George Kaiser Family Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
George Kaiser Family Foundation paid its CEO, Ken Levit, $791,481 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $17,895 (2.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $549,695,640, down 25.3% from $736,156,680 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. George Kaiser Family Foundation ranks 11th of 18 foundations and grantmakers on this site by CEO pay. George Kaiser Family Foundation has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 73-1574370, Tulsa, OK.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$791,481
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,070,497Lisa LambertChief Inv. Off.-Private Markets
- Total revenue
- $549,695,640
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 47%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523219349308302.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 174th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.14% 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, 4 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Lisa LambertChief Inv. Off.-Private Markets | $1,070,497 |
| Ken Levit CEO Exec. Director | $791,481 |
| Phil LakinBoard of Dir. | $725,134 |
| William J Stava IIISr Program Officer | $642,550 |
| John Budd IIIChief Op Officer | $478,398 |
Also paid on the latest return: Annie Van Hanken (Sr Program Officer), $443,846; Amy Santee (Chief Program Officer), $422,403; Benjamin Stewart (Senior Program Officer), $408,743; Reid Spears (Sr Program Officer), $396,032; John Robson (Chief Acct Officer), $266,106.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Frederic Dorwart (Board of Dir.), Emily L Kaiser (Board of Dir.), Leah M Kaiser (Board of Dir.), Philip A Kaiser (Board of Dir.), Chester Cadieux III (Board of Dir.), Ray Owens (Board of Dir.), Rose Washington-Jones (Board of Dir.).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523219349308302.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Lisa LambertChief Inv. Off.-Private Markets | $1,021,583 | $0 | $48,914 | $702,108 | $299,000 | $20,475 | $25,590 | $23,324 | $1,070,497 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Ken LevitExec. Director | $719,500 | $0 | $71,981 | $439,002 | $250,000 | $30,498 | $47,150 | $24,831 | $791,481 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Phil Lakin*Board of Dir. | $0 | $642,204 | $82,930 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $536,867 | $70,000 | $35,337 | $56,967 | $25,963 | $725,134 | |||
| William J Stava IIISr Program Officer | $491,562 | $86,800 | $64,188 | $291,562 | $200,000 | $0 | $30,115 | $11,416 | $533,093 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $56,302 | $0 | $30,498 | $8,041 | $14,616 | $109,457 | |||
| John Budd IIIChief Op Officer | $443,552 | $0 | $34,846 | $373,952 | $58,000 | $11,600 | $25,790 | $9,056 | $478,398 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from George Kaiser Family 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 George Kaiser Family Foundation compares
Ranked 11th of 18 foundations and grantmakers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 10th, Jewish Federations of North America, $852,662
- Next in this ranking: 12th, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, $747,111
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Martin's Point Health Care$1,387,229 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Young Life$708,001 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
FHI 360$712,991 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
RAND Corporation$1,182,669 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Boys Town$769,189 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Ken Levit (Exec. Director) was paid $791,481 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $719,500 from George Kaiser Family Foundation and $71,981 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Lisa Lambert (Chief Inv. Off.-Private Markets), at $1,070,497. That is $279,016 more than the CEO, Ken Levit.
George Kaiser Family Foundation paid its CEO, Ken Levit, $791,481 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $17,895 (2.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Ken Levit, paid $829,570. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $829,570 (Ken Levit); December 2023, $773,586; December 2024, $791,481.
George Kaiser Family Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $274,018,679 and total revenue of $549,695,640 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $275,676,961. Expenses were $263,309,460 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 4.1%. The CEO's pay of $791,481 equals 0.29% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns George Kaiser Family Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.