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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 4 of 59

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
ESSENTIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL HEALTHDuluthMN$11.6M7
INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA SOCIETYNeedhamMA$11.4M0
NATIONAL DISEASE RESEARCH INTERCHANGEPhiladelphiaPA$11.3M7
FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCESpringfieldVA$11.2M6
CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH & TRANSFORMATIONAnn ArborMI$11.1M8
OLIVE VIEW-UCLA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCSylmarCA$11.1M0
THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONPhoenixAZ$11M5
Clayton Foundation For ResearchHoustonTX$11M9
HAUPTMAN-WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCBuffaloNY$11M10
THE ABRAHAM J AND PHYLLIS KATZ CORD BLOOD FOUNDATIONClevelandOH$11M3
Norn GroupSan FranciscoCA$10.8M1
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCHArlingtonVA$10.7M6
FOOTBALL RESEARCH INC C/O DANIELLE BASTARDINew YorkNY$10.7M0
CENTER FOR IMPROVING VALUE IN HEALTH CAREDenverCO$10.5M7
GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCHSchaumburgIL$10.5M4
USAGAINSTALZHEIMER'SWashingtonDC$10.5M7
THE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNew YorkNY$10.5M3
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY INCJacksonvilleFL$10.5M17
AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATIONMinneapolisMN$10.4M2
Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York IncNew YorkNY$10.4M6
MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORYUticaNY$10.1M5
IMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATIONHanoverMD$10.1M7
MEDICINES360San FranciscoCA$10M16
WASHINGTON RESEARCH FOUNDATIONSeattleWA$10M13
SANFORD CONSORTIUM FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINELa JollaCA$10M2
HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTESPasadenaCA$9.8M10
THE VILCEK FOUNDATION INCNew YorkNY$9.6M1
ST LOUIS INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORKSt LouisMO$9.3M2
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCHRockvilleMD$9.2M4
Biomed Valley CorporationKansas CityMO$9M0
Ulta Beauty Charitable FoundationBolingbrookIL$9M0
AREA AMBULANCE AUTHORITY AREA AMBULANCE SERVICECedar RapidsIA$8.9M3
FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS RETINAL DEGENERATION FUNDColumbiaMD$8.8M4
VERMONT OXFORD NETWORKBurlingtonVT$8.6M7
CENTER FOR DISEASE ANALYSIS FOUNDATION INCLafayetteCO$8.6M2
Translational Research in Oncology-US FKA Translational Onc Res Intl IncLos AngelesCA$8.4M2
WICELL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCMadisonWI$8.4M12
Center for Veterans Research and EducationMinneapolisMN$8.3M10
TRUDEAU INSTITUTE INCSaranac LakeNY$8.2M7
Preventive Medicine Successor EntityWashingtonDC$8.1M0
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TRANSPLANTATION & CELLULAR THERAPYChicagoIL$8.1M3
Foundation for ResearchCarson CityNV$8.1M8
Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention FndnAlexandriaVA$8.1M8
Baltimore Research and Education Foundation IncBaltimoreMD$8.1M13
RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWESTDallasTX$7.8M9
Regenstrief Foundation IncIndianapolisIN$7.7M3
ANATOMIC GIFT FOUNDATION INCHanoverMD$7.7M4
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INCSan JoseCA$7.5M13
CHORDOMA FOUNDATIONDurhamNC$7.4M6
LUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATIONPhiladelphiaPA$7.4M7