M ParksPRESIDENT/SECRETARY | $933,846 | $19,635 | $589,495 | $200,443 | $143,908 | $0 | $19,635 | $953,481 |
| Michelle LovelyVP DEVELOPMENT AND DONOR SERVICES | $227,104 | $17,822 | $208,512 | $0 | $18,592 | $0 | $17,822 | $244,926 |
| Amy WagnerSENIOR VP OF OPERATIONS | $218,352 | $216 | $202,500 | $0 | $15,852 | $0 | $216 | $218,568 |
| Stephen D DarnellV.P. FINANCE | $164,319 | $14,446 | $149,805 | $0 | $14,514 | $0 | $14,446 | $178,765 |
| Barbra StonerockCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | $162,230 | $5,613 | $153,910 | $0 | $8,320 | $0 | $5,613 | $167,843 |
These figures come from Dayton 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 Dayton Foundation compares
Ranked 8th of 18 foundations and grantmakers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 7th, Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation, $973,900
- Next in this ranking: 9th, Boston Foundation, $915,854
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
In-Q-Tel$3,956,844 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$1,070,272 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American Association for Cancer Research$1,705,978 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Meridian Health Services$758,114 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Harvard-Westlake School$1,151,201 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Michael M Parks (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY) was paid $953,481 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $933,846 from Dayton Foundation and $19,635 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Michael M Parks, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $953,481.
Dayton Foundation paid its CEO, Michael M Parks, $953,481 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $69,840 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Michael M Parks, paid $639,190. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $639,190 (Michael M Parks); June 2023, $774,428; June 2024, $883,641; June 2025, $953,481.
Dayton Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $51,461,325 and total revenue of $131,240,042 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $79,778,717. Expenses were $49,661,162 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 3.6%. The CEO's pay of $953,481 equals 1.85% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Dayton Foundation 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.