Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee CEO salary and executive pay
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee paid its CEO, Matthew Bourlakas, $567,281 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $108,408 (23.6%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $127,867,427, up 14.4% from $111,776,704 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee ranks 17th of 26 Goodwill organizations on this site by CEO pay. Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 62-0599413, Nashville, TN.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2025
$567,281
- Total revenue
- $127,867,427
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 54%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202602399349301605.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 96th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.44% 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 |
|---|---|
| Matthew Bourlakas CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $567,281 |
| Christine SkoldCFO | $312,616 |
| Leisa WamsleyCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER | $311,531 |
| Cynthia VarnerCHIEF MISSION OFFICER | $266,130 |
| Wendy WhiteVP/FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING | $240,239 |
Also paid on the latest return: Deqa Elmi (VP/DONATED GOODS), $233,754; Ed O'Kelley (VP/INFO TECHNOLOGY), $233,710; Rebecca Walker (VP/HUMAN RESOURCES), $223,453; George Carlson (VP/MISSION ADVANCEMENT), $221,045; Desiree Graham (VP/MARKETING), $211,150.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Beth Duffield (VICE CHAIR), Christopher Dunn (LEGAL COUNSEL), Jeff Young (CHAIR), John Chobanian (SECRETARY), Rob Ivy (TREASURER), Candace McQueen (DIRECTOR), Christina Oakeley (DIRECTOR), Clay Hart (DIRECTOR), Clay Teter (DIRECTOR), D Scott Turner (DIRECTOR), Emily Cummings (DIRECTOR), Gabriela Moran (DIRECTOR), Jonathan White (DIRECTOR), Keith Lampkin (DIRECTOR), Kevin Mitchell (DIRECTOR), Michael Madden (DIRECTOR), Phillip McGowan (DIRECTOR), Richard Ewing (DIRECTOR), Ryan Jolley (DIRECTOR), Shane Douglas (DIRECTOR), Susan Vanderbilt (DIRECTOR), Tom Lampe (DIRECTOR).
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 | Matthew Bourlakas CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $567,281 | $127,867,427 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | Matthew Bourlakas CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $458,873 | $111,776,704 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | MATTHEW BOURLAKAS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $410,164 | $100,342,138 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Matthew Bourlakas CEO PRESIDENT & | $361,517 | $87,208,911 | 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 202602399349301605.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Matthew BourlakasPRESIDENT & CEO | $493,047 | $74,234 | $401,158 | $88,750 | $3,139 | $73,520 | $714 | $567,281 |
| Christine SkoldCFO | $267,193 | $45,423 | $220,291 | $44,671 | $2,231 | $25,109 | $20,314 | $312,616 |
| Leisa WamsleyCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER | $260,064 | $51,467 | $214,134 | $42,898 | $3,032 | $41,649 | $9,818 | $311,531 |
| Cynthia VarnerCHIEF MISSION OFFICER | $253,824 | $12,306 | $210,760 | $41,600 | $1,464 | $4,251 | $8,055 | $266,130 |
| Wendy WhiteVP/FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING | $192,024 | $48,215 | $165,990 | $24,754 | $1,280 | $36,282 | $11,933 | $240,239 |
These figures come from Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee'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 Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee compares
Ranked 17th of 26 Goodwill organizations by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 16th, MERS Goodwill, $591,461
- Next in this ranking: 18th, Goodwill Industries of Orange County California, $525,967
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Harvard-Westlake School$1,151,201 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025- Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin$1,250,045 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Hotchkiss School$1,247,135 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American Association for Cancer Research$1,705,978 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$1,070,272 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Matthew Bourlakas (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $567,281 for the fiscal year ending December 2025: $493,047 from Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee and $74,234 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Matthew Bourlakas, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $567,281.
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee paid its CEO, Matthew Bourlakas, $567,281 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $108,408 (23.6%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Matthew Bourlakas, paid $361,517. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $361,517 (Matthew Bourlakas); December 2023, $410,164; December 2024, $458,873; December 2025, $567,281.
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee's return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 reports total expenses of $115,512,006 and total revenue of $127,867,427 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $12,355,421. Expenses were $103,475,936 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, so they rose 11.6%. The CEO's pay of $567,281 equals 0.49% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 27, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.