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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*
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| 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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