Mercy Corps CEO salary and executive pay
Mercy Corps paid its CEO, Tjada D'Oyen McKenna, $601,632 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $51,329 (9.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $376,251,780, down 19.2% from $465,535,442 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Mercy Corps ranks 12th of 19 international nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Mercy Corps has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 91-1148123, Portland, OR.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$601,632
- Total revenue
- $376,251,780
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 10%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202620309349300817.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 187th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.16% 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 |
|---|---|
| Tjada D'Oyen McKenna CEO Chief Executive Officer | $601,632 |
| Jennifer SimeChief Operating Officer | $382,921 |
| Chad SnelgarChief Financial & Administrative Officer, Corporate Treasurer (from 12/24) | $379,209 |
| Alexa Alba HolmesGeneral Counsel, Corporate Secretary (from 12/24) | $337,214 |
| Mary StataChief Development Officer | $326,388 |
Also paid on the latest return: Kimberly Keating (Chief People Officer), $325,226; Allison Ann Huggins (Deputy Reg Dir, Pgrm - East & Southern Africa), $324,079; Peter Lewis (Chief Marketing & Communications Officer), $308,607; Steve Linick (Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer), $305,653; Katherine Phillips-Barrasso (Vice President - Policy and Advocacy), $281,597; Jonathan Scott Onder (Chief Investment Officer), $275,028; Whitney Laine Elmer (Vice President - Emergency Response), $269,587; Ndubisi Anyanwu (Country Director), $263,823; Michael Radcliffe (Country Director), $260,051; Shannon Marie Alexander Sweet (Vice President - Global Program Support), $259,790; Carmen Laura Jaquez (Dir of Evidence & Lrn, Resilient Dryland Prod), $259,619; Joshua Taylor Dewald (Vice President - Evidence and Learning), $257,775; Sanjay Gurung (Vice President -Technical Resources & Quality), $230,566; Jeremy Snyder (Vice President, High Impact Philanthropy), $213,453; Sonia Delman (Associate General Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary (from 12/24)), $207,316; and 2 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Becca van Dyck (Board Member), Cecily Joseph (Board Member), Emmanuel Lulin (Board Member), Farah Pandith (Board Member), John Makinson (Board Member), Kofi Taha (Board Member), Kristin Mannion (Board Member), Lesley Ndlovu (Board Member), Melanie Thomas Armstrong (Board Member), Paul Song (Board Member), Stanley Njoroge (Board Member), Vijaya Gadde (Board Chair).
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 | Tjada D'Oyen McKenna CEO Chief Executive Officer | $601,632 | $376,251,780 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Tjada D'Oyen McKenna CEO Chief Executive Officer | $550,303 | $465,535,442 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Tjada D'Oyen McKenna CEO Chief Executive Officer | $538,612 | $521,972,189 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Tjada D'Oyen McKenna CEO Chief Executive Officer | $511,781 | $423,496,332 | 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 202620309349300817.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Tjada D'Oyen McKennaChief Executive Officer | $553,302 | $48,330 | $552,492 | $0 | $810 | $20,700 | $27,630 | $601,632 |
| Jennifer SimeChief Operating Officer | $352,990 | $29,931 | $351,462 | $0 | $1,528 | $20,700 | $9,231 | $382,921 |
| Chad SnelgarChief Financial & Administrative Officer, Corporate Treasurer (from 12/24) | $349,278 | $29,931 | $338,982 | $0 | $10,296 | $20,700 | $9,231 | $379,209 |
| Alexa Alba HolmesGeneral Counsel, Corporate Secretary (from 12/24) | $291,530 | $45,684 | $290,751 | $0 | $779 | $18,053 | $27,631 | $337,214 |
| Mary StataChief Development Officer | $281,027 | $45,361 | $275,245 | $0 | $5,782 | $17,730 | $27,631 | $326,388 |
These figures come from Mercy Corps' 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 Mercy Corps compares
Ranked 12th of 19 international nonprofits by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Marin Community Foundation$732,783 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Ducks Unlimited$722,570 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Habitat for Humanity$592,703 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
North East Medical Services$1,950,174 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
World Wildlife Fund$1,348,079 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Tjada D'Oyen McKenna (Chief Executive Officer) was paid $601,632 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $553,302 from Mercy Corps and $48,330 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Tjada D'Oyen McKenna, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $601,632.
Mercy Corps paid its CEO, Tjada D'Oyen McKenna, $601,632 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $51,329 (9.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Tjada D'Oyen McKenna, paid $511,781. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $511,781 (Tjada D'Oyen McKenna); June 2023, $538,612; June 2024, $550,303; June 2025, $601,632.
Mercy Corps' return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $387,107,008 and total revenue of $376,251,780 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $10,855,228. Expenses were $475,086,766 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 18.5%. The CEO's pay of $601,632 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Mercy Corps filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on January 30, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.