Direct Relief CEO salary and executive pay
Direct Relief paid its CEO, Thomas Tighe, $1,111,239 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $491,902 (79.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,398,998,642, up 0.7% from $2,383,379,388 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Direct Relief ranks 4th of 19 international nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Direct Relief has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1831116, Santa Barbara, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,111,239
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Byron Scott - Interim Ceo ((1/25-5/25)/PRESIDENT & COO), $503,487.
- Total revenue
- $2,398,998,642
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 6%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610449349301656.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 310th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.05% 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 |
|---|---|
| Thomas Tighe CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 12/24) | $1,111,239 |
| Byron Scott - Interim Ceo(1/25-5/25)/PRESIDENT & COO | $503,487 |
| Jonathan Steiner - SeniorVICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE, CFO | $399,446 |
| Heather BennettVICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | $337,017 |
| Donald Roane - VpCORPORATION ENGAGEMENT & STRATEGY | $329,017 |
Also paid on the latest return: Adan Grouman (VICE PRESIDENT, IT), $311,497; Doug Froelich (VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS), $301,569; Brent Reginald Baldwin - Vp (LEGAL & REGULATORY AFFAIRS), $282,592.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Mark Linehan (CHAIR), Harry McMahon (VICE CHAIR, COMMITTEE CHAIR), Annalisa Pizzarello (SECRETARY, COMMITTEE CHAIR), Thomas Sturgess (TREASURER, COMMITTEE CHAIR), Laurie Siegel (ASSISTANT SECRETARY, COMMITTEE CHAIR), Mark Schwartz (ASSISTANT TREASURER, COMMITTEE CHAIR), Emma Carrasco (COMMITTEE CHAIR), Adam Cooper (DIRECTOR), Mary Dwyer PhD (COMMITTEE CHAIR), Henrietta Holsman Fore (DIRECTOR), Heitham Hassoun MD (DIRECTOR), James McGonigle (COMMITTEE CHAIR), Marla Salmon Scd RN FAAN (DIRECTOR), Perry Siatis Esq (DIRECTOR), Tom Strickland (DIRECTOR), Elizabeth Toro MD MPH (DIRECTOR), Amy Weaver (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (AS OF 5/25)).
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 | Thomas Tighe CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 12/24) | $1,111,239 | $2,398,998,642 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Thomas Tighe CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $619,337 | $2,383,379,388 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Thomas Tighe CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $652,610 | $2,266,763,483 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Thomas Tighe CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $556,736 | $2,218,136,536 | 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 202610449349301656.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Thomas TigheCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 12/24) | $1,042,426 | $68,813 | $490,335 | $172,470 | $379,621 | $20,700 | $48,113 | $1,111,239 |
| Byron Scott - Interim Ceo(1/25-5/25)/PRESIDENT & COO | $483,676 | $19,811 | $483,676 | $0 | $0 | $19,811 | $0 | $503,487 |
| Jonathan Steiner - SeniorVICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE, CFO | $369,470 | $29,976 | $369,470 | $0 | $0 | $20,700 | $9,276 | $399,446 |
| Heather BennettVICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | $315,609 | $21,408 | $315,609 | $0 | $0 | $12,526 | $8,882 | $337,017 |
| Donald Roane - VpCORPORATION ENGAGEMENT & STRATEGY | $274,954 | $54,063 | $274,954 | $0 | $0 | $15,234 | $38,829 | $329,017 |
These figures come from Direct Relief'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 Direct Relief compares
Ranked 4th of 19 international nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 3rd, International Rescue Committee, $1,188,792
- Next in this ranking: 5th, World Education Services, $996,526
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation$668,273 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Chicago Community Trust$685,048 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Howard Hughes Medical Institute$1,721,384 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
ALSAC (St. Jude fundraising)$1,564,611 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Silicon Valley Community Foundation$1,268,486 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Thomas Tighe (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 12/24)) was paid $1,111,239 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,042,426 from Direct Relief and $68,813 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Thomas Tighe, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,111,239.
Direct Relief paid its CEO, Thomas Tighe, $1,111,239 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $491,902 (79.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Thomas Tighe, paid $556,736. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $556,736 (Thomas Tighe); June 2023, $652,610; June 2024, $619,337; June 2025, $1,111,239.
Direct Relief's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $2,307,002,152 and total revenue of $2,398,998,642 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $91,996,490. Expenses were $2,365,599,490 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 2.5%. The CEO's pay of $1,111,239 equals 0.05% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Direct Relief filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on February 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.