Special Olympics CEO salary and executive pay
Special Olympics paid its CEO, Mary Davis, $570,761 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $18,470 (3.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $186,403,463, up 22.4% from $152,233,363 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Special Olympics ranks 39th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Special Olympics has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-0889518, Washington, DC.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$570,761
- Total revenue
- $186,403,463
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 36%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513159349300306.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 133rd 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 Special Olympics international headquarters in Washington. State programs file their own returns.
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 |
|---|---|
| Mary Davis CEO CEO & PRESIDENT | $570,761 |
| Ms Zehra SayinCMDO | $350,741 |
| Dr John DowCHIEF, REGIONAL & PROGRAM | $344,007 |
| Mr Brandon FitzgeraldCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER & SECRETARY | $330,187 |
| Mr David EvangelistaRPMD, SOEE | $312,667 |
Also paid on the latest return: Mr James Barbee (CFO), $311,468; Mr Louis Lauria (CHIEF OF GAMES AND COMPETITION), $294,794; Mr Steve Borrelli (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $279,655; Ms Freda Fung (RPMD, SOEA), $241,603; Mr Ayman Wahab (RPMD, MENA), $209,054.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Dr Timothy Shriver (CHAIRMAN), Ms Anne Finucane (LEAD DIRECTOR AND VICE CHAIR), Mr Dale Jones (TREASURER), Dr Seun Adigun (DIRECTOR), Mr Yousef Al Otaiba (DIRECTOR), Mr Jaime Aleman (DIRECTOR), Ms Kiera Byland (DIRECTOR), Dr Jim P Clements (DIRECTOR), Mr Bart Conner (DIRECTOR), Dr Shi Derong (DIRECTOR), Mr Didier Drogba (DIRECTOR), Ms Emanuelle Dutra Fernandes De Sou (DIRECTOR), Ms Benita Fitzgerald Mosley (DIRECTOR), Ms Jennifer Fortner (DIRECTOR), Mr Amadou Gall Fall (DIRECTOR), Ms Eva Gazova (DIRECTOR), Ms Mary Gu (DIRECTOR), Ms Gail Hamamoto (DIRECTOR), Ms Ronak Lakhani (DIRECTOR), Ms Yang Lan (DIRECTOR), Mr Ray Lane (DIRECTOR (THRU 11/24)), Mr Glenn Lyon (DIRECTOR), Mr Hamchetou Maiga Ba (DIRECTOR), Dr Karoly Mirnics (DIRECTOR), Ms Tusitina Nu'Uvali (DIRECTOR), and 15 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
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 202513159349300306.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Mary DavisCEO & PRESIDENT | $534,245 | $36,516 | $503,121 | $20,000 | $11,124 | $25,000 | $11,516 | $570,761 |
| Ms Zehra SayinCMDO | $350,741 | $0 | $350,741 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $350,741 |
| Dr John DowCHIEF, REGIONAL & PROGRAM | $318,543 | $25,464 | $313,599 | $0 | $4,944 | $24,003 | $1,461 | $344,007 |
| Mr Brandon FitzgeraldCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER & SECRETARY | $304,573 | $25,614 | $303,331 | $0 | $1,242 | $10,140 | $15,474 | $330,187 |
| Mr David EvangelistaRPMD, SOEE | $271,755 | $40,912 | $243,454 | $27,500 | $801 | $18,461 | $22,451 | $312,667 |
These figures come from Special Olympics' 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 Special Olympics compares
Ranked 39th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 38th, Habitat for Humanity, $592,703
- Next in this ranking: 40th, Easterseals, $559,769
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston$1,192,383 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Goodwill of Colorado$685,733 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024- National Board of Medical Examiners$2,172,839 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
DKT International$2,256,771 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Whitney Museum of American Art$999,235 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Mary Davis (CEO & PRESIDENT) was paid $570,761 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $534,245 from Special Olympics and $36,516 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Mary Davis, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $570,761.
This is Special Olympics international headquarters in Washington. State programs file their own returns.
Special Olympics paid its CEO, Mary Davis, $570,761 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $18,470 (3.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Mary Davis, paid $552,476. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $552,476 (Mary Davis); December 2023, $552,291; December 2024, $570,761.
Special Olympics' return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $168,543,160 and total revenue of $186,403,463 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $17,860,303. Expenses were $160,530,033 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 5.0%. The CEO's pay of $570,761 equals 0.34% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Special Olympics filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 11, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.