CEO pay at US human services nonprofits, ranked
This list ranks 17 human and social services nonprofits 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: 175 of the 193 human services nonprofits that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Last updated from IRS e-file data.
What counts as a human services nonprofit here
Social service agencies, including family and children's services, disability services, YMCAs and multi-service agencies. Organizations the IRS classes as hospices or senior care communities are on the senior living ranking. Each must report at least $100 million in total revenue (Part I, line 12) on its latest full-year return. 193 organizations meet the definition: 17 are ranked here, and 175 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 best-known national charities are ranked on the major nonprofits list, not here. One more that meets the definition, United Movement, isn't ranked because its latest return reports no pay for anyone listed.
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 human services nonprofits. 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 |  Community OptionsRobert StackCEO CEO/PRESIDENT | $2,609,137 | Jun 2025 | $392,932,284 | 0.66% | 66% | Filing |
| 2 |  YMCA of Greater New YorkSharon GreenbergerCEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,132,309 | Dec 2024 | $241,370,782 | 0.88% | 83% | Filing |
| 3 |  National Youth Advocate ProgramMarvena TwiggCEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,999,291 | Dec 2025 | $302,719,234 | 0.66% | 66% | Filing |
| 4 |  Youth VillagesPatrick W LawlerCEO CEO | $1,561,132 | Jun 2025 | $483,465,306 | 0.32% | 40% | Filing |
| 5 |  Woods System of CareTine Hansen-TurtonCEO PRESIDENT/CEO WSOC | $1,531,144 | Jun 2025 | $156,670,916 | 0.98% | 85% | Filing |
| 6 |  Abraxas Youth & Family ServicesRyan D SmithDirector (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See note 1. | $1,489,010 | Jun 2025 | $112,703,949 | 1.32% | 94% | Filing |
| 7 |  LC IndustriesPatrick K LindseyCEO President/ CEO | $1,188,854 | Jun 2025 | $408,056,988 | 0.29% | 33% | Filing |
| 8 |  Southwest Key ProgramsAnselmo VillarrealCEO PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,166,741 | Aug 2025 | $496,116,551 | 0.24% | 23% | Filing |
| 9 |  Boys TownRodney J KempkesCEO President Chief Executive Officer | $769,189 | Dec 2024 | $503,397,755 | 0.15% | 51% | Filing |
| 10 |  MERS GoodwillMark R ArensCEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $591,461 | Dec 2024 | $251,650,956 | 0.24% | 22% | Filing |
| 11 |  BakerRipleyClaudia AguirreCEO President & CEO | $512,978 | Dec 2024 | $635,358,695 | 0.08% | 20% | Filing |
| 12 |  Toys for TotsJames B LasterCEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $484,426 | Dec 2025 | $432,326,962 | 0.11% | 6% | Filing |
| 13 |  Midwest Food BankEric HodelCEO CEO | $418,272 | Dec 2025 | $579,032,442 | 0.07% | 14% | Filing |
| 14 | Goodwill Industries of North Central WisconsinChristian Hess CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $414,221 | Dec 2025 | $108,674,556 | 0.38% | 49% | Filing |
| 15 |  Action for Boston Community DevelopmentSharon Scott-ChandlerCEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $403,788 | Aug 2025 | $446,082,448 | 0.09% | 4% | Filing |
| 16 | Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort WorthMichael Iglio CEO President/CEO | $292,348 | Dec 2024 | $365,542,304 | 0.08% | 2% | Filing |
| 17 | Catholic Charities Neighborhood ServicesRev Msgr Alfred P Lopinto CEO EXECUTIVE VP & CEOSee note 2. | $49,769 | Jun 2025 | $120,374,927 | 0.04% | 0% | Filing |
- 1.Abraxas Youth & Family Services' return lists Ryan D Smith's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Abraxas Youth & Family Services itself.
- 2.Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services' return lists Rev Msgr Alfred P Lopinto's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services itself.
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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 17 ranked so far, the top total is $2,609,137 for Robert Stack, president and CEO of Community Options, on its return for the fiscal year ending June 2025. Next is Sharon Greenberger of YMCA of Greater New York at $2,132,309. 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: 175 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Across these 17 the median is $769,189 (our calculation). 8 reported $1,000,000 or more for their CEO or top-paid person, and 11 reported $500,000 or more. The median share is 0.24% 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. The best-known national charities are on the major nonprofits ranking instead. 175 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
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" or head of school. On 1 of the 17 returns no title fits that rule, so the row shows the highest-paid person and says so. That person may still run the organization under another title, such as director; the title shown is the one filed.