Environmental Defense Fund CEO salary and executive pay
Environmental Defense Fund paid its CEO, Frederic D Krupp, $1,233,884 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $68,121 (5.2%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $443,267,772, up 48.4% from $298,689,286 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Environmental Defense Fund has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 11-6107128, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,233,884
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Amanda Leland (Executive Director), $678,651.
- Total revenue
- $443,267,772
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 31%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202641529349300984.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 143rd of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.28% 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 |
|---|---|
| Frederic D Krupp CEO President | $1,233,884 |
| Amanda LelandExecutive Director | $678,651 |
| Sean CookEVP, Chief Administrative Officer | $485,861 |
| Angela Churie KallhaugeEVP, Impact | $475,980 |
| Steven HamburgSVP, Chief Scientist | $466,183 |
Also paid on the latest return: Thomas Murray (EVP, Solutions), $463,677; Mark Brownstein (SVP, Energy Transition), $438,928; Amelia Middleton (SVP, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer), $437,393; N Lou Mkanganwi thru 662025 (Chief Financial & Technology Officer & Treasurer), $436,063; Gwen Ruta Thru 122223 (FORMER SENIOR ADVISOR), $428,076; Jay Knott Thru 91623 (FORMER COO, SENIOR EXECUTIVE VP), $215,440; Ronora Pawelko (Sr. Director & Sr. Counsel - Political Law), $205,914; Catherine Nardone Thru 123123 (FORMER SR. EVP, CHIEF DEV. OFFICER), $190,811; Eric Schwaab Thru 32224 (FORMER SVP, PEOPLE AND NATURE), $171,450.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Abby Leigh (Trustee), Adam Met PhD (Trustee), Alice Hill (Trustee), Andrea Monge (Trustee), Bruce V Rauner (Trustee), Carl Ferenbach (Trustee), Christopher A Cole (Trustee), Christopher Costello (Trustee), Coddy Johnson (Trustee), David S Vogel (Trustee), Dr Tony G Reames (Trustee), Elizabeth McCance (Trustee), G Leonard Baker JR (Trustee), Georges C Benjamin MD (Trustee), Ion Yadigaroglu (Trustee), Joshua Bekenstein (Trustee), Katherine Lorenz (Vice Chair), Kathryn Murdoch (Trustee), Kenneth Olden PhD (Trustee), Kevin Johnson (Trustee), Kristen J Feldman (Trustee), Leslie Dach (Trustee), Lisa Keith (Trustee), Lise Strickler (Trustee), Lynn R Goldman MD MPH (Trustee), and 18 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Frederic D Krupp CEO President | $1,233,884 | $443,267,772 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Frederic D Krupp CEO PRESIDENT | $1,302,005 | $298,689,286 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Fredric Krupp CEO PRESIDENT | $1,192,794 | $247,057,586 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Fredric Krupp CEO President | $922,022 | $284,762,302 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202641529349300984.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Frederic D KruppPresident | $1,167,858 | $66,026 | $1,010,866 | $0 | $156,992 | $50,600 | $15,426 | $1,233,884 |
| Amanda LelandExecutive Director | $625,826 | $52,825 | $575,826 | $50,000 | $0 | $27,600 | $25,225 | $678,651 |
| Sean CookEVP, Chief Administrative Officer | $433,015 | $52,846 | $408,015 | $25,000 | $0 | $27,600 | $25,246 | $485,861 |
| Angela Churie KallhaugeEVP, Impact | $416,099 | $59,881 | $391,099 | $25,000 | $0 | $34,635 | $25,246 | $475,980 |
| Steven HamburgSVP, Chief Scientist | $422,614 | $43,569 | $377,614 | $45,000 | $0 | $27,600 | $15,969 | $466,183 |
These figures come from Environmental Defense Fund'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 Environmental Defense Fund compares
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Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Aspen Institute$911,570 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Road Scholar$1,386,517 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Action for Boston Community Development$403,788 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
ASPCA$1,226,402 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Legal Aid Society$374,850 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Frederic D Krupp (President) was paid $1,233,884 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,167,858 from Environmental Defense Fund and $66,026 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Frederic D Krupp, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,233,884.
Environmental Defense Fund paid its CEO, Frederic D Krupp, $1,233,884 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $68,121 (5.2%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Fredric Krupp, paid $922,022. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $922,022 (Fredric Krupp); September 2023, $1,192,794; September 2024, $1,302,005 (Frederic D Krupp); September 2025, $1,233,884.
Environmental Defense Fund's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $356,751,950 and total revenue of $443,267,772 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $86,515,822. Expenses were $295,808,792 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 20.6%. The CEO's pay of $1,233,884 equals 0.35% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Environmental Defense Fund filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on June 1, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.