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. UNICEF USA ranks 27th of 46 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 38%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202630309349300223.View the filing
Peers: the 179 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 111th of 180 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 |
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 27th of 46 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion:
Marquette University$869,890 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Lehigh University$1,145,854 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Wake Forest University$1,883,267 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
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). UNICEF USA ranks 27th of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, Michael J Nyenhuis, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $976,864. Next was Cristina Shapiro-Alster (Chief Strategy Officer & Pres. of IF4C), at $534,273. On the latest return, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns UNICEF USA filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.