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Filing year 2023

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

New York, New York·EIN 13-1624158·NTEE B430 · Education·3
Total revenue
$501M
Total assets
$4B
Total expenses
$0
Reported officers
68
Mission

The Rockefeller University (the University) is a world renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics. The University's 71 laboratories conduct both clinical and basic research and study a diverse range of biological and biomedical problems with the mission of improving the understanding of life for the benefit of humanity. Laboratories are loosely clustered in nine research areas covering a wide spectrum of disciplines in the life sciences, including neuroscience, immunology, genetics, structural biology and bioinformatics. The University does not charge tuition. Its revenues are derived primarily from investment income, government grants and contracts, and private gifts and grants.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 20 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Chief Investment Officer
officer (unspecified)
$2M
Managing Director, Private Partnerships
highest compensated employee
$857k
Svp, Development
senior vice president
$856k
Vp, Academic Affairs (thru 8/31/23)
vice president
$825k
VP & Physician-in-chief
vice president
$822k
Executive Vice President & Corp Sec (from 7/24)
executive vice president
$806k
Professor, Head of Laboratory
highest compensated employee
$736k
VP & General Counsel
vice president
$722k
Professor, Head of Laboratory
highest compensated employee
$693k
Professor, Head of Laboratory
highest compensated employee
$674k
Vp, Education Affairs
vice president
$662k
Vp, Finance & Treasurer
vice president
$661k
Vp, Human Resources
vice president
$622k
Professor, Head of Laboratory
highest compensated employee
$617k
Vp, Academic Affairs (from 9/1/23)
vice president
$601k
Vp, Education Affairs (thru 8/31/22)
vice president
$599k
Asst. Vp, Finance
vice president
$465k
Chief Diversity Officer & VP for Dei
vice president
$419k
Spec. Asst/corp Sec. (thru 7/2024)
officer (unspecified)
$277k

Plus 48 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 6%
from 2022

From $2.2M in 2022 to $2M in 2023.

$2.2M
2022
$2M
2023
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