Milton Hershey School CEO salary and executive pay
Milton Hershey School paid its CEO, Peter G Gurt, $978,736 for the fiscal year ending July 2025. That is up $89,704 (10.1%) from the fiscal year ending July 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,262,623,043, up 55.1% from $814,024,634 for the fiscal year ending July 2024. Milton Hershey School ranks 6th of 14 K-12 schools on this site by CEO pay. Milton Hershey School has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1353340, Hershey, PA.
CEO, fiscal year ending July 2025
$978,736
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending July 2025
$2,095,008James KatzmanBOARD OF MANAGERS
- Total revenue
- $1,262,623,043
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 18%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending July 2025, IRS object ID 202631639349300843.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 271st of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.08% 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, 3 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James KatzmanBOARD OF MANAGERS | $2,095,008 |
| Peter G Gurt CEO PRESIDENT | $978,736 |
| Elliott H RobinsonVP ADMINISTRATION | $514,897 |
| Freda F MartineSR VP OF EDU AND STUDENT LIFE | $442,229 |
| Andrew Clark EsqVP Legal/Gen Counsel/SECRETARY | $418,240 |
Also paid on the latest return: Renee Holloman (VP OF HR), $365,094; Annette K Cole Gill (HEAD-MIDDLE DIVISION), $338,560; William H Weber III (HEAD OF DIVISIONS), $332,879; Soleil Carrion Del Toro (VP FIN/SHARED SRVCS), $316,251; Erin Osevala (FIRST DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL), $304,184; Erica Weiler-Timmins PHD (Dir Psychological Services), $299,561; Kristina Pae (VP OF COMM AND MARKETING), $289,096; Lisa Rashid (VP - COMMUNICATIONS), $285,255; Stephen Valentine (SR DIR QUALITY ASSURANCE), $281,323; Michael Bernardo (SR DIRECTOR IT), $280,453; John J Osmolinski (SR DIR CONSTRUCTION/FAC), $279,714; M Diane Koken (BOARD OF MANAGERS), $275,000; Denise L Alston DDS (DIR DENTAL SERVICES), $268,431; Jeffrey C Perales (HEAD ELEMENTARY DIV UNTIL 8/25), $261,263; Nathaniel Martin (HEAD OF SENIOR DIVISION), $259,080; and 17 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | Peter G Gurt CEO PRESIDENT | $978,736 | $1,262,623,043 | Filing |
| Jul 2024 | Peter G Gurt CEO PRESIDENT | $889,032 | $814,024,634 | Filing |
| Jul 2023 | Peter G Gurt CEO PRESIDENT | $833,560 | $888,151,749 | Filing |
| Jul 2022 | Peter G Gurt CEO PRESIDENT | $745,089 | $1,457,721,371 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending July 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending July 2025, IRS object ID 202631639349300843.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James Katzman*BOARD OF MANAGERS | $0 | $1,999,060 | $95,948 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $98,425 | $0 | $1,900,635 | $95,948 | $0 | $2,095,008 | |||
| Peter G GurtPRESIDENT | $837,613 | $0 | $141,123 | $621,335 | $200,000 | $16,278 | $52,095 | $89,028 | $978,736 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Elliott H RobinsonVP ADMINISTRATION | $403,434 | $0 | $111,463 | $369,150 | $0 | $34,284 | $52,095 | $59,368 | $514,897 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Freda F MartineSR VP OF EDU AND STUDENT LIFE | $385,641 | $0 | $56,588 | $380,481 | $0 | $5,160 | $17,004 | $39,584 | $442,229 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Andrew Clark EsqVP Legal/Gen Counsel/SECRETARY | $332,768 | $0 | $85,472 | $330,171 | $0 | $2,597 | $41,182 | $44,290 | $418,240 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Milton Hershey 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 Milton Hershey School compares
Ranked 6th of 14 K-12 schools by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 5th, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, $1,070,272
- Next in this ranking: 7th, ʻIolani School, $960,776
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Community Behavioral Health$277,477 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
International Rescue Committee$1,188,792 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
IDEA Public Schools$401,654 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
College Board$2,345,561 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
MAP International$115,898 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Peter G Gurt (PRESIDENT) was paid $978,736 for the fiscal year ending July 2025: $837,613 from Milton Hershey School and $141,123 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was James Katzman (BOARD OF MANAGERS), at $2,095,008. That is $1,116,272 more than the CEO, Peter G Gurt.
Milton Hershey School paid its CEO, Peter G Gurt, $978,736 for the fiscal year ending July 2025. That is up $89,704 (10.1%) from the fiscal year ending July 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending July 2022, when the CEO was Peter G Gurt, paid $745,089. By fiscal year end: July 2022, $745,089 (Peter G Gurt); July 2023, $833,560; July 2024, $889,032; July 2025, $978,736.
Milton Hershey School's return for the fiscal year ending July 2025 reports total expenses of $381,246,770 and total revenue of $1,262,623,043 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $881,376,273. Expenses were $370,083,636 for the fiscal year ending July 2024, so they rose 3.0%. The CEO's pay of $978,736 equals 0.26% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Milton Hershey School filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on June 12, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending July 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.