Leaders of Social-Service Charities Who Make Top Dollar
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
October 23, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
Leaders of big social-service organizations generally don’t make nearly as much money as their counterparts in other parts of the nonprofit world, especially those at hospitals and universities.
But there are a few exceptions.
To look at pay for executives of big nonprofits nationwide, The Chronicle examined Internal Revenue Service data for more than 500 organizations that raised $35 million or more from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The average compensation — including bonuses and deferred pay when it is paid out — topped $650,000 in 2014 and 2015.
It’s not surprising that only six leaders of food banks and other social-service organizations made above the average.
Here are the CEOs and presidents from our survey who made at least $500,000 in 2014 or 2015.
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- Steven Lufburrow, president and CEO, Goodwill Industries of Houston, $1,338,962*
- Brian Gallagher, president and CEO, United Way Worldwide, Alexandria, Va.; $870,292
- Kevin Washington, president and CEO, YMCA of the USA, Chicago; $833,495
- Raymond Bishop, president, Goodwill of North Georgia, Atlanta; $802,537
- Janet Froetscher, (former) CEO, Special Olympics, Washington, DC; $741,176
- Gary Smith, president and CEO, National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources, Galesburg, Ill.; $711,337
- Lewis Chartock, (former) CEO, MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries, St. Louis; $636,507*
- Robert Aiken, (former) CEO, Feeding America, Chicago; $635,483*
- Harve Mogul, (former) president and CEO, United Way of Miami-Dade, Miami; $621,045
- J.D. Crouch II, president and CEO, United Service Organizations, New York, $560,074
- Michael Rubinger, (former) president and CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, New York; $554,931
- Deborah Dugan, CEO, (Red)/ONE Campaign, Washington, DC; $547,867
- Deborah Winshel, (former) president, Robin Hood Foundation, New York; $541,653*
- William Forrester, (former) president and CEO, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Astoria, NY; $524,660
- Gail McGovern, president and CEO, American Red Cross, Washington, DC; $510,394
*2014 information
