Scripps Research CEO salary and executive pay
Scripps Research paid its CEO, Peter G Schultz, $1,859,240 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $63,597 (3.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $698,624,318, up 9.0% from $641,106,163 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Scripps Research ranks 3rd of 11 disease charities and medical research groups on this site by CEO pay. Scripps Research has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 33-0435954, La Jolla, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,859,240
- Total revenue
- $698,624,318
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 81%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202601969349301335.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 62nd of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.27% 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Peter G Schultz CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,859,240 |
| Eric TopolPROFESSOR/EXEC VP | $1,085,635 |
| Caroline MoonCFO | $898,368 |
| Marshall OlinGENERAL COUNSEL | $746,377 |
| Scott ShowalterCHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER | $744,850 |
Also paid on the latest return: Channing R Beals (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $685,542; Travis Scott Young (SR. DIRECTOR, CALIBR), $606,729; Jing Li (SENIOR DIRECTOR), $534,216; Kelly San George (CFO VP ADM. CALIBR), $521,766; Benjamin Cravatt (FACULTY DIRECTOR (START 10/24)/PROF), $430,385; Jared M Machado (TREASURER/CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER), $424,685; James R Williamson (FRMR VP RES&ACAD AFFS(END 1/23)/PROF), $388,715; Alanna Rutan (SECRETARY/CHIEF COMPLIANCE COUNSEL), $317,842; Ardem Patapoutian (FACULTY DIRECTOR (END 10/24)/PROF), $142,661.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: John D Diekman (DIRECTOR/BOARD CHAIR), Barbara Kosacz (DIRECTOR), Benedict Gross (DIRECTOR (END 10/24)), Claudia S Luttrell (DIRECTOR), Gene Lay (DIRECTOR), Gerald Chan (DIRECTOR), Herbert Wertheim (DIRECTOR), Lillian Lou (DIRECTOR), Lou Lange (DIRECTOR (START 10/24)), Mark Edwards (DIRECTOR), Mark Pearson (DIRECTOR), Peter C Farrell (DIRECTOR), Ron Burkle (DIRECTOR), Sherry Lansing (DIRECTOR), Tom Daniel (DIRECTOR).
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 | Peter G Schultz CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,859,240 | $698,624,318 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Peter G Schultz CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,795,643 | $641,106,163 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Peter G Schultz CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,582,601 | $815,837,195 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Peter G Schultz CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,316,864 | $634,980,417 | 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 202601969349301335.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Peter G SchultzPRESIDENT/CEO | $1,784,580 | $74,660 | $936,865 | $838,321 | $9,394 | $42,250 | $32,410 | $1,859,240 |
| Eric TopolPROFESSOR/EXEC VP | $1,057,040 | $28,595 | $1,057,040 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $28,595 | $1,085,635 |
| Caroline MoonCFO | $832,577 | $65,791 | $719,087 | $111,780 | $1,710 | $46,000 | $19,791 | $898,368 |
| Marshall OlinGENERAL COUNSEL | $672,211 | $74,166 | $395,270 | $275,235 | $1,706 | $45,854 | $28,312 | $746,377 |
| Scott ShowalterCHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER | $707,626 | $37,224 | $509,931 | $146,250 | $51,445 | $28,800 | $8,424 | $744,850 |
These figures come from Scripps Research'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 Scripps Research compares
Ranked 3rd of 11 disease charities and medical research groups by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 2nd, Jackson Laboratory, $2,746,750
- Next in this ranking: 4th, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, $1,721,384
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
PBS$1,602,897 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
UVA Physicians Group$2,317,533 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors$747,111 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Michael J. Fox Foundation$1,593,750 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers$1,149,504 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Peter G Schultz (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $1,859,240 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,784,580 from Scripps Research and $74,660 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Peter G Schultz, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,859,240.
Scripps Research paid its CEO, Peter G Schultz, $1,859,240 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $63,597 (3.5%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Peter G Schultz, paid $1,316,864. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,316,864 (Peter G Schultz); September 2023, $1,582,601; September 2024, $1,795,643; September 2025, $1,859,240.
Scripps Research's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $537,453,981 and total revenue of $698,624,318 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $161,170,337. Expenses were $528,437,793 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 1.7%. The CEO's pay of $1,859,240 equals 0.35% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Scripps Research filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on July 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.