United Way Worldwide CEO salary and executive pay
United Way paid its CEO, ANGELA WILLIAMS, $929,417 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $115,999 (11.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. United Way ranks 30th of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. United Way has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as United Way.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1635294, Alexandria, VA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$929,417
- Total revenue
- $72,397,617
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 94%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202542519349301609.View the filing
Peers: the 19 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 2nd of 20 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 1.28% 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 the national body, United Way Worldwide, in Alexandria, Virginia. Local United Ways are separate nonprofits that file their own returns and pay their own CEOs.
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 |
|---|---|
| ANGELA WILLIAMS CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $929,417 |
| BRUCE FRIEDMANEVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $436,737 |
| ODESSA JACKSON PETERSONEVP, GENERAL COUNSEL, CC & EO | $428,624 |
| NICOLE COOPEREVP, CHIEF STR & INNOV OFFICER | $419,731 |
| BYRON GARRETTEVP, CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER | $401,080 |
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 | ANGELA WILLIAMS CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $929,417 | $72,397,617 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | ANGELA WILLIAMS CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,045,416 | $51,568,253 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | ANGELA WILLIAMS CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $750,513 | $98,499,995 | 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 202542519349301609.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| ANGELA WILLIAMSCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $779,178 | $150,239 | $622,170 | $143,520 | $13,488 | $109,494 | $40,745 | $929,417 |
| BRUCE FRIEDMANEVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $368,662 | $68,075 | $329,970 | $28,978 | $9,714 | $12,930 | $55,145 | $436,737 |
| ODESSA JACKSON PETERSONEVP, GENERAL COUNSEL, CC & EO | $411,379 | $17,245 | $368,502 | $31,417 | $11,460 | $12,857 | $4,388 | $428,624 |
| NICOLE COOPEREVP, CHIEF STR & INNOV OFFICER | $414,760 | $4,971 | $391,028 | $19,608 | $4,124 | $3,839 | $1,132 | $419,731 |
| BYRON GARRETTEVP, CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER | $389,508 | $11,572 | $363,357 | $19,608 | $6,543 | $1,295 | $10,277 | $401,080 |
These figures come from United Way'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 United Way compares
Ranked 30th of 46 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America$723,520 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Goodwill Industries International$766,469 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
March of Dimes$353,561 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Susan G. Komen$688,812 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
PETA$208,310 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jul 2025
Common questions
ANGELA WILLIAMS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $929,417 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $779,178 from United Way and $150,239 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). United Way ranks 30th of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, ANGELA WILLIAMS, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $929,417. Next was BRUCE FRIEDMAN (EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), at $436,737. On the latest return, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
This is the national body, United Way Worldwide, in Alexandria, Virginia. Local United Ways are separate nonprofits that file their own returns and pay their own CEOs.
United Way paid its CEO, ANGELA WILLIAMS, $929,417 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $115,999 (11.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was ANGELA WILLIAMS, paid $750,513. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $750,513 (ANGELA WILLIAMS); December 2023, $1,045,416; December 2024, $929,417.
From the 3 Form 990 returns United Way Worldwide filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.