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Call me uninformed: I just voted for the levy regarding the boy scouts! Then someone who volunteers for the Boy Scouts and has to pay to do so, told me about the CEO....Check out the annual salary of the top executive of the Boy Scouts! I would think I were wealthy with 1/2 of their deferred retirement plans. American Institute of Philanthropy Hot Topics in Charity News!Top-Rated CharitiesA-Z Charity ListingAIPs Criteria for Rating CharitiesTips for Giving WiselyFrequently Asked QuestionsArticles from the Charity Rating Guide Mission Statement, Goals and MoreCharity Rating Guide and Watchdog ReportLinks to Charity Registration & Financial InformationPraise for AIPs AccomplishmentsJoin AIP and Get the Guide for Free!Contact the AIPReturn to the Home Page TOP 25 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. When information is given only on the national headquarters and the charity does not include its affiliates in its financial statements, “National Office” or “N.O.” appears after the group’s name. This table was published in the Winter 2014-15 issue of the Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report. 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 Organization Top Salary* Abraham H. Foxman, National Director Anti-Defamation League & Foundation $3,802,324 Includes $3,146,670 supplemental executive retirement plan. Edwin Feulner, Jr., Past President Heritage Foundation $2,702,687 Includes investment earnings of $1,656,230 accrued over a period of 33 years. Philip H. Gutin, M.D., Chairman Attending Surgery, Neurosurgery Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $2,645,233 Robert J. Mazzuca, Past Chief Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America - N.O. $1,921,979 Includes 457(f) supplemental retirement plan of $655,542. Michael Aiona, M.D., Chief of Staff Shriners Hospitals for Children $1,758,081 Includes $1,300,531 retirement and other deferred compensation. Michael Friedman, M.D., CEO/Past President City of Hope $1,689,543 Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D., President/CEO Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund $1,420,202 Enrique Ferraro, Managing Director, Accion Investments Management Company Accion International $1,233,192 Includes $1,041,107 incentive compensation, of which most was awarded by Accion International Management Company for ten years of fund management. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, President/CEO International Fellowship of Christians and Jews $1,203,690 Includes $602,397 supplemental non-qualified retirement plan. Nancy Brown, CEO American Heart Association $1,097,203 Brian Gallagher, President/CEO United Way Worldwide $1,026,017 Jonathan W. Simons, M.D., President/CEO Prostate Cancer Foundation $1,012,143 Steven E. Sanderson, Past President/CEO Wildlife Conservation Society $1,007,809 Michael L. Lomax, President/CEO UNCF/The College Fund $998,735 Harry Johns, President/CEO Alzheimers Association - N.O. $980,804 Includes $211,509 vested non-qualified retirement benefit. William E. Evans, Director/CEO St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital/ALSAC $977,444 Wayne LaPierre, CEO & Executive VP/Ex-Officio National Rifle Association & Foundation, respectively $974,867 William R. Brody, M.D., President Salk Institute for Biological Studies $971,543 Larry R. Blum, Past COO Hadassah $954,861 Includes $731,356 two years severance pay. Robert J. Beall, President/CEO Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $916,100 Scott A. Blackmun, CEO United States Olympic Committee $885,131 David Harris, Executive Director American Jewish Committee $859,333 James E. Williams, Jr., President/CEO Easter Seals - N.O. $837,120 John R. Seffrin, CEO American Cancer Society $832,355 Rabbi Marvin Hier, President/CEO Simon Wiesenthal Center $804,770 * Includes Compensation, Contributions to employee benefit plans, Expense accounts and other allowances, and deferred compensation earned in reporting year, as reported to the IRS. Compensation of medical professionals may include fees for patient care in addition to salary.