Yale University president salary and executive pay
Yale University paid its president, Maurie McInnis, $890,194 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was Peter Salovey, paid $2,453,342. Total revenue on that return was $8,452,768,034, up 23.6% from $6,841,256,079 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Yale University ranks 107th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Yale University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 06-0646973, New Haven, CT.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$890,194
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$5,384,798Matthew S T MendelsohnChief Investment Officer
- Total revenue
- $8,452,768,034
- Pay vs. peers
- Lowest
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349303914.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 132nd of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.01% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 21 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Matthew S T MendelsohnChief Investment Officer | $5,384,798 |
| Amelia ChivettaManaging Director, Investments | $4,584,829 |
| Timothy R SullivanSr Director of Private Equity | $4,175,425 |
| Alexander C BankerSr Director of Finance | $4,166,189 |
| Peter SaloveyPresident (through 6/30/24) | $4,019,357 |
Also paid on the latest return: Carrie Abildgaard (Director, Investments), $3,160,228; Dean J Takahashi (Former Sr Director, Investments), $1,649,863; Nancy J Brown (Dean, School of Medicine), $1,256,259; Scott A Strobel (Provost), $1,221,571; Alexander E Dreier (Sr VP for Institutional Affairs), $1,057,357; Jack F Callahan Jr (Sr VP for Operations), $972,957; Joan E O'Neill (VP for Alumni Affairs & Development), $956,657; Maurie McInnis (President (effective 7/1/24)), $890,194; Stephen C Murphy (VP for Finance & CFO), $790,478; Pericles Lewis (Former VP for Global Strategy), $718,214; Jack Michael Bellamy (VP for Facilities, Campus Development & Sustainability), $634,665; John Barden (VP for Technology and Campus Services), $626,741; Kimberly M Goff-Crews (Secretary & VP for University Life), $611,153; Benjamin Polak (Former Provost), $593,194; Renee Kopkowski (VP for Communications), $558,263; and 3 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ann Miura-Ko (Trustee), Carlos R Moreno (Trustee), David A Thomas (Trustee), David Sze (Trustee), Edward Miner Ned Lamont Jr (Trustee (ex-officio)), Felicia F Norwood (Trustee), Fred Krupp (Trustee), Gina R Boswell (Trustee), Joshua Bekenstein (Trustee), Joshua L Steiner (Trustee), Marta L Tellado (Trustee), Maryana Iskander (Trustee), Michael J Cavanagh (Trustee), Neal S Wolin (Trustee), Susan Bysiewicz (Trustee (ex-officio)), William E Kennard (Trustee).
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Maurie McInnis President President (effective 7/1/24) | $890,194 | $8,452,768,034 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Peter Salovey President Trustee & President | $2,453,342 | $6,841,256,079 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Peter Salovey President Trustee & President | $2,318,366 | $6,315,023,788 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Peter Salovey President Trustee & President | $2,260,694 | $7,410,414,729 | 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 202641359349303914.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Matthew S T MendelsohnChief Investment Officer | $2,736,107 | $2,648,691 | $1,009,585 | $1,703,522 | $23,000 | $2,605,577 | $43,114 | $5,384,798 |
| Amelia ChivettaManaging Director, Investments | $1,862,086 | $2,722,743 | $719,551 | $1,119,145 | $23,390 | $2,705,662 | $17,081 | $4,584,829 |
| Timothy R SullivanSr Director of Private Equity | $2,347,383 | $1,828,042 | $807,393 | $1,516,990 | $23,000 | $1,782,988 | $45,054 | $4,175,425 |
| Alexander C BankerSr Director of Finance | $4,102,577 | $63,612 | $274,501 | $3,471,799 | $356,277 | $38,910 | $24,702 | $4,166,189 |
| Peter SaloveyPresident (through 6/30/24) | $3,921,313 | $98,044 | $1,893,876 | $1,500,000 | $527,437 | $38,910 | $59,134 | $4,019,357 |
| Maurie McInnisPresident (effective 7/1/24) | $803,448 | $86,746 | $741,567 | $0 | $61,881 | $27,140 | $59,606 | $890,194 |
These figures come from Yale University'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 Yale University compares
Ranked 107th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 106th, Keiser University and Everglades University, $899,724
- Next in this ranking: 108th, Elon University, $889,064
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Emory University$3,024,831 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Columbia University$1,826,091 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Johns Hopkins University$5,871,487 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Pennsylvania$8,043,343 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
New York University$2,954,989 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Maurie McInnis (President (effective 7/1/24)) was paid $890,194 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $803,448 from Yale University and $86,746 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Matthew S T Mendelsohn (Chief Investment Officer), at $5,384,798. That is $4,494,604 more than the president, Maurie McInnis.
Yale University paid its president, Maurie McInnis, $890,194 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending June 2024, the president was Peter Salovey, paid $2,453,342. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Peter Salovey, paid $2,260,694. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,260,694 (Peter Salovey); June 2023, $2,318,366; June 2024, $2,453,342; June 2025, $890,194 (Maurie McInnis).
Yale University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $6,672,258,952 and total revenue of $8,452,768,034 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $1,780,509,082. Expenses were $6,197,071,259 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 7.7%. The president's pay of $890,194 equals 0.01% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Yale University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 6 people in the pay breakdown above.