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Top 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. Information is based on the most current IRS Form 990 available.

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

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 CHARITY COMPENSATION FISCAL YEAR NOTES
1 Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.
Past President
Heritage Foundation $  2,702,687 12/31/2013 Includes investment earnings of $1,656,230 accrued over a period of 33 years.
2 Philip H. Gutin, M.D.
Chairman Attending Surgery, Neurosurgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $  2,639,669 12/31/2013
3 Wilson H. Phillips, Jr.
Treasurer
National Rifle Association $  2,441,266 12/31/2013 $2,344,223 of total includes deferred compensation and vesting amount, auto, and life benefits.
4 Donald Gudaitis
Past Executive VP, New England Division
American Cancer Society $  1,921,499 12/31/2013 $1,429,085 of total includes final change in actuarial value of supplemental employee retirement benefits.
5 Michael Aiona, M.D.
Chief of Staff
Shriners Hospitals for Children $  1,758,081 12/31/2013 Includes $1,300,531 retirement and other deferred compensation.
6 Michael Friedman
CEO
City of Hope $  1,689,543 09/30/2013
7 Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D.
President/CEO
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute $  1,420,202 09/30/2013
8 C. Wayne Brock
Chief Scout Executive
Boy Scouts of America (National Office) $  1,256,948 12/31/2013
9 Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President/CEO
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews $  1,131,770 12/31/2013 Includes $542,687 retirement and other deferred compensation.
10 Nancy Brown
CEO
American Heart Association $  1,127,145 06/30/2014
11 Robert J. Beall
President/CEO
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $  1,074,211 12/31/2013
12 Harry Johns
President/CEO
Alzheimer's Association (National Office) $  1,051,173 06/30/2014
13 Brian Gallagher
President/CEO
United Way Worldwide $  1,026,017 12/31/2013
14 Jonathan W. Simons, M.D.
President/CEO
Prostate Cancer Foundation $  1,012,143 12/31/2013
15 Steven Schwager
Past Executive VP
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee $  1,011,693 12/31/2013 Includes $222,083 severance and $658,382 deferred compensation.
16 Steven E. Sanderson
Past President/CEO
Wildlife Conservation Society $  1,007,809 06/30/2013
17 William E. Evans
Past CEO
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital $  977,444 06/30/2013
18 William R. Brody, M.D.
President
Salk Institute for Biological Studies $  971,543 06/30/2013
19 David Harris
Executive Director
American Jewish Committee $  886,482 12/31/2013
20 Scott A. Blackmun
CEO
United States Olympic Committee $  885,131 12/31/2013
21 Marc H. Morial
President/CEO
National Urban League (National Office) $  846,070 12/31/2013
22 James E. Williams, Jr.
Past President/CEO
Easter Seals (National Office) $  837,120 12/31/2013
23 Carter Roberts
President/CEO
World Wildlife Fund $  833,595 06/30/2014
24 Rabbi Marvin Hier
President/CEO
Simon Wiesenthal Center $  804,770 06/30/2013
25 Arthur Brooks
President
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research $  803,268 06/30/2014