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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 3 of 59

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATIONNew YorkNY$19.7M10
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PHARMACOECONOMICS OUTCOMES RESEARCHLawrencevilleNJ$19.7M6
SPORTS MEDICINE RESEARCH AND TESTING LABORATORYSouth JordanUT$19.5M14
HERITAGE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTEMarina Del ReyCA$19M1
BAIM INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH INCBostonMA$19M20
MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTERPhiladelphiaPA$18.8M7
Future Cryonics FoundationCedar RapidsIA$18.6M0
LUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INCNew YorkNY$18.6M13
PUERTO RICO COMMUNITY NETWORK FOR CLINICAL SERVICES RESEARCH AND HEALTH ADSan JuanPR$18.4M4
ALLIANCE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINEWashingtonDC$18.4M10
CARING CROSS INCGaithersburgMD$17.8M2
Louisiana Cancer Research Center of LSUHSC-NOTulane HSCNew OrleansLA$17.2M3
BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCBostonMA$17.1M8
SUPERIOR HEALTH QUALITY ALLIANCE INCMadisonWI$17.1M0
ADVANCIUM HEALTH NETWORKNew YorkNY$17M5
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GENE & CELL THERAPYWaukeshaWI$16.9M6
GLENN FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INCEdmondOK$16.8M1
VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGOSan DiegoCA$16.6M7
SANDERS TRI-INSTITUTIONAL THERAPEUTICS DISCOVERY INSTITUTE INC CO WEILL CORNELNew YorkNY$16.6M16
MOVEMBER FOUNDATIONSanta MonicaCA$16.5M6
EYE AND EAR FOUNDATIONPittsburghPA$16.4M0
Dr Larry and Ann Laiks Charitable Trust UAD 31 Oct 2000 as amendedSarasotaFL$16.1M1
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ALLERGY ASTHMAMilwaukeeWI$16.1M7
The Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteWhite PlainsNY$15.4M7
NOVUS HEALTH INCSaint LouisMO$15.3M6
DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INCMiami GardensFL$14.6M1
RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS ENDOWMENT FUND INCNew YorkNY$14.6M2
METIS FOUNDATIONSan AntonioTX$14.4M6
ASN Foundation for Kidney ResearchWashingtonDC$14.2M1
STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTEVailCO$14.2M7
SOUTH SHORE HEALTH EXPRESS INCSouth WeymouthMA$14M11
Rheumatology Research FoundationAtlantaGA$14M7
LUNGEVITY FOUNDATION INCChicagoIL$13.8M9
AMERICAN THROMBOSIS AND HEMOSTASIS NETWORK INCCornwallNY$13.6M10
ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INCWatertownMA$13.4M6
THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATIONKing Of PrussiaPA$13.1M7
CVPATH INSTITUTE INCGaithersburgMD$13.1M7
HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTEBostonMA$13M24
HEALTHCARE REGULATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTEAlexandriaVA$12.9M2
COALITION OF CANCER COOPERATIVE GROUPSPhiladelphiaPA$12.8M5
BARUCH S BLUMBERG INSTITUTEDoylestownPA$12.8M7
CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND STUDY ON CLINICAL RESEARCH PARTICIPATION INCBostonMA$12.7M7
LIFE SCIENCE CARES INCCambridgeMA$12.5M6
THE JACOBS INSTITUTE INCBuffaloNY$12.5M7
CEDARS SINAI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANYLos AngelesCA$12.3M6
Scleroderma Research FoundationSan FranciscoCA$12.2M5
CANCER RESEARCH AND BIOSTATISTICSSeattleWA$12.1M10
Cure Childhood Cancer IncAtlantaGA$11.8M6
COUNT ME IN INCCambridgeMA$11.8M1
William K Warren Medical Research Center INCTulsaOK$11.6M3