The Highest Paid CEOs in Charity
Animal Protection
Highest Paid CEO: Steven E. Sanderson
Compensation for 2012: $787,747
Charity: Wildlife Conservation Society (Founded in 1895)
Mission: To save wildlife and wild places across the globe.
Total Expenses: $206,097,389
- 500 conservation projects in 60 countries
- Manage 200 million acres of land
- 350 species of animals
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Highest Paid CEO: Peter C. Marzio
Compensation for 2012: $1,633,495
Charity: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Founded in 1900)
Mission: To offer programs, tours, resources, and materials that teach and engage adults, children, educators, and students in the world of art.
Charities Total Expenses: $94,182,127
Since 2010:
- over 2,000,000 visitors
- over 750,000 participants in outreach
- 62,000 artworks in collection
- over 40,000 members
- endowment valued over $1billion
Health Charities
Highest Paid CEO: William R. Brody
Compensation for 2012: $841,193
Charity: Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Founded in 1960's)
Mission: Exploring the molecular basis of diseases makes curing them more likely. In an outstanding and unique environment we gather the foremost scientific minds in the world and give them the freedom to work collaboratively and think creatively.
Total Expenses: $110,985,382
As of December 2012:
- 48 countries represented by salk staff,faculty and students
- 86% of budget spent on research and support
- 14% on admin. operations
- 509 US & foreign patents covering salk technology
Environmental Charities
Highest Paid CEO: Mark R. Tercek
Compensation for 2012: $493,332
Charity: The Nature Conservancy (Founded in 1951)
Mission: To preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Total Expenses: $852,695,208
- work in all 50 states and 30 countries
- protected more 119,000,000 acres of land & 100 marine conservation projects
- since 1986 - generated $47.5 billion for land/water protection
- 550 sites in the US
- 171 workforce development programs
- 189 childcare programs
- 181 adult and senior service programs
- 1st general vaccine against pneumonia
- discovery of philadelphia chromosome
- development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- over 58 million dollars for prostate research
- 28 prostate cancer drugs entered phase 1 & 2 of trials
Human Services
Highest Paid CEO: James E. Williams Jr.
Compensation for 2012: $787,300
Charity: Easter Seals, National HeadQuarters (Founded in 1934)
Mission: To maximize the independence of individuals with special needs by providing exceptional service in advocacy, therapy, education, recreation and support services.
Total Expenses: $93,452,900
Since 2010:
Education
Highest Paid CEO: Ralph W. Muller
Compensation for 2012: $2,000,180
Charity: University of Pennsylvania Health System/ Penn Medicine (Founded in 1765)
Mission: Creating the future of medicine through Patient Care and Service Excellence, Educational Pre-eminence, New Knowledge and Innovation, National and International Leadership.
Total Expenses: $4,686,679,000
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International
Highest Paid CEO: Richard Haass
Compensation for 2012: $879,591
Charity: Council on Foreign Relations (Founded in 1921)
Mission: A resource to better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.
Total Expenses: $52,754,100
Public Benefit
Highest Paid CEO: Jonathan W. Simons
Compensation for 2012: $1,204,968
Charity: Prostate Cancer Foundation (founded in 1993)
Mission: To improve knowledge, prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.
Total Expenses: $32,435,142
Since 2010:
Religion
Highest Paid CEO: Mike Novak
Compensation for 2012: $500,450
Charity: Educational Media Foundation (Founded in 1979)
Mission: Help Christ-centered organizations earn the public's trust through developing and maintaining standards of accountability that convey God-honoring ethical practices.
Total Expenses: $70,466,349
