Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada CEO salary and executive pay
Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada paid its CEO, Ken Gosney, $680,201 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $167,574 (32.7%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $100,402,689, down 3.7% from $104,254,936 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada ranks 11th of 26 Goodwill organizations on this site by CEO pay. Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1201202, Sacramento, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$680,201
- Total revenue
- $100,402,689
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 68%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202502979349300025.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 66th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.68% 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 |
|---|---|
| Ken Gosney CEO President & CEO | $680,201 |
| Bryan WagnerCFO | $306,310 |
| Lori DearwesterCOO | $289,221 |
| Karen KassisChief of Human Resources | $233,195 |
| Dave SmithChief Technology Officer | $230,191 |
Also paid on the latest return: Angela Vatca (VP of Finance), $188,891; Andrea Choe (VP of Retail), $186,831; Steve Ryall (VP of Risk Management), $171,755; Samuel Barry (Controller), $134,827; Pamela Sessions (Regional Director Northern Nevada), $116,316; Brenda Pate (Director of Workforce Development), $113,811; Sabrina BucherSr Director of (Environmental Health & Safety), $112,708; Katharine Roberts (Senior Transportation Manager), $106,591.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Timothy Kassis (Chair), Amy Lerseth (Vice Chair), Brett Huston (Treasurer), Kipp Johnson (Secretary), Douglas Bayless (Director), Julius Cherry (Director), Elizabeth Hughes (Director), Doni Allen (Director).
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 202502979349300025.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Ken GosneyPresident & CEO | $608,191 | $72,010 | $423,462 | $84,469 | $100,260 | $26,900 | $45,110 | $680,201 |
| Bryan WagnerCFO | $279,038 | $27,272 | $260,288 | $18,750 | $0 | $13,749 | $13,523 | $306,310 |
| Lori DearwesterCOO | $278,204 | $11,017 | $259,454 | $18,750 | $0 | $11,017 | $0 | $289,221 |
| Karen KassisChief of Human Resources | $219,831 | $13,364 | $201,081 | $18,750 | $0 | $4,347 | $9,017 | $233,195 |
| Dave SmithChief Technology Officer | $220,802 | $9,389 | $202,052 | $18,750 | $0 | $4,028 | $5,361 | $230,191 |
These figures come from Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada'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 Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada compares
Ranked 11th of 26 Goodwill organizations by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 10th, Goodwill Industries of Central Florida, $680,653
- Next in this ranking: 12th, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey, $632,776
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
- Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York$329,280 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
- Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont$434,798 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Susan G. Komen$688,812 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
Riverdale Country School$848,422 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Miami Jewish Health$1,521,278 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Ken Gosney (President & CEO) was paid $680,201 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $608,191 from Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada and $72,010 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Ken Gosney, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $680,201.
Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada paid its CEO, Ken Gosney, $680,201 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $167,574 (32.7%) 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 Gosney, paid $413,016. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $413,016 (Ken Gosney); December 2023, $512,627; December 2024, $680,201.
Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $101,004,143 and total revenue of $100,402,689 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $601,454. Expenses were $103,786,930 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they fell 2.7%. The CEO's pay of $680,201 equals 0.67% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Goodwill Industries Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on October 24, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.