Kaleida Health CEO salary and executive pay
Kaleida Health paid its CEO, DONALD BOYD, $3,764,180 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $399,730 (11.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Kaleida Health ranks 83rd of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Kaleida Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 16-1533232, Buffalo, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$3,764,180
- Total revenue
- $1,948,879,909
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 75%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513189349300631.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 30th of 121 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.19% 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, 18 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| DONALD BOYD CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,764,180 |
| CHERYL KLASS CHIEF NURSEEXEC/COO/SVP UAHS (AS OF 9/24) | $2,508,278 |
| ROBERT NESSELBUSHFORMER CEO | $1,431,648 |
| ALYSON SPAULDINGGENERAL COUNSEL | $1,320,315 |
| MATTHEW DRAKEEVP STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS | $1,098,184 |
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 | DONALD BOYD CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,764,180 | $1,948,879,909 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | DONALD BOYD CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,364,450 | $1,688,867,937 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | ROBERT NESSELBUSH CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (UNTIL 9/22) | $3,705,674 | $1,502,415,886 | 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 202513189349300631.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| DONALD BOYDPRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,716,363 | $47,817 | $1,393,496 | $840,000 | $1,482,867 | $27,463 | $20,354 | $3,764,180 |
| CHERYL KLASS CHIEF NURSEEXEC/COO/SVP UAHS (AS OF 9/24) | $2,458,755 | $49,523 | $821,017 | $395,040 | $1,242,698 | $41,607 | $7,916 | $2,508,278 |
| ROBERT NESSELBUSH*FORMER CEO | $1,431,648 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,431,648 | $0 | $0 | $1,431,648 |
| ALYSON SPAULDINGGENERAL COUNSEL | $1,277,269 | $43,046 | $532,496 | $226,380 | $518,393 | $23,829 | $19,217 | $1,320,315 |
| MATTHEW DRAKEEVP STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS | $1,062,575 | $35,609 | $694,696 | $337,440 | $30,439 | $16,175 | $19,434 | $1,098,184 |
These figures come from Kaleida Health'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 Kaleida Health compares
Ranked 83rd of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Hawai'i Pacific Health$1,393,821 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
UNC Rex Healthcare$3,939,666 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baystate Health$1,747,717 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Children's Hospital Colorado$4,286,194 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
John Muir Health$3,802,506 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
DONALD BOYD (PRESIDENT AND CEO) was paid $3,764,180 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $3,716,363 from Kaleida Health and $47,817 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Kaleida Health ranks 83rd of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, DONALD BOYD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,764,180. Next was CHERYL KLASS CHIEF NURSE (EXEC/COO/SVP UAHS (AS OF 9/24)), at $2,508,278. On the latest return, 18 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
Kaleida Health paid its CEO, DONALD BOYD, $3,764,180 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $399,730 (11.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was ROBERT NESSELBUSH, paid $3,705,674. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $3,705,674 (ROBERT NESSELBUSH); December 2023, $3,364,450 (DONALD BOYD); December 2024, $3,764,180.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Kaleida Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.