Easterseals CEO salary and executive pay
Easter Seals paid its CEO, Kendra Davenport, $559,769 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $22,961 (4.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $47,513,200, down 18.0% from $57,964,200 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Easter Seals ranks 40th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Easter Seals has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Easter Seals.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-2171729, Chicago, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2025
$559,769
- Total revenue
- $47,513,200
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 96%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202641909349301209.View the filing
Peers: the 592 other organizations on this site. Ranked 21st of 593 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 1.18% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is the Easterseals national office in Chicago. Local Easterseals affiliates file their own 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 |
|---|---|
| Kendra Davenport CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $559,769 |
| Glenda OakleyCFO & HUMAN RESOURCES | $266,234 |
| Theodore ThompsonSVP, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | $265,343 |
| Mark HechingerCHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER & COUNSEL | $257,542 |
| Dana BunkeSVP, DIRECT RESPONSE AND INTEGRATED FUNDRAISING | $248,432 |
Also paid on the latest return: Marcia Traxler (SVP, NETWORK ADVANCEMENT), $244,009; Sharon Watson (SVP, CORPORATE & FOUNDATION RELATIONS), $233,260; Thomas Davies (VP, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY), $205,832; Judy Shanley (AVP, EDUCATION & YOUTH TRANSITION), $200,591; Katherine Wallace (VP, BRAND MARKETING), $182,226; Meredith Mansfield (AVP, DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT), $178,613; Aimee Berniard (VP, DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS), $154,717; Tracy Garner (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $78,624.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Catherine Alicia Georges (IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR), Craig Erlich (TREASURER), Erhardt Preitauer (FIRST VICE CHAIR), Genevieve Winter (BOARD CHAIR), Joan Rockey (SECRETARY), Wanda Hill (SECOND VICE CHAIR), Bob Edmonds (BOARD MEMBER), Glenn Henderson (BOARD MEMBER), Greg Sexton (BOARD MEMBER), Juan Otero (BOARD MEMBER), Kaveh Safavi (BOARD MEMBER), Kelly Schneider (BOARD MEMBER), Mark Berryhill (BOARD MEMBER), Mark Bertrand (BOARD MEMBER), Mark Whitley (BOARD MEMBER), Maureen Beauregard (BOARD MEMBER), Pooja Rahman (BOARD MEMBER), Rory Cooper (BOARD MEMBER), Tetiana Anderson (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Kendra Davenport CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $559,769 | $47,513,200 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | Kendra Davenport CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $536,808 | $57,964,200 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Kendra Davenport CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $514,187 | $53,207,200 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Kendra Davenport CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $357,285 | $59,142,100 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202641909349301209.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kendra DavenportPRESIDENT & CEO | $548,547 | $11,222 | $529,647 | $0 | $18,900 | $10,500 | $722 | $559,769 |
| Glenda OakleyCFO & HUMAN RESOURCES | $257,733 | $8,501 | $257,733 | $0 | $0 | $7,779 | $722 | $266,234 |
| Theodore ThompsonSVP, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | $243,528 | $21,815 | $243,528 | $0 | $0 | $2,850 | $18,965 | $265,343 |
| Mark HechingerCHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER & COUNSEL | $231,166 | $26,376 | $231,166 | $0 | $0 | $7,325 | $19,051 | $257,542 |
| Dana BunkeSVP, DIRECT RESPONSE AND INTEGRATED FUNDRAISING | $211,509 | $36,923 | $211,509 | $0 | $0 | $6,816 | $30,107 | $248,432 |
These figures come from Easter Seals' 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 Easter Seals compares
Ranked 40th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 39th, Special Olympics, $570,761
- Next in this ranking: 41st, Sierra Club, $524,826
Closest in revenue among the organizations on this site:
VillageCare$1,687,268 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America$723,520 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Springpoint Senior Living$1,685,629 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Acacia Network$872,711 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Battelle Memorial Institute$5,978,396 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Kendra Davenport (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $559,769 for the fiscal year ending December 2025: $548,547 from Easter Seals and $11,222 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Kendra Davenport, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $559,769.
This is the Easterseals national office in Chicago. Local Easterseals affiliates file their own returns.
Easter Seals paid its CEO, Kendra Davenport, $559,769 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $22,961 (4.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Kendra Davenport, paid $357,285. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $357,285 (Kendra Davenport); December 2023, $514,187; December 2024, $536,808; December 2025, $559,769.
Easter Seals' return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 reports total expenses of $47,701,528 and total revenue of $47,513,200 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $188,328. Expenses were $58,481,617 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, so they fell 18.4%. The CEO's pay of $559,769 equals 1.17% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Easterseals filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 9, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.