National Fish and Wildlife Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation paid its CEO, Jeffrey Trandahl, $1,635,457 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $216,542 (15.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $584,225,222, up 13.8% from $513,218,073 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-1384139, Washington, DC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,635,457
- Total revenue
- $584,225,222
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 83%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202641979349300629.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 56th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.28% 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Trandahl CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO | $1,635,457 |
| Holly BamfordCHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER | $703,948 |
| Addison DanaCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $699,805 |
| Daniel J StrodelCHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER | $628,014 |
| Tokunbo FalayiCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $604,521 |
Also paid on the latest return: Gloria Lett (GENERAL COUNSEL), $584,638; Beth Christ Smith (VP, HUMAN RESOURCES), $575,801; Damon A Brown (VP & CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER), $570,135; Thomas Kelsch (SENIOR VP, GEBF), $568,604; Timothy Dicintio (SENIOR VP, IDEA), $426,303; Robert Polin (VP, IDEA), $425,418.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Jennifer Mull Neuhaus (CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Patsy Ishiyama (VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS), John A Tomke (VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS), Mark Bezos (DIRECTOR), Bruce Culpepper (DIRECTOR), Ralph B Everett (DIRECTOR), Blas Fonalledas (DIRECTOR), Laura Grimm (DIRECTOR (AS OF 03/2025)), H Dale Hall (DIRECTOR), Paul Tudor Jones (DIRECTOR), Eaddo Kiernan (DIRECTOR), Ryan Lance (DIRECTOR), Nancy Mackinnon (DIRECTOR), Reuben Mark (DIRECTOR), Edith McBean (DIRECTOR), Jason Metrokin (DIRECTOR), Kit Moncrief (DIRECTOR), Brian Nesvik (DIRECTOR (AS OF 08/2025)), Katharine Overlock (DIRECTOR), Chief Anne Richardson (DIRECTOR), Amy Robbins Towers (DIRECTOR), Edwin R Rodriguez Jr (DIRECTOR), Richard W Spinrad PhD (DIRECTOR (THRU 01/2025)), Federico Stubbe Sr (DIRECTOR), Victoria Tschinkel (DIRECTOR), and 3 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Jeffrey Trandahl CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO | $1,635,457 | $584,225,222 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Jeffrey Trandahl CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO | $1,418,915 | $513,218,073 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Jeffrey Trandahl CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO | $1,254,489 | $415,545,535 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Jeffrey Trandahl CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO | $1,616,209 | $420,989,296 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202641979349300629.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jeffrey TrandahlEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO | $1,569,300 | $66,157 | $731,973 | $415,426 | $421,901 | $34,500 | $31,657 | $1,635,457 |
| Holly BamfordCHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER | $584,193 | $119,755 | $475,572 | $84,466 | $24,155 | $82,766 | $36,989 | $703,948 |
| Addison DanaCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $627,916 | $71,889 | $338,624 | $260,352 | $28,940 | $34,500 | $37,389 | $699,805 |
| Daniel J StrodelCHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER | $591,976 | $36,038 | $482,000 | $84,350 | $25,626 | $34,500 | $1,538 | $628,014 |
| Tokunbo FalayiCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $480,560 | $123,961 | $394,712 | $70,980 | $14,868 | $83,172 | $40,789 | $604,521 |
These figures come from National Fish and Wildlife 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 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation compares
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Common questions
Jeffrey Trandahl (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEO) was paid $1,635,457 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,569,300 from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and $66,157 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Jeffrey Trandahl, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,635,457.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation paid its CEO, Jeffrey Trandahl, $1,635,457 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $216,542 (15.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Jeffrey Trandahl, paid $1,616,209. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,616,209 (Jeffrey Trandahl); September 2023, $1,254,489; September 2024, $1,418,915; September 2025, $1,635,457.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $520,771,199 and total revenue of $584,225,222 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $63,454,023. Expenses were $485,674,486 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 7.2%. The CEO's pay of $1,635,457 equals 0.31% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns National Fish and Wildlife Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 16, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.