CEO pay at US nonprofit senior living and nursing care providers, ranked
This list ranks 11 senior living, nursing, home health and hospice 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: 41 of the 53 senior living nonprofits that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Last updated from IRS e-file data.
What counts as a senior living nonprofit here
Nonprofit retirement communities, nursing homes, home health agencies and hospices. Each must report at least $100 million in total revenue (Part I, line 12) on its latest full-year return. 53 organizations meet the definition: 11 are ranked here, and 41 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 5 rows 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, Walnut Home Therapeutics, 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 senior living 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 | CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $5,516,084 | Dec 2024 | $1,834,646,034 | 0.30% | 86% | Filing |
| 2 | CEO DIRECTOR - CEO/PRESIDENTSee note 1. | $3,165,809 | Dec 2024 | $56,944,542 | n/a | n/a | Filing |
| 3 | CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,348,571 | Dec 2024 | $123,550,097 | 1.90% | 98% | Filing |
| 4 | CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/VICE CHAIR | $2,257,453 | Dec 2024 | $145,461,525 | 1.55% | 96% | Filing |
| 5 | CEO CEO & DIRECTORSee note 2. | $1,795,839 | Dec 2024 | $619,296,438 | 0.29% | 85% | Filing |
| 6 | CEO PRESIDENT AND CEOSee note 3. | $1,687,268 | Dec 2024 | $46,456,037 | n/a | n/a | Filing |
| 7 | CEO TRUSTEE; EX-OFFICIO-PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 4. | $1,685,629 | Dec 2024 | $21,381,564 | n/a | n/a | Filing |
| 8 | CEO PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSee note 5. | $1,566,593 | Dec 2024 | $136,366,389 | 1.15% | 89% | Filing |
| 9 | CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,530,005 | Dec 2024 | $154,483,318 | 0.99% | 87% | Filing |
| 10 | CEO PRESIDENT/CEOSee note 6. | $1,521,278 | Jun 2025 | $89,294,254 | 1.70% | 97% | Filing |
| 11 | CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,302,737 | Dec 2024 | $391,189,293 | 0.33% | 42% | Filing |
- 1.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by VNS Choice (EIN 13-3951057), with $2,505,432,104 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
- 2.Acts Retirement-Life Communities' return lists Gerald T Grant's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Acts Retirement-Life Communities itself.
- 3.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Village Senior Services (EIN 26-2006545), with $1,749,873,219 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
- 4.This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Springpoint Senior Living (EIN 22-3498690), with $259,287,063 in revenue, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
- 5.Revenue on this row is from HumanGood's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Humangood Norcal (EIN 94-1225374), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
- 6.Revenue on this row is from Miami Jewish Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Florida Pace Centers (EIN 65-1051439), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
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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 11 ranked so far, the top total is $5,516,084 for David Baiada, president and CEO of BAYADA Home Health Care, on its return for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Next is Daniel Savitt of VNS Health at $3,165,809. 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: 41 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.
Across these 11 the median is $1,687,268 (our calculation). All 11 reported $1,000,000 or more for their CEO or top-paid person. The median share is 1.07% 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. 41 more that meet the definition do not have pages on this site yet.