Robin Hood Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
Robin Hood Foundation paid its CEO, Richard Buery Jr, $1,041,339 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $25,868 (2.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $180,479,570, up 34.2% from $134,455,897 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Robin Hood Foundation ranks 4th of 18 foundations and grantmakers on this site by CEO pay. Robin Hood Foundation has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-3441066, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,041,339
- Total revenue
- $180,479,570
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 61%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503149349303805.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 81st of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.58% 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 $1 million and no one else more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Richard Buery Jr CEO CEO / NON-VOTING DIRECTOR | $1,041,339 |
| Emary AronsonCHIEF KNOWLEDGE OFFICER | $498,565 |
| Carolyn VineCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $479,111 |
| Matthew KleinCHIEF IMPACT & PROGRAM OFFICER | $458,651 |
| Susan SackMD, REAL ESTATE | $413,159 |
Also paid on the latest return: Joanna Pressman (GENERAL COUNSEL/ASST. SECR), $410,233; Greg Taylor As Of 022024 (CHIEF FINANCIAL & OP. OFFICER), $384,158; Stephanie Royal (CHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER), $383,831; Jason Cone (CHIEF PUBLIC POLICY OFFICER), $381,974; Sarah Oltmans (CHIEF OF GRANT STRATEGY), $369,105; Deborah McCoy (MD, YOUNG ADULTS), $359,717; Susan Epstein (MD, FIELD BUILDING AND PUB), $353,864; Gabrielle Ramos-Solomon (CHIEF OF STAFF), $295,272.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Dina Powell McCormick (CHAIR), Peter F Borish (SECRETARY AND TREASURER), Lee Ainslie III (DIRECTOR), Mark Bezos (DIRECTOR), Victoria Bjorklund (DIRECTOR), Angela Blackwell (DIRECTOR), Jeff Blau (DIRECTOR), Neil Blumenthal (DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/2024)), Scott Bommer (DIRECTOR), Geoffrey Canada (DIRECTOR), Cecily Carson (DIRECTOR), Michael Chae (DIRECTOR), Anne Dinning (DIRECTOR), Glenn R Dubin (DIRECTOR), David Einhorn (DIRECTOR), Mary Erdoes (DIRECTOR), Roland Fryer (DIRECTOR), John Griffin (DIRECTOR), Doug Haynes (DIRECTOR), Kaya Henderson (DIRECTOR (THRU 08/2024)), Jeffrey R Immelt (DIRECTOR), Paul Tudor Jones II (DIRECTOR), Peter D Kiernan III (DIRECTOR), John King Jr (DIRECTOR), Kristin Lemkau (DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/2024)), and 21 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 2024 | Richard Buery Jr CEO CEO / NON-VOTING DIRECTOR | $1,041,339 | $180,479,570 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Richard Buery Jr CEO CEO / NON-VOTING DIRECTOR | $1,015,471 | $134,455,897 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Richard Buery Jr CEO CEO / NON-VOTING DIRECTOR | $896,110 | $129,325,423 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503149349303805.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Richard Buery JrCEO / NON-VOTING DIRECTOR | $972,402 | $68,937 | $920,925 | $0 | $51,477 | $25,500 | $43,437 | $1,041,339 |
| Emary AronsonCHIEF KNOWLEDGE OFFICER | $460,628 | $37,937 | $419,827 | $40,801 | $0 | $22,669 | $15,268 | $498,565 |
| Carolyn VineCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | $429,510 | $49,601 | $393,110 | $36,400 | $0 | $10,780 | $38,821 | $479,111 |
| Matthew KleinCHIEF IMPACT & PROGRAM OFFICER | $398,883 | $59,768 | $362,052 | $36,331 | $500 | $16,590 | $43,178 | $458,651 |
| Susan SackMD, REAL ESTATE | $384,338 | $28,821 | $361,818 | $22,520 | $0 | $13,952 | $14,869 | $413,159 |
These figures come from Robin Hood 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 Robin Hood Foundation compares
Ranked 4th of 18 foundations and grantmakers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 3rd, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, $1,268,486
- Next in this ranking: 5th, UJA-Federation of New York, $1,022,711
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Sesame Workshop$1,136,265 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Goodwill of Colorado$685,733 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago$382,829 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
- Hawaii Pacific Foundation$6,377,921 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2023
Sierra Club$524,826 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Richard Buery Jr (CEO / NON-VOTING DIRECTOR) was paid $1,041,339 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $972,402 from Robin Hood Foundation and $68,937 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Richard Buery Jr, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,041,339.
Robin Hood Foundation paid its CEO, Richard Buery Jr, $1,041,339 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $25,868 (2.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Richard Buery Jr, paid $896,110. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $896,110 (Richard Buery Jr); December 2023, $1,015,471; December 2024, $1,041,339.
Robin Hood Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $163,007,413 and total revenue of $180,479,570 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $17,472,157. Expenses were $150,625,376 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 8.2%. The CEO's pay of $1,041,339 equals 0.64% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Robin Hood Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 10, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.