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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 38 of 59

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
PABLO VALENZUELA & BERNARDITA MENDEZ FOUNDATIONBerkeleyCA$95k0
ACGENE LAB A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONIrvineCA$95k0
ANGELS FOR HEARTS INCSacramentoCA$95k0
StaytoughFighthard IncManasquanNJ$95k0
GRANITE COUNTY MEDICAL FOUNDATIONPhilipsburgMT$95k0
The Hope Motorcycle RallyHollisterCA$95k0
Passionately Pink of Coffee County IncDouglasGA$94k0
THE TILLER FOUNDATIONPineAZ$94k3
THE ELLA FOARD FOUNDATION FOR RETT SYNDROMECharlotteNC$94k0
SORT 4 THE CAUSEMoxeeWA$93k0
VisilantBaltimoreMD$93k0
Chapel Hill Breast Cancer FoundationChapel HillNC$93k0
FEEL BEAUTIFUL TODAY INCAtlantaGA$93k0
WESTERN UROLOGIC FORUMCoeur D AleneID$93k0
TAUBERT MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONCottage GroveOR$93k2
LAURI STRAUSS LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION INCPort WashingtonNY$92k0
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS TRUSTPeoriaIL$92k0
IOWA UROLOGIC SOCIETYSchaumburgIL$92k0
INTERNATIONAL ZEBRAFISH SOCIETY INCMilwaukeeWI$92k0
THE SHIDLER FAMILY FOUNDATIONHonoluluHI$91k0
JENNA & PATRICKS FOUNDATION OF HOPESacramentoCA$91k0
THE CLARKE FAMILY FOUNDATION INCSt PetersburgFL$91k5
HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORPWestonFL$91k0
Endometrial Cancer Action Network For African Americans David MeadeSeattleWA$91k2
CARDIOVASCULAR & IMAGING RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NYLloyd HarborNY$91k3
BACK TO HEALINGSnellvilleGA$91k1
ASSN FOR RESEARCH IN PERSONALITYBuffaloNY$90k0
GET UP STAND UP TO CURE PARALYSIS FOUNDATIONMinnetonkaMN$90k0
DIFELICE FOUNDATION FOR ORTHOPAEDICS INCNew YorkNY$90k0
JIM CATFISH HUNTER ALS FOUNDATIONHertfordNC$90k0
NORTHEAST OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION NETWORKBiddefordME$90k1
INTERNATIONAL FLUENCY ASSOCIATIONWest BloomfieldMI$90k0
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS DEPARTMENT OF NEONATOLOGY FOUNDATION INCBostonMA$89k6
EPENDYMOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCLexingtonMA$89k0
NORTH TEXAS LARYNGECTOMY SOCIETYFort WorthTX$89k0
Dylan Adams EndowmentHartsvilleSC$88k0
Gathering of Friends IncWoodstockGA$88k0
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR RSDCRSPS INCTampaFL$88k0
CONCESSIONS FOR CHRIST INCCedartownGA$87k0
RPA Research & Education FoundationRockvilleMD$87k2
INDIAN AMERICAN SHOULDER & ELBOW SURGEONS INCIrvineCA$87k0
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EVOLUTION MEDICINE&PUBLIC HEALTH C/O P TURNERNew HavenCT$87k0
FORGOTTEN DISEASES RESEARCH FOUNDATIONSanta ClaraCA$87k2
Line in the Sky Foundation CorporationStonehamMA$87k0
TWIN CITIES HEART FOUNDATIONMinneapolisMN$86k0
THE GSD3 FOUNDATION INC C/O KATHRYN & EVAN OUELLETTEDedhamMA$86k0
KNOCKOUT ALDChesterfieldMO$86k0
THE MASOOLI PROJECTSimsburyCT$86k0
OVARIAN CANCER CONNECTIONToledoOH$86k1
INTERNATIONAL NEUROSURGERY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATIONRaleighNC$86k0