Who is the highest-paid nonprofit CEO?

Of the 649 nonprofits on this site, the top total is $30,286,568 for Robert I Grossman MD, CEO of NYU Langone Health, on its return for the fiscal year ending August 2025. Next is Steven J Corwin of NewYork-Presbyterian at $26,271,976. 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.

How much does it take to make the top 100?

The 100th total on this list is $4,301,294, at University of Southern California. Across all 649 organizations on the site the median is $1,713,883 (our calculation), and 482 reported $1,000,000 or more for their CEO or top-paid person.

Why are most of these hospital systems?

77 of the top 100 are hospital systems. They are among the largest nonprofits by revenue. Charities people donate to directly, such as national health and relief charities, are mostly further down; they are ranked together on the major nonprofits list.

Is this every nonprofit in the country?

No. It covers the 649 nonprofits on this site, which are mostly organizations with $100 million or more in revenue. Pay at the very top is concentrated in those, but a smaller organization not on the site could in principle pay more than the last rows here.

Why do some rows show someone other than the CEO?

We use the person whose filed title names them chief executive (CEO, chief executive or executive director) or, where nobody has one of those titles, a plain "President"; at a university, the president or chancellor. On 4 of these 100 returns no title fits that rule, so the row shows the highest-paid person and says so.

Highest-paid nonprofit CEOs

The 100 highest CEO pay totals among the 649 large US nonprofits on this site, every sector together, from each organization's latest full-year IRS Form 990. Every row links to the return it comes from.

Last updated October 2, 2026 from IRS e-file data.

Highest total

$30,286,568

Robert I Grossman MD, NYU Langone Health.

Lowest total in the top 100

$4,301,294

University of Southern California.

Median across all 649

$1,713,883

Calculated by us from every ranked total on the site.

Who makes the top 100

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.

Totals are Part VII columns D, E and F added together. Each organization's page shows the three amounts separately. Revenue is Part I, line 12, and pay / revenue is our calculation from the same return. Percentile is the share of the other organizations in the same group whose pay / revenue is lower (0% is the lowest in its group, 100% the highest); the groups are the 184 hospital systems on this site, the 132 universities on this site, the 331 organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion, the 35 hospitals on this site, the 208 organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million and the 53 organizations on this site with revenue over $5 billion. n/a marks a system ranked on a parent return that carries under a quarter of its largest affiliate's revenue; see its note.
Rank	Organization and CEO	Total pay	Year ending	Revenue	Pay / revenue	Share percentile	Source
1	NYU Langone HealthRobert I Grossman MD CEO EX-OFFICIO, DEAN & CEO	$30,286,568	Aug 2025	$10,489,477,025	0.29%	83%	Filing
2	NewYork-PresbyterianSteven J Corwin CEO PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE	$26,271,976	Dec 2024	$10,662,065,094	0.25%	78%	Filing
3	Advocate HealthEugene Woods CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSee notes 1, 2, 3.	$25,781,275	Dec 2024	$333,741	n/a	n/a	Filing
4	Montefiore Health SystemPhilip O Ozuah MD PhD CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee notes 4, 5.	$16,690,037	Dec 2024	$5,908,041,192	0.28%	82%	Filing
5	Vanderbilt University Medical CenterJeffrey R Balser MD PHD CEO President and CEO	$16,481,139	Jun 2025	$8,674,383,028	0.19%	67%	Filing
6	MercyhealthJavon Bea CEO PRESIDENT/CEO (SEE PAGES 66-67)	$16,336,153	Jun 2025	$769,826,493	2.12%	97%	Filing
7	CHRISTUS HealthErnie Sadau CEO PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSee note 6.	$14,656,684	Jun 2025	$1,261,646,593	1.16%	100%	Filing
8	Risant Health (Geisinger)Jaewon Ryu CEO Chief Executive Officer	$14,295,895	Dec 2024	$6,730,942,360	0.21%	71%	Filing
9	CommonSpirit HealthWright L Lassiter III CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$14,175,319	Jun 2025	$11,619,907,844	0.12%	41%	Filing
10	AscensionJoseph R Impicciche JD MHA CEO CEOSee note 7.	$14,086,474	Jun 2025	$3,284,806,032	0.43%	91%	Filing
11	Hackensack Meridian HealthRobert C Garrett CEO CEO/TrusteeSee note 8.	$13,541,590	Dec 2024	$8,846,442,863	0.15%	55%	Filing
12	Banner HealthPeter S Fine CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$13,535,312	Dec 2024	$10,839,690,022	0.12%	44%	Filing
13	Texas Children's HospitalMark A Wallace CEO BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR & CEO THROUGH 10/4/24See note 9.	$13,338,019	Sep 2025	$4,436,955,658	0.30%	83%	Filing
14	UPMCLeslie C Davis CEO President & CEOSee note 10.	$13,324,020	Jun 2025	$30,348,523,096	0.04%	3%	Filing
15	McLaren Health CarePhilip Incarnati CEO PRESIDENT AND CEOSee note 11.	$13,036,599	Sep 2025	$403,239,629	3.23%	100%	Filing
16	Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan)Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEOSee note 12.	$12,976,050	Dec 2024	$82,490,440,881	0.02%	0%	Filing
17	Bon Secours Mercy HealthJohn Starcher Jr JD CEO President & CEO, Bon Secours Mercy Health	$12,809,033	Dec 2024	$11,537,795,267	0.11%	35%	Filing
18	Sutter HealthWarner Thomas CEO PRESIDENT & CEO, SHSee note 13.	$11,904,420	Dec 2024	$2,685,790,764	0.44%	91%	Filing
19	Atlantic HealthBrian Gragnolati CEO President & CEOSee note 14.	$11,531,308	Dec 2024	$4,763,861,023	0.24%	77%	Filing
20	Baylor Scott & White HealthPeter McCanna CEO CEOSee notes 15, 16.	$10,016,731	Jun 2024	$107,054,005	n/a	n/a	Filing
21	AdventHealthTerry D Shaw CEO Dir/President/CEOSee note 17.	$9,855,391	Dec 2024	$3,188,539,500	0.31%	85%	Filing
22	Highmark Health (Allegheny Health Network)David Holmberg CEO CEO, PRESIDENT, & DIRECTORSee note 18.	$9,716,380	Dec 2024	$6,059,666,088	0.16%	59%	Filing
23	Intermountain Health (IHC Health Services)Robert W AllenFORMER OFFICER (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See notes 19, 20.	$9,715,356	Dec 2024	$10,650,854,026	0.09%	22%	Filing
24	Cleveland ClinicTomislav Mihaljevic MD CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 21.	$9,709,152	Dec 2024	$9,680,031,802	0.10%	28%	Filing
25	Orlando HealthDavid W Strong CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$9,439,845	Sep 2025	$7,296,589,884	0.13%	46%	Filing
26	Mass General BrighamAnne Klibanski MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & DIRECTORSee note 22.	$9,180,758	Sep 2025	$2,444,998,724	n/a	n/a	Filing
27	Providence HealthErik Wexler CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$9,125,384	Dec 2024	$9,728,808,188	0.09%	25%	Filing
28	Cedars-SinaiThomas M Priselac CEO PRESIDENT/BOARD MEMBER	$9,076,459	Jun 2025	$5,868,996,069	0.15%	56%	Filing
29	RWJBarnabas HealthMark E Manigan CEO TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEOSee note 23.	$8,864,611	Dec 2024	$2,184,226,025	0.41%	90%	Filing
30	MultiCare Health SystemWilliam Robertson CEO CEO	$8,673,258	Dec 2024	$5,011,395,222	0.17%	61%	Filing
31	Blue Cross Blue Shield AssociationKim Keck CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO	$8,414,231	Dec 2024	$862,659,881	0.98%	99%	Filing
32	U.S. Chamber of CommerceSuzanne Clark CEO President & CEO/Director	$8,391,682	Dec 2024	$225,835,416	3.72%	100%	Filing
33	Houston MethodistMarc L Boom MD CEO President & CEO (Schedule O)See note 24.	$8,338,578	Dec 2024	$4,404,411,075	0.19%	66%	Filing
34	MercyStephen L Mackin CEO President, Mercy Health CEOSee note 25.	$8,335,401	Jun 2025	$1,656,435,434	0.50%	92%	Filing
35	Northwestern MedicineHoward B Chrisman MD CEO Director and President & CEO (Schedule O)See note 26.	$8,174,061	Aug 2025	$11,241,795,455	0.07%	13%	Filing
36	Novant HealthCarl Armato CEO TRUSTEE, PRES/CEO NH	$8,150,937	Dec 2024	$6,542,888,138	0.12%	43%	Filing
37	University of PennsylvaniaDr J Larry Jameson President TRUSTEE & PRES.- AS OF 3/13/25	$8,043,343	Jun 2025	$11,670,540,000	0.07%	19%	Filing
38	SSM HealthLaura Kaiser CEO DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEOSee note 27.	$7,886,813	Dec 2024	$1,391,036,296	0.57%	94%	Filing
39	Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterJulie Ann Freischlag MD CEO CEO OF AHWFB	$7,634,720	Dec 2024	$3,259,407,603	0.23%	58%	Filing
40	Trinity HealthMichael Slubowski CEO DIRECTOR; PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 28.	$7,298,977	Jun 2025	$3,292,589,454	0.22%	73%	Filing
41	City of HopeRobert W Stone CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$7,115,860	Sep 2025	$3,432,349,751	0.21%	69%	Filing
42	MemorialCareBarry S Arbuckle CEO BD MEMBER- LBMMC,OCMMC,SMMC,MCMF, CEO MHSSee note 29.	$7,083,129	Jun 2025	$3,129,989,503	0.23%	73%	Filing
43	Henry Ford HealthRobert G Riney CEO DIRECTOR/ PRESIDENT/CEO	$7,081,174	Dec 2024	$5,284,200,687	0.13%	49%	Filing
44	Ochsner HealthPeter C November CEO CEO/BOARD MEMBER	$7,011,513	Dec 2024	$6,038,885,387	0.12%	38%	Filing
45	Thomas Jefferson UniversityJoseph G Cacchione MD FACC CEO TRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH	$7,010,762	Jun 2025	$1,581,285,779	0.44%	90%	Filing
46	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterSelwyn Vickers MD CEO Board member, President & CEOSee note 30.	$6,979,162	Dec 2024	$1,819,162,205	n/a	n/a	Filing
47	Corewell HealthChristina Freese Decker CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENTSee note 31.	$6,952,800	Dec 2024	$1,957,749,115	n/a	n/a	Filing
48	University of MiamiJoseph Echevarria CEO CEO University of Miami, CEO UHealth	$6,737,344	May 2025	$7,039,401,641	0.10%	28%	Filing
49	Valley Health System (New Jersey)Audrey Meyers CEO PRESIDENT & CEO, VHS THRU JUNE 2024See notes 32, 33.	$6,647,856	Dec 2024	$126,857,689	n/a	n/a	Filing
50	Inova Health SystemJ Stephen Jones MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$6,579,451	Dec 2024	$6,423,097,177	0.10%	30%	Filing
51	MedStar HealthKenneth A Samet CEO CEO AND PRESIDENTSee note 34.	$6,562,774	Jun 2025	$423,331,709	n/a	n/a	Filing
52	OhioHealthStephen E Markovich MD CEO CEO/President/Board - OhioHlth	$6,546,210	Jun 2025	$5,723,845,185	0.11%	38%	Filing
53	Hawaii Pacific FoundationEdwin VincentChairman (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See note 35.	$6,377,921	Dec 2023	$173,736,286	3.67%	99%	Filing
54	Sentara HealthDennis A Matheis CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORSee note 36.	$6,375,042	Dec 2024	$1,261,880,759	0.51%	92%	Filing
55	Memorial Hermann Health SystemDavid L Callender MD CEO CEO/President	$6,061,094	Jun 2025	$8,563,610,095	0.07%	11%	Filing
56	Battelle Memorial InstituteLewis Von Thaer CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$5,978,396	Sep 2025	$13,526,408,187	0.04%	32%	Filing
57	MITREDr Jason F Providakes CEO PRESIDENT & CEO - PARTIAL YEAR	$5,957,132	Dec 2024	$2,475,879,129	0.24%	76%	Filing
58	Northside HospitalRobert T Quattrocchi CEO PRESIDENT & CEO NSH, INC.	$5,944,335	Sep 2025	$8,363,035,234	0.07%	12%	Filing
59	Northwell HealthMichael Dowling CEO President & CEOSee note 37.	$5,943,362	Dec 2024	$2,686,059,921	0.22%	72%	Filing
60	High Point UniversityNido Qubein President PRESIDENT	$5,881,203	May 2025	$501,892,632	1.17%	100%	Filing
61	Johns Hopkins UniversityRonald Daniels President PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE	$5,871,487	Jun 2025	$10,623,431,000	0.06%	16%	Filing
62	Baptist Health (Kentucky)Gerard J Colman PhD CEO System President, CEO & Dir	$5,838,744	Aug 2025	$4,712,737,148	0.12%	43%	Filing
63	Big Ten ConferenceJames E DelanyFORMER COMMISSIONER (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$5,824,743	Jun 2025	$1,468,470,129	0.40%	92%	Filing
64	Lehigh Valley Health NetworkBrian A Nester Do CEO PRESIDENT	$5,806,648	Jun 2025	$4,266,690,493	0.14%	49%	Filing
65	Virginia Mason Medical CenterKetul Patel CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFHSee note 38.	$5,754,859	Jun 2025	$1,388,981,761	0.41%	91%	Filing
66	Savannah College of Art and DesignPaula S Wallace President President	$5,736,005	Jun 2025	$952,827,667	0.60%	93%	Filing
67	Indiana University HealthDennis M Murphy CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO	$5,720,461	Dec 2024	$6,079,560,656	0.09%	26%	Filing
68	Fairview Health ServicesJames Hereford CEO President & CEO	$5,659,485	Dec 2024	$5,326,063,577	0.11%	32%	Filing
69	Baptist Health South FloridaAlbert Boulenger CEO PRESIDENT AND CEOSee note 39.	$5,597,018	Sep 2025	$1,433,239,151	0.39%	90%	Filing
70	Texas Health ResourcesBarclay E Berdan CEO THR CEO/Trustee	$5,590,405	Dec 2024	$1,638,711,331	0.34%	86%	Filing
71	BAYADA Home Health CareDavid Baiada CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$5,516,084	Dec 2024	$1,834,646,034	0.30%	86%	Filing
72	Mount Sinai Health SystemBrendan Carr CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24)See note 40.	$5,489,914	Dec 2024	$4,653,204,635	0.12%	40%	Filing
73	Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaMadeline Bell CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE	$5,479,580	Jun 2025	$4,165,576,231	0.13%	48%	Filing
74	BJC HealthCareRichard Liekweg CEO PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR; CEO (Schedule L)See note 41.	$5,392,901	Dec 2024	$11,251,316,536	0.05%	4%	Filing
75	Stanford Health CareDavid Entwistle CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (SEE SCH O)	$5,385,633	Aug 2025	$8,679,438,173	0.06%	7%	Filing
76	Hospital for Special SurgeryBryan T Kelly CEO President & CEO	$5,329,588	Dec 2024	$1,756,859,714	0.30%	84%	Filing
77	Nuvance HealthJohn M Murphy MD CEO NUVANCE PRESIDENT & CEO/DIRECTORSee note 42.	$5,305,723	Sep 2025	$345,029,610	1.54%	94%	Filing
78	Froedtert ThedaCare HealthImran Andrabi MD CEO Director & CEO/PresidentSee note 43.	$5,238,377	Jun 2025	$1,350,935,059	0.39%	89%	Filing
79	Endeavor HealthGerald P Gallagher CEO President and Chief Executive Officer	$5,191,626	Dec 2024	$2,288,929,952	0.23%	74%	Filing
80	Wellstar Health SystemCandice Saunders CEO President & CEO	$5,069,923	Jun 2025	$3,081,488,520	0.16%	60%	Filing
81	Sanford HealthBill Gassen CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 44.	$4,999,360	Dec 2024	$6,110,580,553	0.08%	20%	Filing
82	Yale New Haven HealthChristopher O'Connor CEO CEO/TRUSTEE (CURRENT YR COMP)See note 45.	$4,968,969	Sep 2025	$1,157,413,267	n/a	n/a	Filing
83	Mayo ClinicGianrico Farrugia MD CEO DIRECTOR/CEO/PRESIDENTSee note 46.	$4,888,096	Dec 2024	$14,891,458,272	0.03%	2%	Filing
84	Southeastern ConferenceMr Greg SankeyCOMMISSIONER (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$4,828,580	Aug 2025	$1,108,919,128	0.44%	94%	Filing
85	Rush University System for HealthOmar B Lateef DO CEO President & Chief Executive Officer, RUSH	$4,819,778	Jun 2025	$2,758,712,727	0.17%	62%	Filing
86	Hartford HealthCareJeffrey Flaks CEO Director, President & CEOSee note 47.	$4,799,936	Sep 2025	$714,767,257	n/a	n/a	Filing
87	Catholic Health (Long Island)Patrick O'Shaughnessy CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 48.	$4,755,111	Dec 2024	$138,330,557	n/a	n/a	Filing
88	Beth Israel Lahey HealthKevin Tabb MD CEO TTEE (EX-OFF), PRES, & CEOSee note 49.	$4,734,371	Sep 2025	$887,934,789	0.53%	93%	Filing
89	Baylor College of MedicinePaul E Klotman MD President PRESIDENT/CEO, EXECUTIVE DEAN	$4,716,352	Jun 2025	$2,979,794,649	0.16%	50%	Filing
90	Atlantic Coast ConferenceJames Phillips CEO PRESIDENT	$4,682,729	Jun 2025	$826,480,916	0.57%	97%	Filing
91	American Heart AssociationNancy Brown CEO CEO	$4,563,563	Jun 2025	$1,070,192,712	0.43%	93%	Filing
92	St. Luke's University Health NetworkRichard A Anderson CEO TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEO-SLUHNSee note 50.	$4,495,929	Jun 2025	$147,653,642	n/a	n/a	Filing
93	PeaceHealthElizabeth V Dunne CEO President	$4,455,419	Jun 2025	$4,019,939,134	0.11%	34%	Filing
94	University Hospitals (Cleveland)Cliff Megerian MD CEO DIRECTOR EX OFF/CEOSee note 51.	$4,448,841	Dec 2024	$954,845,315	n/a	n/a	Filing
95	Saint Luke's Health System (Kansas City)Melinda Estes MD CEO DIRECTOR- PRESIDENT (THROUGH 11/2023) & CEOSee note 52.	$4,448,392	Dec 2023	$283,168,180	n/a	n/a	Filing
96	Piedmont HealthcareMr Kevin Brown CEO BOARD MEMBER & CEO, PHCSee note 53.	$4,428,574	Jun 2025	$356,848,714	n/a	n/a	Filing
97	HonorHealthTodd Laporte CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO	$4,422,352	Dec 2024	$3,455,315,312	0.13%	45%	Filing
98	Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesDale Maxwell CEO CEO/ DIRECTOR (TERM: 10/18/2024)See note 54.	$4,407,510	Dec 2024	$2,898,794,768	0.15%	54%	Filing
99	Children's Health (Dallas)Christopher J Durovich CEO President CEO	$4,345,262	Dec 2024	$2,662,618,681	0.16%	59%	Filing
100	University of Southern CaliforniaCarol L Folt President PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE	$4,301,294	Jun 2025	$5,927,980,342	0.07%	20%	Filing

1.Advocate Aurora Health Inc, the parent from before the 2022 combination with Atrium Health, lists Jim Skogsbergh, co-chief executive on this return, with the same pay from the organization, and is listed on its own page.
2.AH Georgia, an Advocate Health affiliate, lists Advocate executives with the same pay as this return and is listed on its own page.
3.Advocate Health's return lists Eugene Woods's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Advocate Health itself. This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp (EIN 36-2169147), with $7,808,910,070 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
4.Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, lists the same CEO on its own return with pay from related organizations and is listed on its own page.
5.Montefiore Health System's return lists Philip O Ozuah MD PhD's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Montefiore Health System itself.
6.Revenue on this row is from CHRISTUS Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Mother Frances Hospital Regional Health Care Center (EIN 75-0818167), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
7.Revenue on this row is from Ascension's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Ascension Seton (EIN 74-1109643), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
8.Hackensack Meridian Health files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
9.More than one person held the top job during the year this return covers. The row shows Mark A Wallace ("BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR & CEO THROUGH 10/4/24"); the return also lists Debra F Sukin PhD ("BOARD MEMBER & CEO AS OF 10/4/24 / PRESIDENT"), $2,496,247.
10.UPMC files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
11.Revenue on this row is from McLaren Health Care's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital (EIN 20-1649466), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
12.Kaiser Foundation Hospitals reports the same executives and is listed on its own page.
13.Revenue on this row is from Sutter Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Sutter Bay Hospitals (EIN 94-0562680), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
14.Atlantic Health files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
15.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Baylor University Medical Center (EIN 75-1837454), with $2,318,236,064 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
16.Baylor Scott & White Health also filed a newer return that covers only 6 months, July 2024 to December 2024. A partial year is not comparable with a full one, so this row uses the latest full-year return.
17.Revenue on this row is from AdventHealth's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Adventist Health System/Sunbelt (EIN 59-1479658), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
18.Highmark Health (Allegheny Health Network) files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
19.SCL Health, now part of Intermountain, lists Intermountain executives with the same pay on its own return and is listed on its own page.
20.Part VII lists Robert W Allen as a former officer, and no one on the return has a chief executive title; page 1 of the same return names him as the organization's principal officer.
21.Revenue on this row is from Cleveland Clinic's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Cleveland Clinic Foundation and affiliates (EIN 91-2153073), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
22.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Mass General Brigham and affiliates (EIN 90-0656139), with $24,908,354,094 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
23.Revenue on this row is from RWJBarnabas Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by RWJBarnabas Health and affiliates (EIN 85-1296795), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
24.Houston Methodist files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
25.Revenue on this row is from Mercy's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Mercy Hospitals East Communities (EIN 43-0653493), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
26.Northwestern Medicine files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
27.Revenue on this row is from SSM Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by SSM Health Care St Louis (EIN 43-1343281), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
28.Revenue on this row is from Trinity Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Trinity Health - Michigan (EIN 38-2113393), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
29.MemorialCare files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. MemorialCare's return lists Barry S Arbuckle's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from MemorialCare itself.
30.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (EIN 91-2154267), with $8,499,234,483 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
31.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Corewell Health and affiliates (EIN 61-1740292), with $11,491,275,449 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
32.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by The Valley Hospital (EIN 22-1487307), with $1,259,513,188 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
33.More than one person held the top job during the year this return covers. The row shows Audrey Meyers ("PRESIDENT & CEO, VHS THRU JUNE 2024"); the return also lists Robert W Brenner ("PRESIDENT & CEO, VHS EFF. JULY 2024"), $1,909,865.
34.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by HH MedStar Health (EIN 52-1542230), with $2,399,792,762 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
35.Hawaii Pacific Foundation's return lists Edwin Vincent's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Hawaii Pacific Foundation itself.
36.Revenue on this row is from Sentara Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Sentara Hospitals (EIN 54-1547408), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
37.Revenue on this row is from Northwell Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Long Island Jewish Medical Center (EIN 11-2241326), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
38.Virginia Mason Medical Center's return lists Ketul Patel's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Virginia Mason Medical Center itself.
39.Revenue on this row is from Baptist Health South Florida's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Baptist Hospital of Miami (EIN 59-0910342), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
40.Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai lists the same CEO at the same total on its own return and is listed on its own page.
41.BJC HealthCare files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
42.Revenue on this row is from Nuvance Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Danbury Hospital (EIN 06-0646597), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
43.Revenue on this row is from Froedtert ThedaCare Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital (EIN 39-6105970), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
44.Sanford Health files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. Sanford Health's return lists Bill Gassen's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Sanford Health itself.
45.Part VII lists Christopher O'Connor on two rows, one for current-year pay and one for deferred pay that vested during the year; this total is the current-year row only. This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Yale New Haven Hospital (EIN 06-0646652), with $4,883,266,662 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
46.Mayo Clinic files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
47.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Hartford Hospital (EIN 06-0646668), with $2,936,696,079 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
48.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by St Francis Hospital (EIN 11-2050523), with $1,032,319,822 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
49.Revenue on this row is from Beth Israel Lahey Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (EIN 04-2103881), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
50.St. Luke's University Health Network's return lists Richard A Anderson's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from St. Luke's University Health Network itself. This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem (EIN 23-1352213), with $1,788,643,219 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
51.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by University Hospitals Health System and affiliates (EIN 90-0059117), with $5,946,385,392 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
52.This is the latest return Saint Luke's Health System filed on its own, for 2023. From 2024 its executives are listed on BJC Health System's group return. This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (EIN 44-0545297), with $1,157,790,152 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
53.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Piedmont Hospital (EIN 58-0566213), with $1,871,280,799 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
54.More than one person held the top job during the year this return covers. The row shows Dale Maxwell ("CEO/ DIRECTOR (TERM: 10/18/2024)"); the return also lists Rishi Sikka MD ("DIRECTOR (PRESIDENT / CEO AS OF 12/13/2024)"), $601,204.

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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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