RAND Corporation CEO salary and executive pay
RAND Corporation paid its CEO, Jason Matheny, $1,182,669 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $69,650 (6.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $534,596,094, up 15.8% from $461,536,647 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. RAND Corporation has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1958142, Santa Monica, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,182,669
- Total revenue
- $534,596,094
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 71%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202621889349300407.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 96th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.22% 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, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jason Matheny CEO President & CEO | $1,182,669 |
| Andrew HoehnSVP, Research and Analysis | $750,663 |
| Eric PeltzSVP, Finance & Operations | $678,807 |
| Michael J JanuzikVP, Chief Financial Officer | $571,079 |
| Nancy StaudtDean, RAND School of Public Policy | $570,811 |
Also paid on the latest return: Robert M Case (VP, General Counsel & Corp Sec), $567,597; Peter Hussey (VP, Health Care), $519,736; Barry Pavel (VP, NSRD), $516,748; Sally Sleeper (VP, Arroyo Center), $497,822; James Chow (VP, Project Air Force), $496,606; Anita Chandra (VP, Social & Economic Well-Being), $495,549; Lester Arnold (VP, Chief Human Resources Officer), $451,452; Christine Lanoie-Newman (VP, Chief Development Officer), $418,076; Janet Napolitano (Trustee), $4,500; Lionel C Johnson (Trustee), $4,200; Mary E Peters (Trustee), $4,200; Richard J Danzig (Trustee (PART YEAR)), $2,850; Chuck Hagel (Trustee), $2,800; Soledad O'Brien (Trustee), $2,800; David L Porges (Trustee), $2,100; and 4 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Carl Bildt (Trustee), Francis Fukuyama (Trustee), Kenneth Feinberg (Trustee), Leonard D Schaeffer (Trustee), Matthew Pottinger (Trustee (PART YEAR)), Michael E Leiter (Trustee), Michael Lynton (Trustee), Peter Lowy (Trustee), Philip Lader (Trustee), Raynard S Kington (Trustee), Stefanie Tompkins (Trustee (PART YEAR)), Teresa Wynn Roseborough (Trustee).
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 | Jason Matheny CEO President & CEO | $1,182,669 | $534,596,094 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Jason Matheny CEO President and CEO | $1,113,019 | $461,536,647 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 Amended | Jason Matheny CEO President and CEO (Start 7/5/22) | $467,609 | $467,202,380 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | MICHAEL D RICH CEO PRESIDENT CEO | $1,258,420 | $399,092,198 | 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 202621889349300407.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jason MathenyPresident & CEO | $1,093,204 | $89,465 | $660,118 | $348,795 | $84,291 | $62,870 | $26,595 | $1,182,669 |
| Andrew HoehnSVP, Research and Analysis | $690,323 | $60,340 | $487,902 | $187,760 | $14,661 | $39,870 | $20,470 | $750,663 |
| Eric PeltzSVP, Finance & Operations | $603,636 | $75,171 | $429,257 | $165,499 | $8,880 | $39,870 | $35,301 | $678,807 |
| Michael J JanuzikVP, Chief Financial Officer | $499,455 | $71,624 | $411,866 | $74,774 | $12,815 | $39,870 | $31,754 | $571,079 |
| Nancy StaudtDean, RAND School of Public Policy | $514,037 | $56,774 | $419,028 | $84,618 | $10,391 | $39,870 | $16,904 | $570,811 |
These figures come from RAND Corporation'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 RAND Corporation compares
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Apella Health$2,734,045 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
George Kaiser Family Foundation$791,481 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Martin's Point Health Care$1,387,229 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health$871,262 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Electric Power Research Institute$2,870,259 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Jason Matheny (President & CEO) was paid $1,182,669 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,093,204 from RAND Corporation and $89,465 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Jason Matheny, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,182,669.
RAND Corporation paid its CEO, Jason Matheny, $1,182,669 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $69,650 (6.3%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was MICHAEL D RICH, paid $1,258,420. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,258,420 (MICHAEL D RICH); September 2023, $467,609 (Jason Matheny); September 2024, $1,113,019; September 2025, $1,182,669.
RAND Corporation's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $527,283,384 and total revenue of $534,596,094 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $7,312,710. Expenses were $448,980,752 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 17.4%. The CEO's pay of $1,182,669 equals 0.22% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns RAND Corporation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 7, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.