Toys for Tots CEO salary and executive pay
Toys for Tots paid its CEO, James B Laster, $484,426 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $20,279 (4.4%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $432,326,962, down 14.6% from $506,123,222 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Toys for Tots ranks 12th of 17 human services nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Toys for Tots has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 20-3021444, Triangle, VA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2025
$484,426
- Total revenue
- $432,326,962
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 6%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202621179349301422.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 194th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.11% 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
No one on the latest return was paid more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James B Laster CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $484,426 |
| Theodore SilvesterVICE PRESIDENT, M&D | $311,792 |
| Matthew D CooperVP, OPERATIONS AND SECRETARY | $310,794 |
| Kelley HardisonDVP, M&D/HR DIRECTOR | $275,445 |
| Gunnar SpaffordDVP, BUS DEV | $208,923 |
Also paid on the latest return: Mackerl Stuckey (DVP, OPERATIONS), $198,367; Melanie Turner (FINANCE DIRECTOR), $183,156; Matthew McDonald (IT DIRECTOR), $177,640.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: David G Bellon (CHAIRMAN), Steven C Ohmstede (VICE CHAIRMAN), Robert E Milstead (DIRECTOR), Mark A Hayden (DIRECTOR), Walter T Davis (DIRECTOR), Alphonso Trimble (DIRECTOR), David J Doolan (DIRECTOR), Anne Martin (DIRECTOR), Craig C Crenshaw (DIRECTOR), Joshua L Glover (DIRECTOR), Tammy Peppe (DIRECTOR), Jessica Van Dop Dejesus (DIRECTOR), David Lapan (DIRECTOR), Sheryl E Murray (DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE 2025)).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | James B Laster CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $484,426 | $432,326,962 | Filing |
| Dec 2024 | James B Laster CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $464,147 | $506,123,222 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | James B Laster CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $438,606 | $359,237,893 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | James B Laster CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $416,030 | $379,587,582 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2025, IRS object ID 202621179349301422.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James B LasterPRESIDENT & CEO | $433,081 | $51,345 | $344,932 | $86,625 | $1,524 | $44,912 | $6,433 | $484,426 |
| Theodore SilvesterVICE PRESIDENT, M&D | $274,798 | $36,994 | $219,282 | $55,000 | $516 | $33,218 | $3,776 | $311,792 |
| Matthew D CooperVP, OPERATIONS AND SECRETARY | $275,516 | $35,278 | $220,000 | $55,000 | $516 | $33,218 | $2,060 | $310,794 |
| Kelley HardisonDVP, M&D/HR DIRECTOR | $243,074 | $32,371 | $202,282 | $40,000 | $792 | $28,238 | $4,133 | $275,445 |
| Gunnar SpaffordDVP, BUS DEV | $187,026 | $21,897 | $156,750 | $30,000 | $276 | $19,325 | $2,572 | $208,923 |
These figures come from Toys for Tots' 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 Toys for Tots compares
Ranked 12th of 17 human services nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 11th, BakerRipley, $512,978
- Next in this ranking: 13th, Midwest Food Bank, $418,272
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Wounded Warrior Project$404,382 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Somerset Academy$245,726 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Jewish Federations of North America$852,662 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Houston Food Bank$434,369 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boston Foundation$915,854 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
James B Laster (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $484,426 for the fiscal year ending December 2025: $433,081 from Toys for Tots and $51,345 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, James B Laster, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $484,426.
Toys for Tots paid its CEO, James B Laster, $484,426 for the fiscal year ending December 2025. That is up $20,279 (4.4%) from the fiscal year ending December 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was James B Laster, paid $416,030. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $416,030 (James B Laster); December 2023, $438,606; December 2024, $464,147; December 2025, $484,426.
Toys for Tots' return for the fiscal year ending December 2025 reports total expenses of $405,633,766 and total revenue of $432,326,962 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $26,693,196. Expenses were $523,308,589 for the fiscal year ending December 2024, so they fell 22.5%. The CEO's pay of $484,426 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Toys for Tots filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 27, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.