MERS Goodwill CEO salary and executive pay
MERS Goodwill paid its CEO, Mark R Arens, $591,461 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $28,977 (5.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $251,650,956, up 1.7% from $247,495,406 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. MERS Goodwill ranks 16th of 26 Goodwill organizations on this site by CEO pay. MERS Goodwill has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 43-0652657, St Louis, MO.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$591,461
- Total revenue
- $251,650,956
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 22%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202532489349300603.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 161st of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.24% 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 |
|---|---|
| Mark R Arens CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $591,461 |
| C Dawayne BarnettCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $419,171 |
| Mark O KahrsEXECUTIVE VP | $322,637 |
| Jason E RybakVP OF FACILITIES | $277,263 |
| Kristy M LanceVP OF RETAIL SERVICES | $205,649 |
Also paid on the latest return: Kenneth Somogyi (VP OF IT), $191,722; Tori Basile (REGIONAL DISTRICT MANAGER), $191,428; Brandy Zoellner (REGIONAL DISTRICT MANAGER), $184,717.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Michael Iskiwitch (DIRECTOR), Edda Berti (DIRECTOR), Gerald Kretmar (DIRECTOR), Elliot Zucker (DIRECTOR), George Philips (SECOND VICE CHAIR), Karen Hall (DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED)), Barry Ginsburg (DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED DEC 24)), Elizabeth Green (VICE CHAIR), Dorian Hobbs (DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED FEB 24)), Scott Howze (TREASURER), Paul Kravitz (DIRECTOR), Louis Loebner (DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED NOV 24)), Carla Moore (DIRECTOR), Harry Moppins Jr (DIRECTOR), David Pickerill (DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED SEPT 24)), Lynn Rothbarth (CHAIRPERSON), David Rowan (ASSISTANT SECRETARY), Kenneth Salky (ASSISTANT TREASURER), Chistopher Tabourne (DIRECTOR), Julie Zuick (DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED OCT 24)), Michael Towerman (DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED SEPT 24)), Sarah Kirschner (SECRETARY), Elise Barry (DIRECTOR), Matt Cady (DIRECTOR), Joan M Newman (DIRECTOR), and 2 more.
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 | Mark R Arens CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $591,461 | $251,650,956 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Mark R Arens CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $562,484 | $247,495,406 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Mark R Arens CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $359,516 | $224,423,747 | 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 202532489349300603.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Mark R ArensCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $556,811 | $34,650 | $404,418 | $150,500 | $1,893 | $13,200 | $21,450 | $591,461 |
| C Dawayne BarnettCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $378,906 | $40,265 | $270,872 | $100,500 | $7,534 | $13,200 | $27,065 | $419,171 |
| Mark O KahrsEXECUTIVE VP | $272,721 | $49,916 | $256,018 | $500 | $16,203 | $13,200 | $36,716 | $322,637 |
| Jason E RybakVP OF FACILITIES | $233,180 | $44,083 | $201,664 | $25,500 | $6,016 | $8,631 | $35,452 | $277,263 |
| Kristy M LanceVP OF RETAIL SERVICES | $184,290 | $21,359 | $137,963 | $41,125 | $5,202 | $8,484 | $12,875 | $205,649 |
These figures come from MERS Goodwill'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 MERS Goodwill compares
Ranked 16th of 26 Goodwill organizations by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 15th, Goodwill Industries - Manasota, $593,576
- Next in this ranking: 17th, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, $567,281
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston$1,774,224 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American Museum of Natural History$1,502,408 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
YMCA of Greater New York$2,132,309 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science$993,732 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Los Angeles County Museum of Art$2,056,119 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Mark R Arens (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $591,461 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $556,811 from MERS Goodwill and $34,650 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Mark R Arens, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $591,461.
MERS Goodwill paid its CEO, Mark R Arens, $591,461 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $28,977 (5.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Mark R Arens, paid $359,516. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $359,516 (Mark R Arens); December 2023, $562,484; December 2024, $591,461.
MERS Goodwill's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $240,848,744 and total revenue of $251,650,956 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $10,802,212. Expenses were $235,659,454 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 2.2%. The CEO's pay of $591,461 equals 0.25% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns MERS Goodwill filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on September 5, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.