Young Life CEO salary and executive pay
Young Life paid its CEO, Newt Crenshaw, $708,001 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $87,011 (14.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $556,261,660, up 10.1% from $505,013,991 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Young Life has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 84-0385934, Colorado Springs, CO.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$708,001
- Total revenue
- $556,261,660
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 40%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202630449349302178.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 196th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.13% 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, 1 person was paid more than $500,000 and no one more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Newt Crenshaw CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $708,001 |
| Wiley ScottGROUP SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | $414,206 |
| John WagnerSVP GLOBAL CITIES INITIATIVE | $406,692 |
| Name Withheld For Security ReasonsFIELD SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | $380,713 |
| Chad EdwardsGROUP SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | $366,043 |
Also paid on the latest return: Brooke Johnston (FIELD SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT), $331,910; Kenneth Nollan (FIELD SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT), $316,443; Scott Brill (CFO), $309,755; William Boyle (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $309,386; Shelley Meador (CHRO), $279,897; Chad Sievert (SVP, CAMPING), $275,216; Paul Sherrill (VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY), $251,919; Dave Briggs (TREASURER), $239,285; Brandon Baker (VICE PRESIDENT/ASSISTANT SECRETARY), $210,085.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Harold Melton (DIRECTOR, CHAIR), Mark Rodriguez (DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIR), Nanette Ballbach (DIRECTOR), Sue Bere (DIRECTOR (THRU 8/2025)), Andrew Code (DIRECTOR), Doug Eaton (DIRECTOR), Brooks Entwistle (DIRECTOR), Heriberto Guerra (DIRECTOR), Promod Haque (DIRECTOR), Raquel Harrison (DIRECTOR), Bill Haslam (DIRECTOR), Jacquie Holland (DIRECTOR (THRU 8/2025)), John Hummel (DIRECTOR (THRU 8/2025)), Susan Hutchison (DIRECTOR), Regg Jones (DIRECTOR), Clyde Lear (DIRECTOR), Kevin McVaney (DIRECTOR), Curtis B McWilliams (DIRECTOR (THRU 8/2025)), Mike Murray (DIRECTOR), Susan Peterson (DIRECTOR), Chris Roberts (DIRECTOR), Michael Stain (DIRECTOR), Kathleen Stevens (DIRECTOR (THRU 8/2025)), Tom Thomas (DIRECTOR), David Tiley (DIRECTOR), and 5 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Newt Crenshaw CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $708,001 | $556,261,660 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Newt Crenshaw CEO President/CEO | $620,990 | $505,013,991 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Newt Crenshaw CEO President/CEO | $608,145 | $491,783,511 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Newton Crenshaw CEO President/CEO | $540,084 | $470,866,006 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202630449349302178.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Newt CrenshawPRESIDENT/CEO | $539,510 | $168,491 | $421,597 | $99,782 | $18,131 | $47,236 | $121,255 | $708,001 |
| Wiley ScottGROUP SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | $252,229 | $161,977 | $160,720 | $0 | $91,509 | $32,500 | $129,477 | $414,206 |
| John WagnerSVP GLOBAL CITIES INITIATIVE | $265,320 | $141,372 | $101,403 | $0 | $163,917 | $23,279 | $118,093 | $406,692 |
| Name Withheld For Security ReasonsFIELD SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | $228,624 | $152,089 | $136,461 | $0 | $92,163 | $26,720 | $125,369 | $380,713 |
| Chad EdwardsGROUP SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | $253,402 | $112,641 | $208,589 | $0 | $44,813 | $31,945 | $80,696 | $366,043 |
These figures come from Young Life'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 Young Life compares
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Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Martin's Point Health Care$1,387,229 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
George Kaiser Family Foundation$791,481 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences$951,013 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Sea Mar Community Health Centers$1,643,299 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
Midwest Food Bank$418,272 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2025
Common questions
Newt Crenshaw (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $708,001 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $539,510 from Young Life and $168,491 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Newt Crenshaw, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $708,001.
Young Life paid its CEO, Newt Crenshaw, $708,001 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $87,011 (14.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Newton Crenshaw, paid $540,084. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $540,084 (Newton Crenshaw); September 2023, $608,145 (Newt Crenshaw); September 2024, $620,990; September 2025, $708,001.
Young Life's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $535,771,009 and total revenue of $556,261,660 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $20,490,651. Expenses were $488,604,353 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 9.7%. The CEO's pay of $708,001 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Young Life filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on February 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.