Humane World for Animals CEO salary and executive pay
Humane World for Animals paid its CEO, Cristobel Block, $702,371 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $25,697 (3.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $216,548,337, up 4.1% from $207,939,996 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Humane World for Animals ranks 33rd of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Humane World for Animals has 5 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2025. Also known as Humane Society of the United States or HSUS.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 53-0225390, Washington, DC.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2025
$702,371
- Total revenue
- $216,548,337
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 40%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202601949349301105.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 124th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.32% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Humane World for Animals is the new name of The Humane Society of the United States: returns through 2023 are filed under the old name and later ones under the new name, with the same EIN. Local humane societies are unrelated.
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 |
|---|---|
| Cristobel Block CEO President & Chief Executive Officer | $702,371 |
| Alison Gregg CorcoranChief Development & Marketing Officer | $443,416 |
| Erin FrackletonChief Operating Officer | $414,906 |
| Angela CiccoloGeneral Counsel & Chief Legal Officer | $380,950 |
| Rebecca BranzellSVP. Operational Risk | $376,525 |
Also paid on the latest return: William H Hall (Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer), $371,613; Nicole Paquette (Chief Impact Officer, U.S. & Canada), $359,732; Jeffrey Flocken (Chief Impact Officer, Country Offices), $354,911; Stephanie Briggs (Chief People Officer), $345,046; Stacy Stonich (SVP. Technology & Information Solutions), $339,101; Kevin Biondi (SVP. Marketing & Growth), $309,283; Alexandra Freidberg (Chief Impact Officer, International), $294,267; Anna Frostic (Chief Strategy Officer), $291,162; Jonathan Lovvorn (SVP. & Chief Counsel, APL), $283,868; Kimberlee Dinn (SVP. Philanthropy), $283,606; Margaret Allan (SVP. Communications & Brand), $266,420; Reva Bhatia (SVP. Accounting & Finance/Controller), $246,940; Johanie V Parra (Secretary), $125,775; Sara Amundson (Chief Government Relations Officer), $70,827.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Aditya Kumar (Director), Anastasia Kelly (Director), Bhavana Bartholf (Director), Brad Jakeman (Director), Caren M Fleit (Director), Charles A Laue (Director), Darrell W Gunter (Director), David Niekirk (Director), Deesha Dyer (Director), Elizabeth Bradham (Director), Georgina Bloomberg (Director), Howard Berk (Director), Jessica Rivera (Director), Lisa Feria (Director), Marilia Duffles (Director), Robert Greenspon (Director), Susan Atherton (Director), Suzy Welch (Director), Sylvia Kaser (Director), Thomas J Sabatino Jr (Director), Yolanda Berkowitz (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 | Cristobel Block CEO President & Chief Executive Officer | $702,371 | $216,548,337 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | Cristobel Block CEO President & Chief Executive Officer | $676,674 | $207,939,996 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Cristobel Block CEO President & Chief Executive Officer | $649,672 | $174,968,233 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Cristobel Block CEO President & Chief Executive Officer | $608,129 | $157,445,864 | Filing |
| Dec 2021 Amended | Cristobel Block CEO President & Chief Executive Officer | $486,156 | $259,519,738 | 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 202601949349301105.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Cristobel BlockPresident & Chief Executive Officer | $670,402 | $31,969 | $646,902 | $0 | $23,500 | $10,683 | $21,286 | $702,371 |
| Alison Gregg CorcoranChief Development & Marketing Officer | $410,304 | $33,112 | $410,304 | $0 | $0 | $4,756 | $28,356 | $443,416 |
| Erin FrackletonChief Operating Officer | $392,535 | $22,371 | $392,535 | $0 | $0 | $9,987 | $12,384 | $414,906 |
| Angela CiccoloGeneral Counsel & Chief Legal Officer | $358,193 | $22,757 | $358,193 | $0 | $0 | $20,725 | $2,032 | $380,950 |
| Rebecca BranzellSVP. Operational Risk | $340,608 | $35,917 | $210,338 | $0 | $130,270 | $11,377 | $24,540 | $376,525 |
These figures come from Humane World for Animals' 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 Humane World for Animals compares
Ranked 33rd of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 32nd, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, $723,520
- Next in this ranking: 34th, NPR, $697,251
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
CIEE$1,212,104 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
AH Georgia$5,358,318 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Joint Commission$2,825,944 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$205,055 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Goodwill Legacy Group$786,620 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Cristobel Block (President & Chief Executive Officer) was paid $702,371 for the fiscal year ending December 2025: $670,402 from Humane World for Animals and $31,969 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Cristobel Block, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $702,371.
Humane World for Animals is the new name of The Humane Society of the United States: returns through 2023 are filed under the old name and later ones under the new name, with the same EIN. Local humane societies are unrelated.
Humane World for Animals paid its CEO, Cristobel Block, $702,371 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $25,697 (3.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2021, when the CEO was Cristobel Block, paid $486,156. By fiscal year end: December 2021, $486,156 (Cristobel Block); December 2022, $608,129; December 2023, $649,672; December 2024, $676,674; December 2025, $702,371.
Humane World for Animals' return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 reports total expenses of $204,118,009 and total revenue of $216,548,337 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $12,430,328. Expenses were $194,917,959 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, so they rose 4.7%. The CEO's pay of $702,371 equals 0.34% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 5 Form 990 returns Humane World for Animals filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.