Rotary Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
Rotary Foundation paid its CEO, John Hewko, $852,448 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $129,549 (17.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $462,635,498, up 10.7% from $418,096,647 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Rotary Foundation ranks 10th of 19 international nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. $497,408 of John Hewko's pay came from related organizations (column E). Rotary Foundation has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-3245072, Evanston, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$852,448
- Total revenue
- $462,635,498
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 13%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202610829349300611.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 181st of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.18% 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, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| John Hewko CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $852,448 |
| Michele BergDEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY | $552,063 |
| Julie BurkeCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $510,706 |
| Eric JonesCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $479,610 |
| David AlexanderCHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER | $428,449 |
Also paid on the latest return: Paul Haisman (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $414,831; Eric C Schmelling (CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER), $399,866; Kristopher Newbauer (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $394,960; Steven Routburg (GENERAL COUNSEL), $385,231; Sarah Crawford (CHIEF PROGRAMS & ENGAGEMENT OFFICER), $364,497; Nora Zei (CHIEF PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE OFFICER), $345,611; Cris Downey (DIRECTOR - TECHNOLOGY SERVICES), $284,885; Andrew G McDonald (DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL), $271,284; Richard Plocinik (DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE PROJECTS), $267,965; Michael Patock (INVESTMENT OFFICER), $261,194; Carol A Pandak (DIRECTOR OF POLIOPLUS), $258,853; Gordon McInally Beg 724 (TRUSTEE), $123,972.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Holger Knaack (CHAIR-ELECT), Larry A Lunsford (VICE-CHAIR), Mark Daniel Maloney (CHAIR), Akira Miki (TRUSTEE), Ann-Britt Asebol Beg 724 (TRUSTEE), Bharat S Pandya (TRUSTEE), Carlos E Sandoval (TRUSTEE), Ching-Huei Horng Beg 724 (TRUSTEE), Chun-Wook Hyun (TRUSTEE), Dennis J Shore (TRUSTEE), Greg Podd (TRUSTEE), Ijeoma Okoro Beg 724 (TRUSTEE), Jennifer Jones (TRUSTEE), Martha Peak Helman (TRUSTEE).
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 | John Hewko CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $852,448 | $462,635,498 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | John Hewko CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $722,899 | $418,096,647 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 Amended | John Hewko CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $666,758 | $394,945,345 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | John Hewko CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $627,944 | $435,448,669 | 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 202610829349300611.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| John Hewko*CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $279,792 | $497,408 | $75,248 | $240,700 | $34,525 | $4,567 | $15,327 | $11,762 | $306,881 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $427,911 | $61,378 | $8,119 | $27,248 | $20,911 | $545,567 | |||
| Michele Berg*DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY | $168,220 | $299,059 | $84,784 | $145,546 | $22,674 | $0 | $15,327 | $15,195 | $198,742 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $258,750 | $40,309 | $0 | $27,248 | $27,014 | $353,321 | |||
| Julie BurkeCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $214,217 | $214,217 | $82,272 | $182,424 | $28,358 | $3,435 | $21,288 | $19,848 | $255,353 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $182,424 | $28,358 | $3,435 | $21,288 | $19,848 | $255,353 | |||
| Eric JonesCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $371,247 | $27,943 | $80,420 | $364,344 | $0 | $6,903 | $39,595 | $35,195 | $446,037 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $27,423 | $0 | $520 | $2,980 | $2,650 | $33,573 | |||
| David Alexander*CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER | $48,661 | $298,918 | $80,870 | $42,076 | $5,945 | $640 | $5,765 | $5,556 | $59,982 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $258,465 | $36,520 | $3,933 | $35,414 | $34,135 | $368,467 | |||
These figures come from Rotary 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 Rotary Foundation compares
Ranked 10th of 19 international nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 9th, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, $897,783
- Next in this ranking: 11th, FHI 360, $712,991
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Art Institute of Chicago$1,163,144 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Pew Charitable Trusts$1,286,231 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Alzheimer's Association$1,174,136 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy$667,437 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025- OneBlood$1,772,301 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
John Hewko (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $852,448 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $279,792 from Rotary Foundation, $497,408 from related organizations and $75,248 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, John Hewko, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $852,448.
Rotary Foundation paid its CEO, John Hewko, $852,448 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $129,549 (17.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was John Hewko, paid $627,944. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $627,944 (John Hewko); June 2023, $666,758; June 2024, $722,899; June 2025, $852,448.
Rotary Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $392,946,470 and total revenue of $462,635,498 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $69,689,028. Expenses were $361,086,677 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 8.8%. The CEO's pay of $852,448 equals 0.22% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rotary Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on March 23, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.