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TOP 25 COMPENSATION PACKAGES

The salary information below was calculated by adding the IRS Form 990 categories of “Compensation,” “Contributions to employee benefit plans,” and “Expense accounts and other allowances.” Not included are any benefits received but not reported in the charity’s IRS Form 990.

When information is given only on the national headquarters and the charity does not include its affiliates in its financial statements, “National Office” or “N.O.” appears after the group’s name.

This table was published in the April/May 2012 issue of the Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report.

NOTE: CharityWatch grades are not based on the salary ranges reported in the IRS Form 990. DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY SALARIES MIGHT BE ALLOCATED, HIGH SALARIES DO NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE INEFFICIENCIES JUST AS LOW SALARIES ARE NOT ALWAYS A PLUS.

Name & Title Organization
Top Salary*
John R. Seffrin, CEO American Cancer Society
$2,222,272
Includes $1.5 million in a retention benefit approved in 2001, "to preserve management stability."
Peter G. Cordeiro, M.D., Chief Attending Surgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Service Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
$2,050,872
Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D., President/CEO
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund
$1,252,705

Jonathan W. Simons, M.D., President/CEO

Prostate Cancer Foundation
$1,233,240
Thomas C. Nelson, Past Ex-Officio/Past COO AARP Foundation & AARP, respectively
$1,176,614
Includes a separation payment of $682,285. The full amount of Thomas Nelson's compensation was paid by AARP, not AARP Foundation.
Michael Friedman, M.D., President/CEO City of Hope
$1,142,527
Robert J. Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America - N.O.
$1,136,942
Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., President Heritage Foundation
$1,098,612
Ernest Allen, President/CEO National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
$1,057,604
Includes $432,542 retirement and other deferred compensation, of which $338,953 is a catch-up amount for underfunded retirement benefits in previous years.
Gail McGovern, President/CEO American Red Cross
$1,032,022
Includes a one-time reimbursement of $473,570 for relocation costs to work at the national headquarters.
Wayne LaPierre, Executive VP/Ex-Officio National Rifle Association & Foundation, respectively
$970,300
Harry Johns, President/CEO Alzheimer's Association - N.O.
$966,342
Includes $392,718 retirement and other deferred compensation.
Christopher DeMuth, Past President American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
$939,059
Includes $528,972 in supplemental executive retirement plan payments.
Steven E. Sanderson, President/CEO Wildlife Conservation Society
$927,534
James E. Williams, Jr., President/CEO Easter Seals
$833,000
Douglas Barnes, Chief of Staff Shriners Hospitals for Children
$827,961
Includes $385,081 retirement and other deferred compensation.
Brian Gallagher, President/CEO United Way Worldwide
$813,338
William E. Evans, Director/CEO St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/ALSAC
$795,538
Robert J. Beall, President/CEO Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
$760,446
Rabbi Marvin Hier, President/CEO Simon Wiesenthal Center
$759,026
David Harris, Executive Director American Jewish Committee
$739,676
Marc H. Morial, President/CEO National Urban League
$732,800
Abraham H. Foxman, National Director/Trustee Anti-Defamation League & Foundation, respectively
$719,738
Myra Biblowit, President Breast Cancer Research Foundation
$715,226
Howard Rieger, President/CEO Jewish Federations of North America
$707,454

* Includes “Compensation,” “Contributions to employee benefit plans,” “Expense accounts and other allowances,” and deferred compensation earned in reporting year, as reported to the IRS. Compensation of medical professionals may include fees for patient care in addition to salary.

 
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