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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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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 37 of 59

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME-MEStony BrookNY$101k0
SUPERFICIAL SIDEROSIS RESEARCH ALLIANCEWaukeshaWI$101k0
SELECTIVE MUTISM RESEARCH INSTITUTEFlourtownPA$101k0
TAY-BANDZ INCNew YorkNY$101k0
X OUT ALD INCBloomingtonMN$101k0
MPN EDUCATION FOUNDATIONBrooklynNY$101k0
JONAHS GSD 1B RESEARCH FOUNDATIONBeverly HillsCA$101k0
INTERNATIONAL MAMMALIAN GENOME SOCIETYOak RidgeTN$100k0
DISCOVERY TO CURE FOUNDATION INCOrangeCT$100k0
HIGHLANDS STABLE ISOTOPES CORPORATIONLas VegasNM$100k0
UNO HEART FOUNDATIONSterlingVA$100k0
Institute for Musculoskeletal AdvancementDowners GroveIL$100k6
CHEN & SHAO ANTI-CANCER FOUNDATION INCSyossetNY$100k0
GLAUCOMA INSTITUTE OF BEVERLY HILLS RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCBeverly HillsCA$100k0
PCMA FOUNDATIONWashingtonDC$100k0
DES MOINES ONCOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONDes MoinesIA$100k0
BARBARA T FERRARO OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FDNLanghornePA$100k0
Take Part IncOfallonMO$100k0
ALANA DUNG RESEARCH FOUNDATIONHonoluluHI$99k0
QUEEN OF HEARTS FOUNDATIONNewport BeachCA$99k0
THE GLAUCOMA EDUCATION & RESEARCH FUND INCNew YorkNY$99k0
TAOS ORTHOPAEDIC INST RESEARCH FDTNTaosNM$99k0
THE ISAACSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INCScarsdaleNY$99k0
THREE BUTTERFLIES SIDS FOUNDATION TEAM TAYLORPhoenixAZ$99k0
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER INCChestnut HillMA$99k0
CHILDREN'S CANCER AID AND RESEARCH INSTITUTEGlendaleAZ$99k1
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY FOUNDATIONMcLeanVA$98k0
LOUISVILLE ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCLouisvilleKY$98k0
INAD WARRIORS INCORPORATEDIndianapolisIN$98k0
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS LOCAL 2 ORGANIZATION FOR DIABETES RESEARCHChicago RidgeIL$98k0
KDC Foundation NFPChicagoIL$98k0
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TRANSGENIC TECHNOLOGIES INCKansas CityKS$98k0
STRYKER STRONG LLCHooverAL$98k0
NEHI Research FoundationTulsaOK$98k0
TRACTORS FOR A CURE INCPeotoneIL$97k0
CANCER ACTIVE INCBlack MountainNC$97k1
The Teal FoundationSan JoseCA$97k0
CALIFORNIA RETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONSanta BarbaraCA$96k0
DENNISON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCLakevilleMA$96k0
OUR TRIBEHamiltonOH$96k2
Biologic AssociationRosemontIL$96k0
VAL SKINNER FOUNDATION INCBay HeadNJ$96k1
NORMALEAH OVARIAN CANCER INITIATIVERock IslandIL$96k0
INSTITUTE OF NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INCCollege ParkMD$96k0
CENTRAL PA TRANSPLANT FOUNDATN INCHarrisburgPA$96k0
PENNSYLVANIA LIONS HEARING RESEARCH FOUNDATIONWeatherlyPA$96k0
THE JOSEPH H KANTER FAMILY FOUNDATIONSanta AnaCA$96k1
SAND STEW INCWorcesterMA$96k0
HEAD COOK FOR ALS INCIndianapolisIN$95k0
RITA ALEXANDER IRREVOCABLE LIVING TRUST CO MARK E FEINSOT CPANew YorkNY$95k1