UNICEF USA CEO salary and executive pay
UNICEF USA paid its CEO, Michael J Nyenhuis, $976,864 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $47,806 (5.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $835,217,861, up 15.9% from $720,404,955 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. UNICEF USA ranks 26th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. UNICEF USA has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as United States Fund for UNICEF.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1760110, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$976,864
- Total revenue
- $835,217,861
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 35%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202630309349300223.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 215th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
UNICEF itself is a United Nations agency and does not file a Form 990. The United States Fund for UNICEF (UNICEF USA) is the US fundraising organization with its own president and CEO.
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 |
|---|---|
| Michael J Nyenhuis CEO Director/President/CEO | $976,864 |
| Cristina Shapiro-AlsterChief Strategy Officer & Pres. of IF4C | $534,273 |
| Michele WalshEVP, Asst. Secretary | $499,584 |
| Jessica LeinwandCLOGC-Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel | $477,039 |
| Shelley EffmanChief Marketing Officer | $400,981 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michael Klompus (Chief People & Operations Officer), $399,738; Michael S Chen (CFO/Assistant Treasurer), $392,428; Darla Silva (Chief Program Officer), $375,410; Shannon Congemi (VP - Technology), $331,056; Helene L Vallone-Raffaele (VP - Donor Strategy & Experience (Until 2/19/25)), $297,048; Kristi Burnham (VP - Employee Engagement & Development), $282,519; Leslie Goldman (VP - Global Cause Partnership (Until 1/17/25)), $270,329; Brian Meyers (VP- Philanthropy), $266,973; Maria Middleton (Controller/Assistant Treasurer), $215,260.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Bernard Taylor (DIRECTOR/CHAIR), Robert T Brown (DIRECTOR/ VICE CHAIR), Aaron Mitchell (DIRECTOR), Andrew Hohns PhD (DIRECTOR), Brannigan Thompson (DIRECTOR), Carol J Hamilton (DIRECTOR), Ewout Steenbergen (DIRECTOR), Glen Baptist (DIRECTOR), Janet Truncale (DIRECTOR), John O'Farrell (DIRECTOR), Kelly Wilson (DIRECTOR), Ken Graboys (DIRECTOR), Lata N Reddy (DIRECTOR), Laura Jones (DIRECTOR), Nicole Giles (DIRECTOR), Philippe Gilbert (DIRECTOR), Steve Eaton (DIRECTOR), Tea Leoni (DIRECTOR (UNTIL 7/12/24)).
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 | Michael J Nyenhuis CEO Director/President/CEO | $976,864 | $835,217,861 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Michael J Nyenhuis CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $929,058 | $720,404,955 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Michael J Nyenhuis CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $893,007 | $829,050,932 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Michael J Nyenhuis CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $824,677 | $1,061,946,827 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202630309349300223.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael J NyenhuisDirector/President/CEO | $928,033 | $48,831 | $647,673 | $262,435 | $17,925 | $40,739 | $8,092 | $976,864 |
| Cristina Shapiro-AlsterChief Strategy Officer & Pres. of IF4C | $486,743 | $47,530 | $439,410 | $46,000 | $1,333 | $32,133 | $15,397 | $534,273 |
| Michele WalshEVP, Asst. Secretary | $456,704 | $42,880 | $435,686 | $0 | $21,018 | $31,762 | $11,118 | $499,584 |
| Jessica LeinwandCLOGC-Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel | $437,968 | $39,071 | $437,410 | $0 | $558 | $31,673 | $7,398 | $477,039 |
| Shelley EffmanChief Marketing Officer | $363,578 | $37,403 | $352,082 | $0 | $11,496 | $28,331 | $9,072 | $400,981 |
These figures come from UNICEF USA'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 UNICEF USA compares
Ranked 26th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 25th, American Red Cross, $989,075
- Next in this ranking: 27th, The Nature Conservancy, $936,855
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
CARE$539,217 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Atlantic Coast Conference$4,682,729 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Broad Institute$982,376 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
American Chemical Society$1,113,221 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association$8,414,231 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Michael J Nyenhuis (Director/President/CEO) was paid $976,864 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $928,033 from UNICEF USA and $48,831 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Michael J Nyenhuis, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $976,864.
UNICEF itself is a United Nations agency and does not file a Form 990. The United States Fund for UNICEF (UNICEF USA) is the US fundraising organization with its own president and CEO.
UNICEF USA paid its CEO, Michael J Nyenhuis, $976,864 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $47,806 (5.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Michael J Nyenhuis, paid $824,677. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $824,677 (Michael J Nyenhuis); June 2023, $893,007; June 2024, $929,058; June 2025, $976,864.
UNICEF USA's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $594,076,448 and total revenue of $835,217,861 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $241,141,413. Expenses were $727,680,750 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 18.4%. The CEO's pay of $976,864 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns UNICEF USA filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on January 30, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.