YMCA of the USA CEO salary and executive pay
YMCA of the USA paid its CEO, Suzanne McCormick, $892,142 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $43,489 (5.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $198,431,455, up 29.7% from $152,985,859 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. YMCA of the USA ranks 29th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. YMCA of the USA has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as YMCA or YMCA of the USA.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-3258696, Chicago, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$892,142
- Total revenue
- $198,431,455
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 54%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533179349309978.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 95th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.45% 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 office, YMCA of the USA. Local YMCAs are separate nonprofits that file their own returns and pay their own CEOs.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 5 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Suzanne McCormick CEO President and Chief Executive Officer | $892,142 |
| Emmanuel Cesar SilvaExecutive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer | $619,306 |
| Abigail RogersExecutive Vice Preisdent, Growth and External Engagement Team | $567,607 |
| Shawn BorzelleriExecutive Vice President, Chief Network Experience Officer | $532,191 |
| Karyn KirkExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer | $500,850 |
Also paid on the latest return: Christina MacVeigh (Executive Vice President, Chief Learning & Leadership Development Officer), $492,560; Kathleen Wollensak (Executive Vice President, Chief People & Culture Officer), $458,884; Valerie Waller (Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer), $359,705.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: CiCi Rojas (Immediate Past Chair (Effective 02/2024)), George Leis (Chair (Effective 02/2024)), Jeremy Welland (Treasurer (Effective 02/2024)), Pamela Davies (Immediate Past Chair (Through 02/2024)), Ruben Dario Taborda (Chair-elect (Effective 02/2024)), Sharon Cates-Williams (Secretary (Effective 02/2024)), Amy Jones Vaterlaus (Board Member (Through 08/2024)), Anthony Walters (Board Member), Bryan Preston (Board Member), Carla Moradi (Board Member (Through 02/2024)), Craig Fenneman (Board Member), Dan Kraemer (Board Member), Diane Dewbrey (Board Member (Through 01/2024)), Eric Huffman (Board Member (Effective 12/2024)), George Wilson II (Board Member), Hon J Michelle Childs (Board Member), Ian Holder (Board Member (Effective 12/2024)), Jim Sandgren (Board Member (Effective 12/2024)), Jimmy Chow (Board Member), Joanna Diaz Soffer (Board Member), John Conley (Board Member (Effective 04/2024)), John Mikos (Board Member), Julie Sills-Molock (Board Member (Effective 08/2024)), Karen Deblieux (Board Member (Effective 12/2024)), Kathy Lonowski (Board Member (Effective 08/2024)), and 13 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 | Suzanne McCormick CEO President and Chief Executive Officer | $892,142 | $198,431,455 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Suzanne McCormick CEO President and CEO | $848,653 | $152,985,859 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Suzanne McCormick CEO President and CEO | $739,229 | $118,596,812 | 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 202533179349309978.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Suzanne McCormickPresident and Chief Executive Officer | $826,801 | $65,341 | $620,606 | $122,285 | $83,910 | $41,400 | $23,941 | $892,142 |
| Emmanuel Cesar SilvaExecutive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer | $557,456 | $61,850 | $457,822 | $67,564 | $32,070 | $41,400 | $20,450 | $619,306 |
| Abigail RogersExecutive Vice Preisdent, Growth and External Engagement Team | $506,501 | $61,106 | $407,727 | $74,647 | $24,127 | $41,400 | $19,706 | $567,607 |
| Shawn BorzelleriExecutive Vice President, Chief Network Experience Officer | $471,513 | $60,678 | $406,724 | $45,667 | $19,122 | $41,400 | $19,278 | $532,191 |
| Karyn KirkExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer | $440,521 | $60,329 | $413,787 | $11,541 | $15,193 | $41,400 | $18,929 | $500,850 |
These figures come from YMCA of the USA'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 YMCA of the USA compares
Ranked 29th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 28th, United Way Worldwide, $929,417
- Next in this ranking: 30th, Goodwill Industries International, $766,469
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Stowers Resource Management (Stowers Institute support organization)$3,206,337 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast$1,372,863 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Jewish National Fund-USA$981,628 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Goodwill of North Georgia$1,189,436 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025- Goodwill Central Texas$432,087 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Suzanne McCormick (President and Chief Executive Officer) was paid $892,142 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $826,801 from YMCA of the USA and $65,341 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Suzanne McCormick, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $892,142.
This is the national office, YMCA of the USA. Local YMCAs are separate nonprofits that file their own returns and pay their own CEOs.
YMCA of the USA paid its CEO, Suzanne McCormick, $892,142 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $43,489 (5.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Suzanne McCormick, paid $739,229. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $739,229 (Suzanne McCormick); December 2023, $848,653; December 2024, $892,142.
YMCA of the USA's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $169,653,656 and total revenue of $198,431,455 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $28,777,799. Expenses were $157,780,689 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 7.5%. The CEO's pay of $892,142 equals 0.53% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns YMCA of the USA filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 13, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.