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. Total revenue on that return was $366,655,209, down 2.2% from $374,807,108 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. World Wildlife Fund ranks 21st of 45 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 45%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641079349300209.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 113th of 208 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jason Clay (SVP MARKETS AND FOOD), $516,254; Terence Macko (SVP MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS), $494,340; Ginette Hemley (SVP WILDLIFE CONSERVATION), $474,203; Sheila Bonini (SVP PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT), $469,157; Mike Pejcic (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $462,526; Jocelyn Starzak (SVP & GENERAL COUNSEL), $435,140; Leroy Wade (CONTROLLER), $290,941; Margaret Ackerley (SVP & GC (THRU JAN 2024)), $207,528.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Yolanda Kakabadse (CO-CHAIR), Sanjeev Mehra (CO-CHAIR), Robert Litterman (VICE CHAIRMAN), Shelly Lazarus (SECRETARY), Elizabeth L Littlefield (TREASURER), Ta Tom Barron (DIRECTOR (AS OF OCT 2024)), Virginia Busch (DIRECTOR), Gerald Butts (DIRECTOR), Ruth Defries (DIRECTOR), Christopher B Field (DIRECTOR), Matthew Harris (DIRECTOR), Urs Holzle (DIRECTOR), Uzodinma Iweala (DIRECTOR), Lawrence H Linden (DIRECTOR), Kathleen McLaughlin (DIRECTOR), Luis Alberto Moreno (DIRECTOR), Iris Mwanza (DIRECTOR), Amanda Paulson (DIRECTOR), Vincent S Perez Jr (DIRECTOR), Clara Lee Pratte (DIRECTOR), Roger Sant (DIRECTOR), Carolina Schmidt (DIRECTOR), Toddi Steelman (DIRECTOR), Lauren Tyler (DIRECTOR), Jeffrey Ubben (DIRECTOR).
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 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 20th, ALSAC (St. Jude fundraising), $1,564,611
- Next in this ranking: 22nd, ASPCA, $1,226,402
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
- Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth$292,348 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Habitat for Humanity$592,703 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
National Academy of Sciences$1,188,162 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Marin Community Foundation$732,783 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Mercy Corps$601,632 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 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).
The CEO, Carter Roberts, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,348,079.
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.
World Wildlife Fund's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $367,009,528 and total revenue of $366,655,209 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $354,319. Expenses were $361,352,195 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 1.6%. The CEO's pay of $1,348,079 equals 0.37% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns World Wildlife Fund filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 17, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.