International Rescue Committee CEO salary and executive pay
International Rescue Committee paid its CEO, David Miliband, $1,188,792 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $58,200 (4.7%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,314,041,795, down 14.1% from $1,529,582,620 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. International Rescue Committee ranks 3rd of 19 international nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. International Rescue Committee has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-5660870, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,188,792
- Total revenue
- $1,314,041,795
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 23%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202601529349301355.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 255th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% 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, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| David Miliband CEO Director, CEO & President | $1,188,792 |
| Madlin J SheermanSVP, Operations & Strategy | $512,047 |
| Ciaran DonnellySVP, Crisis Response, Recovery & Development | $460,271 |
| Angela M FreyreSVP and General Counsel, secretary | $453,604 |
| Madeleine FacklerChief Information Officer | $448,881 |
Also paid on the latest return: Ebighe Emafo (SVP, People & Culture), $446,335; Martin Bratt (CFO, SVP Finance, Treasurer), $438,339; Zain Habboo (Chief Mobilization & Marketing Officer), $422,361; Matthew Collins-Gibson (Vice President Philanthropy), $416,356; Oscar Raposo (FORMER cfo), $390,527; Johannes Van De Weerd (SVP, Resettlement, Asylum, & Integration), $372,700; Sarah Kleinman (Chief Strategy Officer), $323,460.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Eduardo G Mestre (Co-Chair, Board of Directors), Mona K Sutphen (Co-Chair, Board of Directors), Timothy F Geithner (CO- chair Director (Until 2/28/2025)), Victoria Long Foley (Chair, IRC Board of Advisors), Abraham Verghese (Director (Until 2/28/2025)), Andrew Klaber (Director), Cheryl Cohen Effron (Director), Dr Christina Kirby (Director), Dr Kathleen M Pike PhD (Director (Until 2/28/2025)), Dr Merryl H Tisch (Director), Dr Mohammed Badi (Director (From 12/2024)), Dr Titilola Banjoko (Director), George Biddle (Director), Janet Napolitano (Director), Jillian Muller (Director), Joshua L Steiner (Director), Kathrin Jungehlsing (Director), Kenneth R French (Director), Kerwin Charles (Director), Lauren Melkus (Director (From 3/1/2025)), Laurence D Fink (Director (Until 9/25/2025)), Leah Joy Zell (Director), Maria Hummer-Tuttle (Director), Martin Kimani (Director), Masood Ahmed (Director), and 16 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | David Miliband CEO Director, CEO & President | $1,188,792 | $1,314,041,795 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | David Miliband CEO Dir/CEO/Pres | $1,246,992 | $1,529,582,620 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | David Miliband CEO Dir/CEO/Pres | $1,253,728 | $1,341,268,864 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | David Miliband CEO Dir/CEO/Pres | $1,142,413 | $1,373,898,628 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202601529349301355.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| David MilibandDirector, CEO & President | $1,123,092 | $65,700 | $749,994 | $155,000 | $218,098 | $39,675 | $26,025 | $1,188,792 |
| Madlin J SheermanSVP, Operations & Strategy | $450,202 | $61,845 | $447,805 | $0 | $2,397 | $36,058 | $25,787 | $512,047 |
| Ciaran DonnellySVP, Crisis Response, Recovery & Development | $396,301 | $63,970 | $394,905 | $0 | $1,396 | $39,675 | $24,295 | $460,271 |
| Angela M FreyreSVP and General Counsel, secretary | $408,976 | $44,628 | $390,923 | $0 | $18,053 | $39,675 | $4,953 | $453,604 |
| Madeleine FacklerChief Information Officer | $391,549 | $57,332 | $380,398 | $0 | $11,151 | $38,150 | $19,182 | $448,881 |
These figures come from International Rescue Committee'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 International Rescue Committee compares
Ranked 3rd of 19 international nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 2nd, CIEE, $1,212,104
- Next in this ranking: 4th, Direct Relief, $1,111,239
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Community Behavioral Health$277,477 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Milton Hershey School$978,736 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
RTI International$1,823,892 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
MAP International$115,898 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
World Vision$647,930 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
David Miliband (Director, CEO & President) was paid $1,188,792 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,123,092 from International Rescue Committee and $65,700 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, David Miliband, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,188,792.
International Rescue Committee paid its CEO, David Miliband, $1,188,792 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $58,200 (4.7%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was David Miliband, paid $1,142,413. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,142,413 (David Miliband); September 2023, $1,253,728; September 2024, $1,246,992; September 2025, $1,188,792.
International Rescue Committee's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $1,276,197,438 and total revenue of $1,314,041,795 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $37,844,357. Expenses were $1,540,173,216 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they fell 17.1%. The CEO's pay of $1,188,792 equals 0.09% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns International Rescue Committee filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on June 1, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.