Goodwill of Colorado CEO salary and executive pay
Goodwill of Colorado paid its CEO, Karla Grazier, $685,733 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $31,152 (4.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $183,439,925, up 5.8% from $173,456,559 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Goodwill of Colorado ranks 9th of 26 Goodwill organizations on this site by CEO pay. Goodwill of Colorado has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 84-0513404, Colorado Springs, CO.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$685,733
- Total revenue
- $183,439,925
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 47%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543039349301984.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 110th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.37% 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 |
|---|---|
| Karla Grazier CEO President/CEO | $685,733 |
| Tim CooperCOO - Chief Oper. Officer | $315,618 |
| Thomas WildenbergCFO | $282,095 |
| Gary SmithCMO | $228,696 |
| Alison McGilchristVP Marketing and Development | $225,504 |
Also paid on the latest return: Sara Agre (VP-Strategic Planning), $206,446; Shery Richer (Director III, Retail Op), $197,465; Heather Berens (Director II, Finance), $159,973; Erica Skolasinski (Director III, Workforce Dev/Co), $146,482; Jill Alderton (Director III, Human Resources), $143,935; Shawn Davis (Director II, IT), $140,252.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Chris Gaskill (Co-Chair), Victoria Lovato (Immediate Past Co-Chair), Virginia Ginna Morgan (Co-Chair), Kevin Hall (Treasurer), Carmon Hicks (Secretary), Peter Maiurro (Foundation Board Chair), Matt Gendron (Immediate Past Co-Chair), Sharon Linhart (Vice Chair), Jennifer Wozniak (Director), Grace Harrison (Director), Patricia Cone (Director), Scot Cuthbertson (Director), Phil DeVries (Director), David Ettenger (Director), Rosie Golebiewski (Director), Peggy Gardner (Director), Brandon Johnson (Director), Lt Gen Ret Michael Gould (Director), Deborah Hendrix (Director), Mathew Hiner (Director), Dr Johnny Johnson (Director), Martha Marzolf (Director), Daniel May (Director), Chris Odell (Director), Tim Powers (Director), and 9 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Karla Grazier CEO President/CEO | $685,733 | $183,439,925 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Karla Grazier CEO President/CEO | $654,581 | $173,456,559 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Karla Grazier CEO President/CEO | $632,153 | $171,505,060 | Filing |
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 202543039349301984.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Karla GrazierPresident/CEO | $641,384 | $44,349 | $421,884 | $207,500 | $12,000 | $27,092 | $17,257 | $685,733 |
| Tim CooperCOO - Chief Oper. Officer | $274,385 | $41,233 | $238,385 | $30,000 | $6,000 | $13,285 | $27,948 | $315,618 |
| Thomas WildenbergCFO | $257,087 | $25,008 | $232,087 | $25,000 | – | $7,777 | $17,231 | $282,095 |
| Gary SmithCMO | $217,156 | $11,540 | $197,156 | $20,000 | – | $10,734 | $806 | $228,696 |
| Alison McGilchristVP Marketing and Development | $203,077 | $22,427 | $189,077 | $14,000 | – | $9,862 | $12,565 | $225,504 |
These figures come from Goodwill of Colorado'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 of Colorado compares
Ranked 9th of 26 Goodwill organizations by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 8th, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, $729,154
- Next in this ranking: 10th, Goodwill Industries of Central Florida, $680,653
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
DKT International$2,256,771 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Sesame Workshop$1,136,265 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Special Olympics$570,761 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Robin Hood Foundation$1,041,339 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024- National Board of Medical Examiners$2,172,839 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Karla Grazier (President/CEO) was paid $685,733 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $641,384 from Goodwill of Colorado and $44,349 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Karla Grazier, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $685,733.
Goodwill of Colorado paid its CEO, Karla Grazier, $685,733 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $31,152 (4.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Karla Grazier, paid $632,153. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $632,153 (Karla Grazier); December 2023, $654,581; December 2024, $685,733.
Goodwill of Colorado's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $162,454,925 and total revenue of $183,439,925 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $20,985,000. Expenses were $156,580,791 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 3.8%. The CEO's pay of $685,733 equals 0.42% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Goodwill of Colorado filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on October 30, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.