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Updated through 2024NTEE H · Medical Research

Medical Research nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 1,078 medical research nonprofits, 2020 – 2024. Each organization is counted once at its most recent filing, using the highest-paid leader reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Organizations that conduct or fund research into the causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases and medical conditions.

Median executive pay
$121,446
The typical medical research nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $121,446 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$48k
75th pct
$251k
90th pct
$447k
1,078 organizations · 2020 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $48k and $251k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $447k, roughly 3.7 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$447,349Top 10% of earners
75th$250,69125% earn more than this
50th · median$121,446The typical executive
25th$48,00025% earn less than this
10th$18,33610% of executives earn less than this
By organization size

Bigger budgets, bigger paychecks.

Median executive pay rises with organization revenue. Each band shows the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of top-executive pay for medical research nonprofits in that revenue range.

Revenue band25thMedian75thOrgs
Under $1M$25k$56,891$107k521
$1M – $10M$117k$182,964$282k394
$10M – $100M$275k$399,368$640k136
$100M – $500M$600k$1,027,953$1.7M17
$500M – $1B$875k$1,524,299$1.8M5
Over $1B$961k$2,459,825$2.8M5
Revenue bands with fewer than 5 organizations are not shown.
Geography

Pay varies by state.

Maryland pays $128,236 more than the national median across medical research nonprofits.

By role

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Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within medical research nonprofits.

Directory

Biomedical research institutes, medical science foundations, and organizations funding research into treatments and cures. Covers clinical trials support, lab research, and translational medicine. There are 2,912 medical research organizations in our database with compensation data from IRS Form 990 filings. Use the table below to browse them, or sort by revenue, location, or number of reported executives.

Organizations in Medical Research

2,912 organizations · Page 15 of 59

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
SURGICAL ASSOCIATES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONPhiladelphiaPA$936k10
Glomerular Disease Study and Trial ConsortiumMill ValleyCA$935k0
QUALITY INDEPENDENCE INCPort CharlotteFL$932k0
CENTRO DE ESTIMULACION INTEGRAL PARA CHICOS COMO TU INCCatanoPR$932k0
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR URBAN HEALTHNew YorkNY$924k1
LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATIONSeafordNY$924k4
THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATIONNew YorkNY$922k1
THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP FOUNDATION INCPhiladelphiaPA$916k0
The Kirsch FoundationLos AltosCA$910k1
MAIMONIDES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONBrooklynNY$907k14
THE NORTHERN OHIO HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION INCClevelandOH$904k1
FOUNDATION FOR HEART SCIENCE LTDWawautosaWI$904k0
BEDFORD RESEARCH FOUNDATIONBedfordMA$900k1
Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association IncAlexandriaVA$898k2
QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF SHILOM NEUMANBrooklynNY$898k0
ANGEL FUND INCWakefieldMA$896k0
PCD KS FOUNDATIONBloomingtonMN$895k2
PIEDMONT ORTHOPEDIC FOUNDATION INCLynchburgVA$895k0
International Society for Laboratory HematologyGlenviewIL$886k0
INTERVENTIONAL ORTHOBIOLOGICS FOUNDATIONGreenwood VillageCO$881k1
HUNTER SEVEN FOUNDATIONProvidenceRI$880k0
Empower Spinal Cord Injury IncorporatedWalthamMA$878k4
STAR LEGACY FOUNDATIONEden PrairieMN$870k1
GLOBAL OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH CENTERLos AltosCA$870k0
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF INDIANA IIndianapolisIN$870k1
CANCER AWARENESS THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CARECarefreeAZ$870k0
Biostasis Technologies IncFt LauderdaleFL$868k2
COLUMBUS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONChapel HillNC$866k0
AMERICAN NEUROMUSCULAR FOUNDATIONRochesterMN$864k5
FRIENDS OF FSH RESEARCHKirklandWA$864k0
CHARLESSON FOUNDATIONLewisvilleNC$862k0
WORLD FEDERATION FOR ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY INCChicagoIL$858k0
Panoplia Laboratories IncCambridgeMA$854k1
NAVAJO HOPI HEALTH FOUNDATION INCTuba CityAZ$849k0
Longevity Escape Velocity FoundationSan FranciscoCA$849k4
COMMONWEALTH HOUSING LEGAL SERVICESPhiladelphiaPA$849k0
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICE PATTERNSBethesdaMD$848k4
AMERICAN LIMB PRESERVATION SOCIETYAntelopeCA$846k1
Usher 1F Collaborative IncNewtonvilleMA$846k0
THE HAWKINS FOUNDATIONGreenvilleSC$843k0
CHORD FOUNDATIONNew Hyde ParkNY$843k0
UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN INCAnnapolisMD$842k1
SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIA DEATH SYNDROMESSalt Lake CityUT$839k1
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY INCPepper PikeOH$836k0
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR AUTOIMMUNE&AUTOINFLAMMATORY ARTHRISaint LouisMO$835k1
THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM INCRockvilleMD$834k0
Reelin' for Research IncGreensboroNC$832k0
SOCIETY FOR MELANOMA RESEARCHAlbuquerqueNM$830k0
EMERSON DIVERSITY HEALTH FOUNDATIONWoodbridgeVA$829k0
ABLE KIDS FOUNDATIONFort CollinsCO$828k0