Kamehameha Schools CEO salary and executive pay
Kamehameha Schools paid its CEO, L Jack Wong, $1,721,931 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $215,314 (14.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $927,455,971, up 57.5% from $588,827,104 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Kamehameha Schools ranks 2nd of 14 K-12 schools on this site by CEO pay. Kamehameha Schools has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 99-0073480, Honolulu, HI.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,721,931
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,467,294Timothy DonohueCIO
- Total revenue
- $927,455,971
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 63%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601359349302395.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 122nd of 331 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, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Timothy DonohueCIO | $2,467,294 |
| L Jack Wong CEO CEO | $1,721,931 |
| Burton YuenMANAGING DIR. - FIN'L ASSETS | $1,255,886 |
| Christopher PiccioneCOO, FINANCIAL ASSETS | $1,006,085 |
| Jon IwataniMANAGING DIR. - FIN'L ASSETS | $991,828 |
Also paid on the latest return: David Ames (MANAGING DIR. - FIN'L ASSETS), $905,458; Jeff Heidsieck (MANAGING DIR. - FIN'L ASSETS), $875,161; Darrel Hoke (EVP - ADMINISTRATION), $632,771; Taran Chun (HEAD OF SCHOOL - KSK UNTIL 3/25), $529,248; Benjamin Salazar (VP OF FINANCE & CFO), $518,068; M Nalani Fujimori Kaina (GENERAL COUNSEL & VP), $512,758; T Ka'Eo Duarte (VP OF AINA PAUAHI), $512,109; Mia Okinaga (VP, INTERNAL AUDIT), $466,347; Walter Thoemmes (FMR MAN DIR COMM RE), $455,832; M Kahealani Nae'Ole-Wong (HEAD OF SCHOOL - BIG ISLAND), $453,073; M Wai'Ale'Ale Arroyo (VP-HI'IALO/INT HEAD OF SCHOOL - KSK), $419,156; Scott Parker (HEAD OF SCHOOL - MAUI), $419,067; Kehau Abad (VP OF S & E), $372,711; Shelli Kim (INT VP - HI'IALO FROM 3/25), $325,675; Sabrina Toma (FORMER INT GENERAL COUNSEL & VP), $307,261; and 7 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | L Jack Wong CEO CEO | $1,721,931 | $927,455,971 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | L Jack Wong CEO CEO | $1,506,617 | $588,827,104 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | L Jack Wong CEO CEO | $1,211,820 | $594,652,097 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | L Jack Wong CEO CEO | $753,429 | $917,042,978 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601359349302395.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Timothy DonohueCIO | $2,389,226 | $78,068 | $1,090,405 | $1,295,959 | $2,862 | $55,950 | $22,118 | $2,467,294 |
| L Jack WongCEO | $1,554,050 | $167,881 | $834,226 | $599,200 | $120,624 | $140,059 | $27,822 | $1,721,931 |
| Burton YuenMANAGING DIR. - FIN'L ASSETS | $1,176,822 | $79,064 | $673,258 | $500,000 | $3,564 | $55,650 | $23,414 | $1,255,886 |
| Christopher PiccioneCOO, FINANCIAL ASSETS | $919,749 | $86,336 | $488,507 | $430,000 | $1,242 | $56,400 | $29,936 | $1,006,085 |
| Jon IwataniMANAGING DIR. - FIN'L ASSETS | $923,449 | $68,379 | $519,705 | $400,000 | $3,744 | $56,386 | $11,993 | $991,828 |
These figures come from Kamehameha Schools' 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 Kamehameha Schools compares
Ranked 2nd of 14 K-12 schools by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 1st, Horace Mann School, $2,244,259
- Next in this ranking: 3rd, Hotchkiss School, $1,247,135
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,871,720 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Draper Laboratory$2,106,272 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Blue Meridian Partners$1,549,315 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Southwest Research Institute$1,799,081 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
SCL Health$3,849,642 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
L Jack Wong (CEO) was paid $1,721,931 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,554,050 from Kamehameha Schools and $167,881 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Timothy Donohue (CIO), at $2,467,294. That is $745,363 more than the CEO, L Jack Wong.
Kamehameha Schools paid its CEO, L Jack Wong, $1,721,931 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $215,314 (14.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was L Jack Wong, paid $753,429. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $753,429 (L Jack Wong); June 2023, $1,211,820; June 2024, $1,506,617; June 2025, $1,721,931.
Kamehameha Schools' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $775,040,231 and total revenue of $927,455,971 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $152,415,740. Expenses were $1,408,154,627 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 45.0%. The CEO's pay of $1,721,931 equals 0.22% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Kamehameha Schools filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.