CEO pay at US community health centers, ranked
This list ranks 11 community health centers and clinics by what they paid their CEO, using each one's latest full-year IRS Form 990. Every row links to the return it comes from. This is a partial list: 69 of the 80 community health centers that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Last updated from IRS e-file data.
What counts as a community health center here
Community health centers, clinics and group medical practices that provide outpatient and primary care. Each must report at least $100 million in total revenue (Part I, line 12) on its latest full-year return. 80 organizations meet the definition: 11 are ranked here, and 69 do not have pages on this site yet.
Each row is the return that reports the chief executive's pay, and the revenue shown is that return's own. Affiliates that list the same executive as the ranked return are left out so one person's pay is not listed twice.
The ranking
The chief executive on each organization's latest full-year return, or the highest-paid person where no title marks one. Each row is a different return, so each links to its own filing.
The percentile compares each row's pay / revenue with organizations of similar revenue across this site, not only this list, because the site has fewer than 20 community health centers. Rows in different revenue bands are compared with different groups, so similar shares can show different percentiles.
| Rank | Organization and CEO | Total pay | Year ending | Revenue | Pay / revenue | Share percentile | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CEO PRESIDENT | $2,745,444 | Sep 2024 | $404,169,311 | 0.68% | 69% | Filing |
| 2 | CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,950,174 | Dec 2024 | $385,124,048 | 0.51% | 57% | Filing |
| 3 | CEO CEO | $1,643,299 | Mar 2025 | $578,212,508 | 0.28% | 84% | Filing |
| 4 | CEO PRESIDENT/CE | $1,484,371 | Dec 2025 | $124,298,241 | 1.19% | 91% | Filing |
| 5 | CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,451,994 | Dec 2024 | $313,360,695 | 0.46% | 55% | Filing |
| 6 | CEO President & CEO | $1,449,977 | Jun 2025 | $488,260,631 | 0.30% | 35% | Filing |
| 7 | CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $1,431,424 | Dec 2024 | $615,881,926 | 0.23% | 76% | Filing |
| 8 | CEO President & CEO | $1,387,229 | Dec 2024 | $550,076,243 | 0.25% | 78% | Filing |
| 9 | CEO CEO | $1,372,863 | Jun 2025 | $197,931,260 | 0.69% | 70% | Filing |
| 10 | CEO DIR (EX-OFF), PRES & CEO | $1,224,783 | Sep 2025 | $809,798,771 | 0.15% | 50% | Filing |
| 11 | CEO President CEO | $843,695 | Sep 2025 | $807,196,195 | 0.10% | 29% | Filing |
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About the data
Every figure comes from a Form 990 e-file return the organization submitted to the IRS, which the IRS publishes as open data. Each row uses one return and links to it. We don't estimate, round or combine years; column F is the organization's own estimate of other compensation.
- Which return
- The most recent return that covers a full year. Short-year returns, filed when an organization changes its fiscal year, cover only a few months and are not used as the latest year. Where a return was amended, the amended version is used.
- What “total” means
- Part VII columns D, E and F added together: reportable pay from the organization, reportable pay from related organizations, and estimated other compensation. We add them up; each organization's page shows the three amounts separately.
- Timing
- Returns are due up to 10½ months after the fiscal year ends and appear in IRS data anywhere from about 4 to 18 months after the year ends, so the latest year here is often a year or more old.
- Who counts as CEO
- The person whose filed title names them chief executive (CEO, chief executive officer or executive director), or, where no one has one of those titles, a plain "President" or head of school. At a university it is the president or chancellor. If no one has any of these titles, we show the highest-paid person and say so. Totals and percentages labeled as calculated are our arithmetic on figures from one filing.
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Common questions
Of the 11 ranked so far, the top total is $2,745,444 for Charles Clement, president of Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, on its return for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Next is Eddie W Chan of North East Medical Services at $1,950,174. Totals are Part VII columns D, E and F added together, so they include pay from related organizations and the organization's estimate of other compensation, such as retirement contributions. This is a partial list: 69 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Across these 11 the median is $1,449,977 (our calculation). 10 reported $1,000,000 or more for their CEO or top-paid person, and all 11 reported $500,000 or more. The median share is 0.30% of the ranked return's revenue, our calculation from the same return.
The list covers organizations whose latest full-year Form 990 reports at least $100 million in total revenue, one row per organization. Affiliates that list the same executive as another return are left out so one person's pay is not counted twice. 69 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.