Lakeside School CEO salary and executive pay
Lakeside School paid its CEO, Kai Bynum, $896,284 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $36,867 (4.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $125,339,252, up 62.7% from $77,043,473 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Lakeside School ranks 9th of 14 K-12 schools on this site by CEO pay. Lakeside School has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 91-0564971, Seattle, WA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$896,284
- Total revenue
- $125,339,252
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 73%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202513189349314466.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 56th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.72% 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, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Kai Bynum CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $896,284 |
| Birage TandonASSOC. HEAD OF SCHOOL/CFO | $533,673 |
| Sue BelcherHEAD OF DOWNTOWN SCHOOL | $348,166 |
| Ryan BoccuzziUPPER SCHOOL DIRECTOR | $328,478 |
| Daiga GalinsDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT | $294,329 |
Also paid on the latest return: Reem Abu Rahmeh (MIDDLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR), $251,167; Bryan Smith (DIRECTOR OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION), $239,348; Wellesley Wilson (DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS), $238,043; Jamie Britto (DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY), $227,065; Jamie Asaka (DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT), $221,639; Ari Worthman (DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING), $215,455.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Sean O'Donnell (CHAIR), Joanna Black (VICE CHAIR), Charlotte Guyman (SECRETARY), Mark Klebanoff (TREASURER), Artemios Panos (IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR), Bridgette Taylor (TRUSTEE), Sarah Barton (TRUSTEE), Nate Benjamin (TRUSTEE), Michelle Chang Chen (TRUSTEE), David De La Fuente (TRUSTEE), Lloyd Frink (TRUSTEE), Michael Nachbar (TRUSTEE), Gurdeep Pall (TRUSTEE), Eduardo Penalver (TRUSTEE), Latosha Smith (TRUSTEE), Keith Traverse (TRUSTEE), Brandon Vaughan (TRUSTEE), David Victor (TRUSTEE), Merrie Williamson (TRUSTEE).
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 | Kai Bynum CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $896,284 | $125,339,252 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Kai Bynum CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $859,417 | $77,043,473 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Kai Bynum CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $432,307 | $78,894,742 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Bernie Noe CEO HEAD OF SCHOOL | $786,406 | $65,054,128 | 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 202513189349314466.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kai BynumHEAD OF SCHOOL | $861,336 | $34,948 | $682,500 | $124,700 | $54,136 | $24,150 | $10,798 | $896,284 |
| Birage TandonASSOC. HEAD OF SCHOOL/CFO | $498,725 | $34,948 | $434,750 | $62,523 | $1,452 | $24,150 | $10,798 | $533,673 |
| Sue BelcherHEAD OF DOWNTOWN SCHOOL | $305,962 | $42,204 | $197,098 | $67,340 | $41,524 | $14,943 | $27,261 | $348,166 |
| Ryan BoccuzziUPPER SCHOOL DIRECTOR | $291,381 | $37,097 | $248,755 | $200 | $42,426 | $17,942 | $19,155 | $328,478 |
| Daiga GalinsDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT | $252,461 | $41,868 | $248,968 | $198 | $3,295 | $18,431 | $23,437 | $294,329 |
These figures come from Lakeside School'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 Lakeside School compares
Ranked 9th of 14 K-12 schools by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 8th, Pine Crest School, $950,292
- Next in this ranking: 10th, Riverdale Country School, $848,422
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Hotchkiss School$1,247,135 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation$2,348,571 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin$1,250,045 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025- Goodwill Industries of Central Florida$680,653 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
- Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester$301,969 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Kai Bynum (HEAD OF SCHOOL) was paid $896,284 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $861,336 from Lakeside School and $34,948 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Kai Bynum, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $896,284.
Lakeside School paid its CEO, Kai Bynum, $896,284 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $36,867 (4.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Bernie Noe, paid $786,406. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $786,406 (Bernie Noe); June 2023, $432,307 (Kai Bynum); June 2024, $859,417; June 2025, $896,284.
Lakeside School's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $62,665,662 and total revenue of $125,339,252 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $62,673,590. Expenses were $58,709,894 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.7%. The CEO's pay of $896,284 equals 1.43% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Lakeside School filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.