Sierra Club CEO salary and executive pay
Sierra Club paid its CEO, Benjamin Jealous, $524,826 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $101,707 (24.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $169,031,870, down 2.5% from $173,425,083 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Sierra Club ranks 41st of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Sierra Club has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1153307, Oakland, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$524,826
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Allison Chin (PRESIDENT), $112,749.
- Total revenue
- $169,031,870
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 38%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503169349309600.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 129th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.31% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club Foundation is a separate organization with its own return. The return for January to June 2025 is a 6-month short year with every officer at $0; its Schedule O says 2025 pay will be reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Jealous CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $524,826 |
| Eva HernandezMANAGING DIRECTOR (THRU 3/24) | $504,026 |
| Ana Yanez CorreaDEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $405,707 |
| Aida DavisCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER | $376,777 |
| Erica McKinleyCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, ASST SECRETARY | $365,535 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michael Parrish (COO, ASST SECRETARY), $360,084; Phillip Radford (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $343,349; Shabina Bahl (CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER), $319,188; Kevin Harris (DEP MGN DIR & CHIEF COMMS OFFICER), $312,018; Adrienne Frazier (CFO, ASSISTANT TREASURER), $311,384; Nadine Wilburn (GEN COUNS EMPLOY/SR DIR LABOR REL), $301,025; Kristin Macklin (DEPUTY CFO, ASSISTANT TREASURER), $286,192; Joanne Spalding (LEGAL DIRECTOR, ENVIRON LAW PROG), $283,740; Kia Brown (CHIEF OF VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE), $281,764; Whitney Pearson (DEPUTY FIELD DIRECTOR (THRU 9/24)), $263,332; Holly Bender (CHIEF CAMPAIGN OFFICER), $262,657; Mikaela King (CHIEF OF MEMBERSHIP GROWTH), $254,516; Rahel Melaku (SR DIR FIN PLANNING & ANLYS/ASST SEC), $239,700; Loren Blackford (SR. ADV(THRU 4/24), ACTING DEP ED), $224,415; Anne Kenney (DIR, FIN ANLYS & BDGT SYS/ASST SEC), $196,026; and 9 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ross Macfarlane (VICE PRESIDENT (THRU 5/24)), Rita Harris (DIRECTOR), David Karpf (DIRECTOR (EFF 5/24)), Aaron Mair (DIRECTOR), Cynthia Hoyle (DIRECTOR), Michael Dorsey (DIRECTOR), Karl Palmquist (DIRECTOR (EFF 5/24)), Antonio Fuller (DIRECTOR (THRU 5/24)), Debbie Heaton (DIRECTOR (THRU 5/24)), Chad Hanson (DIRECTOR (THRU 5/24)).
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 Short year, 6 months | No officer pay reportedAll 27 people listed on this return show $0. | $0 | $83,752,990 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | Benjamin Jealous CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $524,826 | $169,031,870 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Benjamin Jealous CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EFF 3/1/23) | $423,119 | $173,425,083 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Loren Blackford CEO INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $94,171 | $167,540,907 | 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 202503169349309600.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Benjamin JealousEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $447,435 | $77,391 | $447,435 | $0 | $0 | $48,375 | $29,016 | $524,826 |
| Eva HernandezMANAGING DIRECTOR (THRU 3/24) | $463,501 | $40,525 | $80,878 | $0 | $382,623 | $29,903 | $10,622 | $504,026 |
| Ana Yanez CorreaDEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | $351,988 | $53,719 | $351,988 | $0 | $0 | $37,625 | $16,094 | $405,707 |
| Aida DavisCHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER | $354,228 | $22,549 | $354,228 | $0 | $0 | $8,044 | $14,505 | $376,777 |
| Erica McKinleyCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, ASST SECRETARY | $326,059 | $39,476 | $326,059 | $0 | $0 | $14,517 | $24,959 | $365,535 |
These figures come from Sierra Club'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 Sierra Club compares
Ranked 41st of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 40th, Easterseals, $559,769
- Next in this ranking: 42nd, March of Dimes, $488,009
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
- Hawaii Pacific Foundation$6,377,921 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2023
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago$382,829 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Huntington Library$1,102,364 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Robin Hood Foundation$1,041,339 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Sesame Workshop$1,136,265 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Benjamin Jealous (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) was paid $524,826 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $447,435 from Sierra Club and $77,391 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Benjamin Jealous, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $524,826.
This is the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club Foundation is a separate organization with its own return.
Sierra Club paid its CEO, Benjamin Jealous, $524,826 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $101,707 (24.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Loren Blackford, paid $94,171. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $94,171 (Loren Blackford); December 2023, $423,119 (Benjamin Jealous); December 2024, $524,826. The 6-month return for the period ending June 2025 reports no officer pay.
Sierra Club's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $171,800,410 and total revenue of $169,031,870 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $2,768,540. Expenses were $172,273,486 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they fell 0.3%. The CEO's pay of $524,826 equals 0.31% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Sierra Club filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on November 12, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.