Empire State Today

Executives leading not-for-profit organizations across New York earned on average $123,310 in the tax year ending in 2020, according to Non-Profit Light.

The highest paid executive of a New York not-for-profit organization earned $8,805,077 from Cornell University in 2020.

There were 17,503 not-for-profit organizations registered in New York in 2020.

How not-for-profit executives and staff are paid is an issue consistently under the microscope.

“We urge donors to be wary of charities that pay salaries hovering near or above $1 million,” Ken Berger, president and CEO of Charity Navigator, said. “The purpose of a charity is to provide a public benefit. Every donor and tax payer subsidizes the charitable sector with that purpose in mind, not creating a class of millionaire CEOs.”

Not-for-profit Organization	City	Average salary
Cornell University	Ithaca	$2,039,493
Stony Brook Orthopaedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$874,776
University of Rochester	Rochester	$846,467
Syracuse University	Syracuse	$794,068
STONY BROOK SURGICAL ASSOCIATES University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$761,656
Success Foundation, Inc.	New York	$755,000
New York Spine and Brain Surgery University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$746,667
St. Peter's Hospital	Albany	$746,409
Rpci Oncology, PC	Buffalo	$735,359
AmeriCU Credit Union	Rome	$694,159
Stony Brook Dermatology Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$656,745
The Rockefeller University	New York	$642,697
National Basketball Players Association	New York	$623,484
St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates, PC	Albany	$618,163
Index Industry Association	New York	$596,918
St. John's University New York	Jamaica	$578,714
Museum of Modern ART	New York	$537,923
American Museum of Natural History	New York	$537,048
The Carnegie Hall Corporation	New York	$517,124
Metropolitan Museum of ART	New York	$514,137
STONY BROOK RADIOLOGY University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$506,503
Sesame Workshop	New York	$501,094
STONY BROOK INTERNISTS University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$498,269
St. Mary's Healthcare	Amsterdam	$496,652
STONY BROOK ANAESTHESIOLOGY University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$495,199
New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Inc.	New York	$471,603
Luesther T Mertz Charitable Trust	New York	$470,093
Physician Affiliate Group of New York, PC	New York	$467,930
American University of Beirut	New York	$458,621
Lincoln Center for the Performing ARTS, Inc.	New York	$450,491
New York Blood Center, Inc.	New York	$450,093
New York Public Radio	New York	$445,554
Young Men's Christian Association Retirement Fund	New York	$445,364
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.	New York	$441,533
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc.	Th Floor	$440,000
Yeshiva University	New York	$436,718
Fair Health, Inc.	New York	$422,319
Fordham University	Bronx	$421,586
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societyinc	Rye Brook	$420,891
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.	New York	$415,143
JDRF International	New York	$404,976
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.	New York	$398,519
Karen Horney Clinic, Inc.	New York	$395,192
Juilliard School	New York	$389,317
Collegiate School, Inc.	New York	$389,241
Foreign Policy Association, Inc.	New York	$387,686
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.	New York	$386,754
Big East Conference, Inc.	New York	$386,681
Camp Dora Golding	Brooklyn	$385,000
The Asia Society	New York	$379,961
Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.	New York	$374,994
A Very Special Place, Inc.	Staten Island	$373,620
Wildlife Conservation Society	Bronx	$369,959
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers	New York	$368,228
Harlem Children's Zone, Inc.	New York	$366,694
The Nightingale-Bamford School	New York	$365,904
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations	New York	$362,808
The Disability Fund, Inc.	Rockville Centre	$362,500
The Wings Club Foundation, Inc.	New York	$362,088
The Hospice and Palliative Care Group, Inc.	Lockport	$358,961
STONY BROOK EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$358,212
STONY BROOK OPHTHALMOLOGY University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$357,835
New York Stem Cell Foundation, Inc.	New York	$357,643
Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester	$352,801
Dalton Schools, Inc.	New York	$345,744
The Brook, Inc.	New York	$344,781
North Shore Hebrew Academy High School	Great Neck	$344,300
The Chapin School, Ltd.	New York	$344,240
The Spence School	New York	$344,157
Iona College	New Rochelle	$344,037
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.	New York	$335,206
Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.	New York	$334,111
UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES IN OBSTETRICS & Gynecology University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$334,010
New York Bankers Association, Inc.	New York	$332,966
American Management Association International	New York	$332,281
National Audubon Society, Inc.	New York	$331,046
The Hewitt School	New York	$330,183
New York City Ballet, Inc.	New York	$329,883
Nysarc New York City Chapter, Inc.	New York	$328,719
American Academy in Berlin	New York	$328,242
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association	New York	$328,123
The New School	New York	$327,618
New York Medical College	Valhalla	$324,162
STONY BROOK RADIATION ONCOLOGY University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$323,111
Lycee Francais DE New York	New York	$320,499
Young Adult Institute, Inc.	New York	$320,142
STONY BROOK UROLOGY University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$316,471
The Advertising Council, Inc.	New York	$313,787
Marist College	Poughkeepsie	$313,292
Teach for America, Inc.	New York	$311,724
Whitney Museum of American ART	New York	$310,324
Girl Scouts of the United States of America	New York	$308,809
WNET	New York	$308,196
Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.	New York	$307,946
New York Law School	New York	$307,512
Rent Stabilization Association of Nyc, Inc.	New York	$305,632
Amda, Inc.	New York	$305,283
Highland Hospital of Rochester	Rochester	$303,405
The Swedish Program in Organizational Studies and Public Policy, Inc.	Utica	$303,403
STONY BROOK CHILDREN'S SERVICE University Faculty Practice Corporation	Stony Brook	$302,646