CEO pay at US mental health and addiction nonprofits, ranked
This list ranks 12 mental health and addiction 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: 54 of the 67 mental health nonprofits that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Last updated from IRS e-file data.
What counts as a mental health nonprofit here
Mental health, addiction treatment and crisis service providers. Each must report at least $100 million in total revenue (Part I, line 12) on its latest full-year return. 67 organizations meet the definition: 12 are ranked here, and 54 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. For 1 row that return is a parent whose largest affiliate files separately, and a note on the row names the affiliate. Affiliates that list the same executive as the ranked return are left out so one person's pay is not listed twice.
One more that meets the definition, Southern Healthcare Alliance, 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 mental health 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 |  Compass Health NetworkTim SwinfardCEO PRESIDENT/CEO - COMPASS HEALTH | $2,136,339 | Jun 2025 | $663,472,344 | 0.32% | 88% | Filing |
| 2 |  GRAND Mental HealthJosh CantwellCEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,661,437 | Jun 2025 | $225,379,895 | 0.74% | 74% | Filing |
| 3 |  Bowen HealthRobert RyanCEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $1,261,033 | Jun 2025 | $140,598,460 | 0.90% | 83% | Filing |
| 4 |  Public Health Management CorporationMichael K PearsonCEO chief executive officer | $974,587 | Jun 2025 | $762,918,719 | 0.13% | 41% | Filing |
| 5 |  New York Psychotherapy and Counseling CenterElliott KleinCEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $918,934 | Jun 2025 | $113,955,890 | 0.81% | 78% | Filing |
| 6 |  Alpharus Health (Gateway Foundation)Jeremy KlemanskiCEO President & CEO | $899,709 | Jun 2025 | $118,229,702 | 0.76% | 76% | Filing |
| 7 |  Acacia NetworkLymaris AlborsCEO Chief Executive OfficerSee note 1. | $872,711 | Dec 2024 | $12,101,338 | n/a | n/a | Filing |
| 8 |  Devereux Advanced Behavioral HealthCarl E ClarkCEO Chair, President and CEO | $871,262 | Jun 2025 | $507,919,260 | 0.17% | 58% | Filing |
| 9 |  CREOKS Health ServicesBrent BlackCEO CEO | $828,037 | Jun 2025 | $102,851,722 | 0.81% | 77% | Filing |
| 10 |  Comprehensive HealthcareJodi DalyCEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $788,801 | Jun 2025 | $106,868,795 | 0.74% | 75% | Filing |
| 11 |  Meridian Health ServicesSeth WarrenCEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $758,114 | Jun 2025 | $134,288,837 | 0.56% | 60% | Filing |
| 12 |  Community Behavioral HealthDonna BailleyCEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $277,477 | Dec 2024 | $1,310,906,717 | 0.02% | 1% | Filing |
- 1.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Acacia Network Housing (EIN 26-0076866), with $347,422,708 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
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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.
The full rules are on the methodology page. To report an error or ask for a review, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
Common questions
Of the 12 ranked so far, the top total is $2,136,339 for Tim Swinfard, president and CEO of Compass Health Network, on its return for the fiscal year ending June 2025. Next is Josh Cantwell of GRAND Mental Health at $1,661,437. 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: 54 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Across these 12 the median is $886,210 (our calculation). 3 reported $1,000,000 or more for their CEO or top-paid person, and 11 reported $500,000 or more. The median share is 0.74% 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. 54 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.