Jewish National Fund-USA CEO salary and executive pay
Jewish National Fund-USA paid its CEO, Russell Robinson, $981,628 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $97,421 (11.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $197,058,808, down 12.1% from $224,296,704 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Jewish National Fund-USA ranks 7th of 19 international nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Jewish National Fund-USA has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1659627, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$981,628
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Michael Feinman (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $283,730.
- Total revenue
- $197,058,808
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 57%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202611599349301111.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 89th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.50% 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 |
|---|---|
| Russell Robinson CEO CEO | $981,628 |
| Mitchel RosenzweigCFO | $488,623 |
| Matthew BernsteinCHIEF PLANNED GIVING OFFICER | $446,471 |
| Stephen BachCHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER | $405,274 |
| Richard KrosnickCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $396,033 |
Also paid on the latest return: Debbie Freedman (CHIEF HR OFFICER), $339,802; Diane Scar (NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR), $326,397; Sharon Joy (NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR), $315,210; Michael Feinman (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $283,730; Jodi Pollack (MARKETING DIRECTOR), $280,267.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Deb Zaluda (PRESIDENT), Dr Sol Lizerbram (CHAIR), Jeffrey E Levine (CHAIRPERSON EMERITUS), Kenneth Segel (TREASURER), Penny Rosen (SECRETARY), Ronald S Lauder (CHAIRPERSON EMERITUS), Alan Wolk (BOARD MEMBER), Ann Zinman (BOARD MEMBER), Barbara Burry (BOARD MEMBER), Benjamin Gutmann (BOARD MEMBER), Betsy Fischer (BOARD MEMBER), Carrol Ann Schwartz (BOARD MEMBER), Charles S Fax (BOARD MEMBER), Danielle Hankin (BOARD MEMBER), David Greenbaum (BOARD MEMBER), David Levy (BOARD MEMBER), Dr Alan Fisher (BOARD MEMBER), Erez Sherman (BOARD MEMBER), Gadi Iilan (BOARD MEMBER), Gary Kushner (BOARD MEMBER), Harley Feldberg (BOARD MEMBER), Harold L Kaplan (BOARD MEMBER), Ian Sachs (BOARD MEMBER), Ira Bartfield (BOARD MEMBER), Jeffrey Schwartz (BOARD MEMBER), and 27 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 | Russell Robinson CEO CEO | $981,628 | $197,058,808 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Russell Robinson CEO CEO | $884,207 | $224,296,704 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Russell Robinson CEO CEO | $860,120 | $105,380,420 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Russell Robinson CEO CEO | $858,648 | $113,075,602 | 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 202611599349301111.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Russell RobinsonCEO | $889,303 | $92,325 | $887,563 | $0 | $1,740 | $70,979 | $21,346 | $981,628 |
| Mitchel RosenzweigCFO | $433,150 | $55,473 | $431,320 | $0 | $1,830 | $45,816 | $9,657 | $488,623 |
| Matthew BernsteinCHIEF PLANNED GIVING OFFICER | $386,790 | $59,681 | $386,790 | $0 | $0 | $42,504 | $17,177 | $446,471 |
| Stephen BachCHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER | $340,300 | $64,974 | $338,215 | $0 | $2,085 | $41,947 | $23,027 | $405,274 |
| Richard KrosnickCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $333,705 | $62,328 | $333,705 | $0 | $0 | $40,403 | $21,925 | $396,033 |
These figures come from Jewish National Fund-USA'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 Jewish National Fund-USA compares
Ranked 7th of 19 international nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 6th, American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, $993,732
- Next in this ranking: 8th, Institute of International Education, $948,481
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast$1,372,863 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Goodwill Industries of South Florida$614,397 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
ATCC$2,350,282 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Stowers Resource Management (Stowers Institute support organization)$3,206,337 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Whitney Museum of American Art$999,235 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Russell Robinson (CEO) was paid $981,628 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $889,303 from Jewish National Fund-USA and $92,325 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Russell Robinson, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $981,628.
Jewish National Fund-USA paid its CEO, Russell Robinson, $981,628 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $97,421 (11.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Russell Robinson, paid $858,648. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $858,648 (Russell Robinson); September 2023, $860,120; September 2024, $884,207; September 2025, $981,628.
Jewish National Fund-USA's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $152,672,660 and total revenue of $197,058,808 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $44,386,148. Expenses were $162,179,627 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they fell 5.9%. The CEO's pay of $981,628 equals 0.64% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Jewish National Fund-USA filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on June 8, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.