September 5, 2017 | Read Time: 2 minutes
How much does the boss make?
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 in 2014. The average compensation — including bonuses and deferred pay when it is paid out — topped $650,000. Here are a few of the biggest earners in each region, plus other top executives whose compensation falls in the midrange or low end of the pay scale.
Chronicle subscribers: See our searchable database of salary information going back to 2012. The database is updated regularly as the IRS makes information available.
Northeast
High
Michael Dowling, president & CEO, Northwell Health Foundation, Westbury, N.Y.; $9,648,840
Jeffrey Romoff, president & CEO, UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh; $5,765,436
Steven Altschuler, president & CEO (former), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; $5,152,250
Midrange
David Yarnold, president & CEO, National Audubon Society, New York; $561,493
Caryl Stern, president & CEO, Unicef USA, New York; $555,299
Timothy Rub, director & CEO, Philadelphia Museum of Art; $543,921
Low
Kevin Ryan, president & CEO, Covenant House, New York; $246,459
John Drew, president & CEO, Action for Boston Community Development; $236,022
Edward Schneider, executive director, University at Buffalo Foundation, N.Y.; $224,908
South
High
Mark Wallace, CEO & president, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston; $3,837,480
David Cerullo, president & CEO, Inspirational Network, Indian Land, S.C.; $3,603,706
Gerald Turner, president, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; $3,354,128
Midrange
William Magee Jr., CEO, Operation Smile, Virginia Beach, Va.; $393,479
Barry Sharp, president & CEO, Imagine Schools, Arlington, Va.; $390,000
Thomas Faulders III, president & CEO, University of Virginia Alumni Association, Charlottesville, Va.; $383,986
Low
Henry Perret, president & CEO, Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, Austin; $158,965
Caryl Garcia, CEO, Christian Blind Mission International, Greenville, S.C.; $158,000
Clyde Fitzgerald Jr., executive director, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Winston-Salem, N.C.; $156,552
Midwest
High
Delos Cosgrove, president & CEO, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio; $4,127,582
Dean Harrison, president & CEO, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Chicago; $3,610,782
Nancy M. Schlicting, president & CEO (former), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit; $3,539,427
Midrange
Robert Reifsnyder, president & CEO, United Way of Greater Cincinnati; $412,663
Dale Seuferling, president, University of Kansas Endowment, Lawrence, Kan.; $404,226
Arthur “Trey” Devey III, president (former), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; $401,835
Low
David Smith, executive director, Kids in Need Foundation, Dayton, Ohio; $170,192
Travis Laws, president, Worldwide Inventory Network, St. Louis; $167,700
Cynthia Hubert, president & CEO (former), Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Indianapolis; $163,505
West
High
Lloyd H. Dean, president & CEO, Dignity Health, San Francisco; $6,706,341
Bernard J. Tyson, CEO, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.; $4,687,312
Richard Cordova, president & CEO (former), Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; $3,162,266
Midrange
Frank Talarico Jr., president & CEO, Goodwill of Orange County, Santa Ana, Calif.; $364,553
Marvin I. Schotland, president & CEO, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles; $394,386
Elise Buik, president & CEO United Way of Greater Los Angeles; $379,455
Low
Carl Sturges, headmaster, Parker School, Kamuela, Hawaii; $154,071
Shelley Rotondo, CEO, Northwest Harvest, Seattle; $154,030
Nicole Suydam, CEO, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, Irvine, Calif.; $153,126
Correction: A previous version of this article said that the numbers don’t include deferred pay.
