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Chief Executives Who Received $100,000 or More in Fringe Benefits

October 2, 2003 | Read Time: 4 minutes

ORGANIZATION:

Lumina Foundation for Education
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Martha Lamkin
COMPENSATION: $474,203
BENEFITS: $1,450,943
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $1,450,943
Notes: Compensation includes a $159,953 bonus, and benefits include a $1.1-million, one-time retirement payment to reflect past service to the foundation and its predecessor organization.


ORGANIZATION:

Partners HealthCare System
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Samuel O. Their **
COMPENSATION: $925,000
BENEFITS: $744,335
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $744,335
Notes: Benefits include $500,000 in deferred compensation earned over five years and $171,163 for a Supplemental Executive Retirement Program contribution. Neither amount has been paid to Dr. Thier and both are subject to forfeiture if he does not complete a subsequent five-year period of employment.


ORGANIZATION:

Metropolitan Opera Association
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Joseph Volpe
COMPENSATION: $756,000
BENEFITS: $298,000
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $204,000
TOTAL FRINGE: $502,000


ORGANIZATION:

Lilly Endowment
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Thomas M. Lofton
COMPENSATION: $822,000
BENEFITS: $390,132
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $390,132


ORGANIZATION:

Cornell University
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Hunter R. Rawlings III
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: 205,697
COMPENSATION: $334,157
BENEFITS: $26,400
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $360,557


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ORGANIZATION:

Metropolitan Museum of Art
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Philippe de Montebello
COMPENSATION: $518,151
BENEFITS: $94,469
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $253,963
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $348,432
Notes: Expenses include $247,200 housing allowance.


ORGANIZATION:

Johns Hopkins University
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: William R. Brody
COMPENSATION: $503,420
BENEFITS: $268,856
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $67,200
TOTAL FRINGE: $336,056


ORGANIZATION:

Boy Scouts of America
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Roy Williams
COMPENSATION: $405,801
BENEFITS: $323,793
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $323,793


ORGANIZATION:

University of Pennsylvania
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Judith S. Rodin
COMPENSATION: $580,357
BENEFITS: $265,117
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $47,700
TOTAL FRINGE: $312,817
Notes: Benefits include $166,640 in deferred compensation.


ORGANIZATION:

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Harold Varmus
COMPENSATION: $1,445,500
BENEFITS: $117,387
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $173,340
TOTAL FRINGE: $290,727


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ORGANIZATION:

Smithsonian Institution
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Lawrence Small
COMPENSATION: $494,197
BENEFITS: $103,003
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $167,866
TOTAL FRINGE: $270,869
Notes: Expense figure is for a housing allowance.


ORGANIZATION:

In Touch Ministries
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Charles F. Stanley
COMPENSATION: $108,530
BENEFITS: $253,264
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $253,264


ORGANIZATION:

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: William G. Bowen
COMPENSATION: $489,000
BENEFITS: $138,045
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $89,964
TOTAL FRINGE: $228,009
Notes: Expense figure is for a housing allowance.


ORGANIZATION:

New York Public Library
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Paul LeClerc
COMPENSATION: $334,946
BENEFITS: $101,170
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $123,960
TOTAL FRINGE: $225,130
Notes: Benefits include $75,000 in deferred compensation. Expense figure is for a housing allowance.


ORGANIZATION:

United Jewish Communities
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Stephen H. Hoffman
COMPENSATION: $387,380
BENEFITS: $96,281
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $125,853
TOTAL FRINGE: $222,134
Notes: Mr. Hoffman is on loan from Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Figures here include $12,500 in compensation paid by the federation; it also paid $25,661 of his benefits and $9,727 of his expenses.


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ORGANIZATION:

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: William C. Richardson
COMPENSATION: $530,250
BENEFITS: $189,585
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $17,029
TOTAL FRINGE: $206,614


ORGANIZATION:

Salk Institute for Biological Studies
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Richard A. Murphy
COMPENSATION: $451,882
BENEFITS: $49,761
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $146,596
TOTAL FRINGE: $196,357


ORGANIZATION:

Vanderbilt University
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Gordon Gee
COMPENSATION: $720,720
BENEFITS: $131,303
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $62,239
TOTAL FRINGE: $193,542


ORGANIZATION:

Carnegie Corporation of New York
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Vartan Gregorian
COMPENSATION: $527,500
BENEFITS: $68,451
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $117,375
TOTAL FRINGE: $185,826


ORGANIZATION:

Duke Endowment
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth H. Locke
COMPENSATION: $292,200
BENEFITS: $183,967
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $420
TOTAL FRINGE: $184,387
Notes: Benefits include $167,556 in deferred compensation.


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ORGANIZATION:

Ford Foundation
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Susan V. Berresford
COMPENSATION: $651,713
BENEFITS: $169,477
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $7,491
TOTAL FRINGE: $176,968


ORGANIZATION:

Yale University
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Richard C. Levin
COMPENSATION: $510,000
BENEFITS: $144,452
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $11,944
TOTAL FRINGE: $156,396


ORGANIZATION:

Heritage Foundation
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Edwin J. Feulner Jr.
COMPENSATION: $542,500
BENEFITS: $143,712
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $8,481
TOTAL FRINGE: $152,193
Notes: Compensation includes a $259,500 bonus.


ORGANIZATION:

United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Mark OConnell
COMPENSATION: $294,500
BENEFITS: $131,500
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $15,000
TOTAL FRINGE: $146,500


ORGANIZATION:

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: William S. White
COMPENSATION: $395,000
BENEFITS: $145,163
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $145,163
Notes: Benefits include $129,579 pension payment.


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ORGANIZATION:

Phillips Exeter Academy
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Tyler C. Tingley
COMPENSATION: $194,072
BENEFITS: $142,070
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $142,070


ORGANIZATION:

New York Community Trust
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Lorie A. Slutsky
COMPENSATION: $500,000
BENEFITS: $138,597
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $138,597


ORGANIZATION:

Wildlife Conservation Society/New YorkZoological Society
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Steven E. Sanderson
COMPENSATION: $369,602
BENEFITS: $21,529
BENEFITS: $116,277
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $137,806
Notes: Expenses include $90,000 housing allowance.


ORGANIZATION:

Pew Charitable Trusts
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Rebecca Rimel
COMPENSATION: $540,200
BENEFITS: $137,352
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $137,352


ORGANIZATION:

National Academy of Sciences CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Bruce M. Alberts COMPENSATION: $565,977 BENEFITS: $47,113 EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $90,000 TOTAL FRINGE: $137,113


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ORGANIZATION:

Association of Small Foundations
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Charles L. Scott II *
COMPENSATION: $165,000
BENEFITS: $134,475
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $134,475


ORGANIZATION:

Casey Family Programs CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Ruth W. Massinga COMPENSATION: $298,541 BENEFITS: $120,595 EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $3,000 TOTAL FRINGE: $123,595


ORGANIZATION:

Museum of Modern Art
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Glenn D. Lowry
COMPENSATION: $500,595
BENEFITS: $41,822
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $76,800
TOTAL FRINGE: $118,622
Expense figure is for a housing allowance.


ORGANIZATION:

American Cancer Society
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: John R. Seffrin
COMPENSATION: $415,000
BENEFITS: $113,284
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $3,354
TOTAL FRINGE: $116,638


ORGANIZATION:

Public Broadcasting Service
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Patricia Mitchell
COMPENSATION: $315,000
BENEFITS: $96,542
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $16,309
TOTAL FRINGE: $112,851


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ORGANIZATION:

California Wellness Foundation
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Gary Yates
COMPENSATION: $421,444
BENEFITS: $109,266
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $2,083
TOTAL FRINGE: $111,349


ORGANIZATION:

California Endowment
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Robert Ross
COMPENSATION: $402,841
BENEFITS: $109,100
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $0
TOTAL FRINGE: $109,100


ORGANIZATION:

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Peter Marzio
COMPENSATION: $600,000
BENEFITS: $20,106
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $87,757
TOTAL FRINGE: $107,863


ORGANIZATION:

Art Institute of Chicago
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: James N. Wood
COMPENSATION: $334,208
BENEFITS: $104,584
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $1,000
TOTAL FRINGE: $105,584


ORGANIZATION:

KCET/Community Television of Southern California
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Al Jerome
COMPENSATION: $233,496
BENEFITS: $82,625
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $20,000
TOTAL FRINGE: $102,625


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ORGANIZATION:

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Peter Van Etten
COMPENSATION: $460,000
BENEFITS: $40,292
EXPENSE ALLOWANCE: $60,000
TOTAL FRINGE: $100,292
Notes: Compensation includes a $40,000 bonus.


Expense figure is for a housing allowance.
Note: Figures are for fiscal 2002.
* No longer at organization.
** No longer holds position.

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