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. Total revenue on that return was $72,397,617, up 40.4% from $51,568,253 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. United Way ranks 28th of 45 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 93%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202542519349301609.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 15th of 208 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: John Farden (EVP, GLOBAL NTWK ADV & OPERATIONS), $388,067; Ladawn Naegle (EVP, CHIEF OF STAFF), $381,110; Omoiye Kinney (EVP, MARKETING & COMMUNICATION), $371,195; Thomas Lowery (SVP, NETWORK RESILIENCE), $338,049; Lawana Jones (SVP, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER), $321,884; Rachel Small (SVP, GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIPS), $314,323; Erin Budde (SVP, STRATEGIC INSIGHTS), $304,583; Chad Royal-Pascoe (SVP, GLOBAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT), $275,758; Alice Archcabal (EVP, DEVELOPMENT (TO 6/24)), $256,886; Sonya Anderson (EVP, INTERNATIONAL NETWORK(BEG 5/24)), $238,918; Jacqueline Gordon (FORMER EVP, PEOPLE & CULTURE), $232,370.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Marc Bitzer (CHAIR OF THE BOARD (TO 6/24)), Yuri Fulmer (VICE CHAIR (TO 6/24)/CHAIR(BEG 7/24)), Mike Hayde (TREAS/CHAIR OF FINANCE COMMITTEE), Mark Howard (SECRETARY/CHAIR OF AUDIT COMMITTEE), Johnny Taylor Jr (CHAIR OF EXEC COMP CMTE), Bill O'Dowd (CHAIR DEV & MKTG CMTE), Rosie Allen-Herring (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Juliana Azevedo (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Elaine Chao (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Michelle De La Isla (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (BEG 7/24)), Darienne Driver Hudson (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Helene Glotzer (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (BEG 7/24)), Christina Gutierrez De Pineres (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Brian Hulseman-Abrams (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Suneeth Katarki (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (TO 7/24)), Orvin Kimbrough (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (TO 6/24)), Tom McInerney (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Swati Mylavarapu (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Steve Ortiz (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Michele Parmelee (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Melissa Potter (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (BEG 7/24)), David Preschlack (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (TO 6/24)), David Shaffer (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER), Teri Smith (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (BEG 7/24)), Liz Shuler (AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER (TO 6/24)), and 4 more.
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 28th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 27th, The Nature Conservancy, $936,855
- Next in this ranking: 29th, YMCA of the USA, $892,142
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Advocate Aurora Health$30,862,679 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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$488,009 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Miami Jewish Health$1,521,278 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 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).
The CEO, Angela Williams, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $929,417.
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.
United Way's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $75,016,667 and total revenue of $72,397,617 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $2,619,050. Expenses were $65,723,143 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 14.1%. The CEO's pay of $929,417 equals 1.24% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns United Way Worldwide filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on September 8, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.