Silicon Valley Community Foundation CEO salary and executive pay
Silicon Valley Community Foundation paid its CEO, Nicole Taylor, $1,268,486 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $71,296 (6.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $4,889,245,872, up 205.9% from $1,598,536,976 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Silicon Valley Community Foundation ranks 3rd of 18 foundations and grantmakers on this site by CEO pay. Silicon Valley Community Foundation has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 20-5205488, Mountain View, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,268,486
- Total revenue
- $4,889,245,872
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 2%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543149349305759.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 323rd of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.03% 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, 4 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Nicole Taylor CEO President & CEO | $1,268,486 |
| Elizabeth A CareyChief Financial Officer | $644,448 |
| Therese WilsonEVP, Chief of Staff | $549,345 |
| Chanthi LuneGeneral Counsel | $542,491 |
| Marc PhilpartExecutive Director, California Black Freedom Fund | $360,690 |
Also paid on the latest return: Ana Akhtar (VP, Donor Services), $360,066; Sarah Valencia (SVP, Finance), $357,983; To Tsang (SVP, IT and Knowledge Management), $341,442; Imelda Gonzalez (VP, Human Resources), $329,389; Gina Dalma (Former Key Employee), $175,981.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Greta Hansen (Chair), Mauricio Simbeck (Secretary), Max Cuellar (Treasurer), Alan Zafran (Director), Archana Sathaye (Director), Daniel Perez (Director), David Chun (Director), Issac Vaughn (Director), Jennifer Urdan (Director), Judy Miner (Director), Luz Urrutia (Director), Rebecca Guerra (Director), Rosanne Foust (Director), Scott Kupor (Director), Shannon Nash (Director), Van Ton-Quinlivan (Director), Zach Hulsey (Director).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Nicole Taylor CEO President & CEO | $1,268,486 | $4,889,245,872 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Nicole Taylor CEO President & CEO | $1,197,190 | $1,598,536,976 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Nicole Taylor CEO President & CEO | $1,071,438 | $3,015,340,623 | 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 202543149349305759.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Nicole TaylorPresident & CEO | $1,177,663 | $90,823 | $1,050,599 | $33,839 | $93,225 | $57,500 | $33,323 | $1,268,486 |
| Elizabeth A CareyChief Financial Officer | $570,212 | $74,236 | $541,492 | $28,000 | $720 | $50,213 | $24,023 | $644,448 |
| Therese WilsonEVP, Chief of Staff | $497,281 | $52,064 | $494,113 | $0 | $3,168 | $34,500 | $17,564 | $549,345 |
| Chanthi LuneGeneral Counsel | $493,848 | $48,643 | $493,128 | $0 | $720 | $47,030 | $1,613 | $542,491 |
| Marc PhilpartExecutive Director, California Black Freedom Fund | $292,466 | $68,224 | $291,986 | $0 | $480 | $31,147 | $37,077 | $360,690 |
These figures come from Silicon Valley Community 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 Silicon Valley Community Foundation compares
Ranked 3rd of 18 foundations and grantmakers by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 2nd, Pew Charitable Trusts, $1,286,231
- Next in this ranking: 4th, Robin Hood Foundation, $1,041,339
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
American Red Cross$989,075 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
ALSAC (St. Jude fundraising)$1,564,611 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Good360$314,515 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
MITRE$5,957,132 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Direct Relief$1,111,239 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Nicole Taylor (President & CEO) was paid $1,268,486 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $1,177,663 from Silicon Valley Community Foundation and $90,823 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Nicole Taylor, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,268,486.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation paid its CEO, Nicole Taylor, $1,268,486 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $71,296 (6.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Nicole Taylor, paid $1,071,438. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $1,071,438 (Nicole Taylor); December 2023, $1,197,190; December 2024, $1,268,486.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $3,401,564,835 and total revenue of $4,889,245,872 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $1,487,681,037. Expenses were $5,156,084,652 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they fell 34.0%. The CEO's pay of $1,268,486 equals 0.04% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Silicon Valley Community Foundation filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 10, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.