Samaritan's Purse CEO salary and executive pay
The highest-paid person on Samaritan's Purse's return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 was William Franklin Graham III, at $624,763. That is down $320,730 (33.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,615,288,885, down 12.2% from $1,839,497,527 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Samaritan's Purse ranks 37th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by top pay. Samaritan's Purse has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-1437002, Boone, NC.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2025
$624,763
No one on this filing has a chief executive title, so this shows the highest-paid person.
- Total revenue
- $1,615,288,885
- Top pay vs. peers
- Higher than 4%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202632459349300243.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 316th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.04% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Samaritan's Purse is a religious organization that is not required to file a Form 990 but files one anyway. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is a separate organization.
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 |
|---|---|
| William Franklin Graham IIIBD MEM/CHR/P | $624,763 |
| Edward GrahamBOARD MEMBER | $475,914 |
| James HarrelsonVP-OP CHRIST | $439,754 |
| Kenneth IsaacsVP-PROG/GOVT | $432,113 |
| William MaupinVP-INFO TECH | $419,130 |
Also paid on the latest return: Meredith Collie (CFO AFFILIAT), $414,819; Paula Woodring (BD MEM/EXECU), $403,152; Ronald Wilcox (FORMERKEYEMP), $389,617; Brandon Sutherland (CFO), $387,004; Luther Harrison (VP-U.S. REBU), $383,462; Cindy Rutz (VP-HUMAN RES), $371,363; Steve Nickel (VP-DONORMINI), $369,957; Merrill Littlejohn (FRMEROFFICER), $367,581; Duane Gaylord (VP-BROADCAST), $363,973; Phyllis Payne (BD MEM/ASTSE), $349,125; Donna Pierce (SECRETARY/VP), $327,922; Jane Austin Lynch (BD MEM/SENIO), $210,422; Felix Martin Del Campo (BD MEMBER/CO), $29,000.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Don Campion (BOARD MEMBER), Michael Cheatham (BOARD MEMBER), Corey Furman (BOARD MEMBER), Melvin Graham (BOARD MEMBER), Jeff Greene (BOARD MEMBER), Louis Heitzig (BOARD MEMBER), Thomas Hodges (BOARD MEMBER), Bobby Idol (BOARD MEMBER), Brian Pauls (BD MEM/VICE), Paul Saber (BOARD MEMBER), John Scott (BOARD MEMBER), Robert Shank (BOARD MEMBER), Richard Williams (BOARD MEMBER), Sterling Carroll (TREASURER), James Furman (ASSISTANT TR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | William Franklin Graham IIIBD MEM/CHR/P (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $624,763 | $1,615,288,885 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | William Franklin Graham III CEO BD MEM/CHR/PRES/CEO | $945,493 | $1,839,497,527 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | William Franklin Graham IIIBD MEM/CHR/P (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $882,156 | $1,201,910,256 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | William Franklin Graham IIIBD MEM/CHR/P (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $832,738 | $1,312,445,801 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202632459349300243.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| William Franklin Graham IIIBD MEM/CHR/P | $551,873 | $72,890 | $388,917 | – | $162,956 | $48,501 | $24,389 | $624,763 |
| Edward GrahamBOARD MEMBER | $418,373 | $57,541 | $383,679 | – | $34,694 | $28,000 | $29,541 | $475,914 |
| James HarrelsonVP-OP CHRIST | $384,376 | $55,378 | $378,691 | – | $5,685 | $24,310 | $31,068 | $439,754 |
| Kenneth IsaacsVP-PROG/GOVT | $382,380 | $49,733 | $380,388 | – | $1,992 | $28,000 | $21,733 | $432,113 |
| William MaupinVP-INFO TECH | $362,109 | $57,021 | $353,468 | – | $8,641 | $27,840 | $29,181 | $419,130 |
These figures come from Samaritan's Purse'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 Samaritan's Purse compares
Ranked 37th of 45 major nonprofits by top pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 36th, World Vision, $647,930
- Next in this ranking: 38th, Habitat for Humanity, $592,703
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Aerospace Corporation$2,257,756 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Shriners Hospitals for Children$2,387,804 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
NCAA$3,439,897 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Big Ten Conference$5,824,743 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
BAYADA Home Health Care$5,516,084 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
The fiscal year ending December 2025 filing does not list anyone with a chief executive title. The highest-paid person, William Franklin Graham III (BD MEM/CHR/P), was paid $624,763: $551,873 from Samaritan's Purse and $72,890 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was William Franklin Graham III (BD MEM/CHR/P), at $624,763.
Samaritan's Purse is a religious organization that is not required to file a Form 990 but files one anyway. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is a separate organization.
The highest-paid person on Samaritan's Purse's return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 was William Franklin Graham III, at $624,763. That is down $320,730 (33.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the highest-paid person was William Franklin Graham III, paid $832,738. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $832,738 (William Franklin Graham III); December 2023, $882,156; December 2024, $945,493; December 2025, $624,763.
Samaritan's Purse's return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 reports total expenses of $1,319,588,593 and total revenue of $1,615,288,885 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $295,700,292. Expenses were $1,093,195,701 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, so they rose 20.7%. The highest-paid person's pay of $624,763 equals 0.05% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Samaritan's Purse filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on September 2, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.