World Wildlife Fund CEO salary and executive pay
World Wildlife Fund paid its CEO, CARTER ROBERTS, $1,348,079 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $57,510 (4.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. World Wildlife Fund ranks 21st of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. World Wildlife Fund has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as WWF.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-1693387, Washington, DC.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,348,079
- Total revenue
- $366,655,209
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 52%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641079349300209.View the filing
Peers: the 19 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 10th of 20 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.37% 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 WWF-US. WWF International and WWF Canada are separate organizations based outside the US.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| CARTER ROBERTS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,348,079 |
| NIKHIL SEKHRANCHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER | $744,239 |
| LOREN MAYORCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $737,245 |
| JULIE MILLEREVP, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS | $576,667 |
| MARCENE MITCHELLSVP CLIMATE CHANGE | $522,104 |
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 | CARTER ROBERTS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,348,079 | $366,655,209 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | CARTER ROBERTS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,290,569 | $374,807,108 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | CARTER ROBERTS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,204,775 | $372,835,343 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | CARTER ROBERTS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,160,844 | $381,636,162 | 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 202641079349300209.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| CARTER ROBERTSPRESIDENT & CEO | $1,246,723 | $101,356 | $1,000,138 | $241,041 | $5,544 | $52,641 | $48,715 | $1,348,079 |
| NIKHIL SEKHRANCHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER | $655,432 | $88,807 | $593,170 | $58,650 | $3,612 | $53,549 | $35,258 | $744,239 |
| LOREN MAYORCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $641,904 | $95,341 | $584,922 | $55,050 | $1,932 | $53,366 | $41,975 | $737,245 |
| JULIE MILLEREVP, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS | $510,125 | $66,542 | $475,180 | $24,277 | $10,668 | $31,049 | $35,493 | $576,667 |
| MARCENE MITCHELLSVP CLIMATE CHANGE | $448,579 | $73,525 | $425,861 | $12,050 | $10,668 | $31,049 | $42,476 | $522,104 |
These figures come from World Wildlife Fund'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 World Wildlife Fund compares
Ranked 21st of 46 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million:
Habitat for Humanity$592,703 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
NPR$697,251 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
National Geographic Society$1,571,576 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Planned Parenthood$1,122,180 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Wounded Warrior Project$404,382 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
CARTER ROBERTS (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $1,348,079 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,246,723 from World Wildlife Fund and $101,356 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). World Wildlife Fund ranks 21st of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, CARTER ROBERTS, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,348,079. Next was NIKHIL SEKHRAN (CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER), at $744,239. On the latest return, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
This is WWF-US. WWF International and WWF Canada are separate organizations based outside the US.
World Wildlife Fund paid its CEO, CARTER ROBERTS, $1,348,079 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $57,510 (4.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was CARTER ROBERTS, paid $1,160,844. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,160,844 (CARTER ROBERTS); June 2023, $1,204,775; June 2024, $1,290,569; June 2025, $1,348,079.
From the 4 Form 990 returns World Wildlife Fund 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.