Michael J. Fox Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
Michael J. Fox Foundation paid its CEO, Deborah W Brooks, $1,593,750 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $69,451 (4.6%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $708,298,921, up 40.2% from $505,288,760 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Michael J. Fox Foundation ranks 6th of 11 disease charities and medical research groups on this site by CEO pay. Michael J. Fox Foundation has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-4141945, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2025
$1,593,750
- Total revenue
- $708,298,921
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 73%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202622169349301912.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 90th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.23% 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, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Deborah W Brooks CEO CO-FOUNDER & CEO | $1,593,750 |
| Todd ShererCHIEF MISSION OFFICER | $1,299,149 |
| Sohini ChowdhuryCHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER | $1,125,100 |
| Lisa BoudreauCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $658,146 |
| Holly TeichholtzCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | $561,238 |
Also paid on the latest return: Brian K Fiske (CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER), $525,076; Mark A Frasier (CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER), $499,990; Jennifer Moughalian (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $490,605; James McNasby (GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY), $478,888; Vanessa Arnedo (CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER), $477,655.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Michael J Fox (FOUNDER), Andrew J O'Brien (CHAIRMAN), Fred G Weiss (TREASURER), Skip Irving (VICE CHAIRMAN), Holly S Andersen MD (MEMBER), Bonnie M Bandeen (MEMBER), Glenn Batchelder (MEMBER), Susan Bilotta (MEMBER), Mark Booth (MEMBER), Jon Brooks (MEMBER THRU 11/13/25), Barry J Cohen (MEMBER), Andrew Creighton (MEMBER), Frank D'Amelio (MEMBER), John S Daly (MEMBER), Donny Deutsch (MEMBER), David Einhorn (MEMBER), Karen Finerman (MEMBER), Richard Fitzgerald (MEMBER), Nelle Fortenberry (MEMBER), Akbar Gbajabiamila (MEMBER), Willie Geist (MEMBER), Gabe Gelman (MEMBER), David Glickman (MEMBER), Anne M Holloway (MEMBER), Melanie Bolch Isbill (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Deborah W Brooks CEO CO-FOUNDER & CEO | $1,593,750 | $708,298,921 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | Deborah W Brooks CEO CO-FOUNDER & CEO | $1,524,299 | $505,288,760 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Deborah W Brooks CEO CO-FOUNDER & CEO | $1,404,335 | $316,078,272 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Deborah W Brooks CEO CO-FOUNDER & CEO | $1,423,665 | $362,405,973 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202622169349301912.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Deborah W BrooksCO-FOUNDER & CEO | $1,538,537 | $55,213 | $813,537 | $725,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $34,213 | $1,593,750 |
| Todd ShererCHIEF MISSION OFFICER | $1,244,229 | $54,920 | $694,229 | $550,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $33,920 | $1,299,149 |
| Sohini ChowdhuryCHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER | $1,099,322 | $25,778 | $649,322 | $450,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $4,778 | $1,125,100 |
| Lisa BoudreauCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $609,096 | $49,050 | $599,096 | $10,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $28,050 | $658,146 |
| Holly TeichholtzCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | $524,765 | $36,473 | $389,765 | $135,000 | $0 | $21,000 | $15,473 | $561,238 |
These figures come from Michael J. Fox Foundation'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 Michael J. Fox Foundation compares
Ranked 6th of 11 disease charities and medical research groups by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 5th, American Association for Cancer Research, $1,705,978
- Next in this ranking: 7th, Sanford Burnham Prebys, $1,345,526
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors$747,111 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers$1,149,504 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
UVA Physicians Group$2,317,533 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Scripps Research$1,859,240 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
American Cancer Society$2,242,645 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Deborah W Brooks (CO-FOUNDER & CEO) was paid $1,593,750 for the fiscal year ending December 2025: $1,538,537 from Michael J. Fox Foundation and $55,213 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Deborah W Brooks, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,593,750.
Michael J. Fox Foundation paid its CEO, Deborah W Brooks, $1,593,750 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $69,451 (4.6%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Deborah W Brooks, paid $1,423,665. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,423,665 (Deborah W Brooks); December 2023, $1,404,335; December 2024, $1,524,299; December 2025, $1,593,750.
Michael J. Fox Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 reports total expenses of $607,173,235 and total revenue of $708,298,921 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $101,125,686. Expenses were $452,470,597 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, so they rose 34.2%. The CEO's pay of $1,593,750 equals 0.26% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Michael J. Fox Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 4, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.