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Executive Compensation at St Jude (2024)

When people think of St. Jude’s, they often associate the organization with the children’s research hospital but St Jude’s is actually two organizations:

  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (St Jude): the 73-bed children’s hospital with 7,374 employees that provides research and medical care; and
  • American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC): the fundraising arm; an organization with 2,100 employees that exists to raise funds for St. Jude’s

Although most non-profits do not separate fundraising from services, St. Jude’s does, so both organizations need to be analyzed because St. Jude’s relies on ALSAC for the majority of it’s revenue and has a beneficial interest in the organization.

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Executive Compensation at the Mortgage Bankers Association (2024)

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18 Employees of the American Hospital Association Take Home $95 Million in Compensation

18 employees of the American Hospital Association (AHA) – a trade organization that is a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) (6) that represents and works on behalf of its members (hospitals/owners of hospitals) to advocate their positions to government entities (i.e. Congress, Senate, etc) and provide education and assistance to its members – received $95 million in compensation from 2017-2024: Read more »

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25 Employees of Memorial Hermann Health Take Home $189 Million

25 of the most highly compensated employees of Memorial Hermann Health (a Houston-based tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider with more than 34,000 employees and 6,600 physicians that serve in 17 hospitals (14 that the organization owns and 3 in which they have joint ventures) and more than 260 care delivery sites in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area) in 2025 took home $189 million from 2019-2025 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2019-2024 but not in 2025 are not included): Read more »

12
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Executive Compensation at Memorial Hermann Health (2025)

Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) is a Houston-based tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider with more than 36,000 employees and 6,600 physicians that serve in 17 hospitals (14 that the organization owns and 3 in which they have joint ventures) and more than 280 care delivery sites in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area.

MHHS consists of many organizations (non-profits, corporations, trusts, and partnerships) but for the purpose of this post, the executive compensation reported on MHHS – a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) (3) – is addressed. Read more »

10
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Executive Compensation at American Humane (2025)

The American Humane Association (AHA) is a charitable non-profit 501 (c) 3 that paid its Chief Executive Officer, Robin Ganzert more than $800,000, AND paid for first class domestic travel for her and the board members (there are 15) in 2025.

AHA is a tax-exempt organization that raised $37 million in 2025 (a 30% increase from the previous year),  primarily from contributions ($25 million), service fees ($3 million) from movie, television sets, farms, slaughterhouses, etc, and royalties ($3 million), and whose net assets were $31 million at year-end.

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How Revenue is Spent at American Humane (2025)

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6
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Executive Compensation at the American Hospital Association (2024)

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is a trade organization that is a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) (6) that represents and works on behalf of its members (hospitals/owners of hospitals) to advocate their positions to government entities (i.e. Congress, Senate, etc) and provide education and assistance to its members.

In 2024, the AHA raised $147 million (compared to $145 million in 2023, $139 million in 2022, $129 million in 2021, $120 million in 2020, $143 million in 2019 and $134 million in 2018) primarily through membership dues, education and licensing) and spent $169 million  (including $2 million in depreciation) with the largest expense reported to be compensation ($90 million), office expenses ($20 million), travel and conferences ($19 million) and fees for services ($18 million).  With nearly $300 million in net fund assets, the organization  reports to represent nearly 5,000 hospitals. Read more »

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9 Employees at Virtua Health Take Home $67 Million in Compensation

9 highly compensated employees of Virtua Health (a tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider in southern New Jersey with 5 hospitals, 40 ambulatory surgery centers,  and more than 400 healthcare offices) received $67 million in compensation from 2018-2024 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2023 but not in 2024 are not included): Read more »

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Executive Compensation at Virtua Health (2024)

Virtua Health is a tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider in southern New Jersey with 5 hospitals, 40 ambulatory surgery centers,  and more than 400 healthcare offices.  The entire Virtua healthcare network consists of 13 related tax-exempt organizations, 36 related taxable partnerships, and 3 related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust. This post addresses the executive compensation of Virtua Health, Inc (Virtua) – the non-profit that manages the entire organization and provides support services to these entities.  Consequently, Virtua’s primary source of revenue is the organizations that make up the network who pay into Virtua.

Virtua has 17 voting members (trustees) of its governing body, 16 of whom are independent; 12 of the 17 (71%) are male while 5 of the 17 (29%) are female. Read more »

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25 Employees of Memorial Hermann Health Took Home $150 Million

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