Santa Clara University president salary and executive pay
Santa Clara University paid its president, JULIE SULLIVAN, $1,212,179 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $40,302 (3.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Santa Clara University ranks 65th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Santa Clara University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1156617, Santa Clara, CA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,212,179
- Total revenue
- $726,385,006
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 70%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641349349312274.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 29th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.17% 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, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| JULIE SULLIVAN President PRESIDENT | $1,212,179 |
| JOHN KERRIGAN - ASST TREASCIO (OUTGOING 06/25) | $1,130,418 |
| HERBERT SENDEKHEAD COACH, MEN'S BASKETBALL | $1,076,721 |
| RENEE BAUMGARTNEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ATHLETICS | $786,723 |
| JAMES LYONSVP FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS | $743,477 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | JULIE SULLIVAN President PRESIDENT | $1,212,179 | $726,385,006 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | JULIE SULLIVAN President PRESIDENT | $1,171,877 | $679,690,574 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | JULIE SULLIVAN President PRESIDENT (AS OF 07/22) | $426,398 | $622,017,263 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | LISA KLOPPENBERG President ACTING PRESIDENT | $657,419 | $737,403,416 | 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 202641349349312274.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| JULIE SULLIVANPRESIDENT | $1,189,082 | $23,097 | $951,727 | $234,000 | $3,355 | $0 | $23,097 | $1,212,179 |
| JOHN KERRIGAN - ASST TREASCIO (OUTGOING 06/25) | $1,070,532 | $59,886 | $575,704 | $486,723 | $8,105 | $25,008 | $34,878 | $1,130,418 |
| HERBERT SENDEKHEAD COACH, MEN'S BASKETBALL | $970,864 | $105,857 | $900,706 | $0 | $70,158 | $30,500 | $75,357 | $1,076,721 |
| RENEE BAUMGARTNEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ATHLETICS | $725,817 | $60,906 | $280,344 | $53,000 | $392,473 | $30,500 | $30,406 | $786,723 |
| JAMES LYONSVP FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS | $678,467 | $65,010 | $570,205 | $75,000 | $33,262 | $30,000 | $35,010 | $743,477 |
These figures come from Santa Clara University'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 Santa Clara University compares
Ranked 65th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Hofstra University$1,339,336 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Pace University$1,165,088 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$1,306,266 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of San Diego$1,682,191 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Pepperdine University$1,323,005 (President), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
Common questions
JULIE SULLIVAN (PRESIDENT) was paid $1,212,179 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,189,082 from Santa Clara University and $23,097 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Santa Clara University ranks 65th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The president, JULIE SULLIVAN, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,212,179. Next was JOHN KERRIGAN - ASST TREAS (CIO (OUTGOING 06/25)), at $1,130,418. On the latest return, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
Santa Clara University paid its president, JULIE SULLIVAN, $1,212,179 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $40,302 (3.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was LISA KLOPPENBERG, paid $657,419. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $657,419 (LISA KLOPPENBERG); June 2023, $426,398 (JULIE SULLIVAN); June 2024, $1,171,877; June 2025, $1,212,179.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Santa Clara University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.