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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 5 of 59

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INCWichitaKS$7.4M5
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE UTSW MEDICAL CENTERDallasTX$7.3M6
HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION C /O FIRST PREMIER BANK TRUST DEPTSioux FallsSD$7.3M0
GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONSan FranciscoCA$7.2M6
Friends of Cancer ResearchWashingtonDC$7.2M7
OCEAN STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCProvidenceRI$7.2M3
FOUNDATION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF CELLULAR THERAPYOmahaNE$7.2M5
AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATIONChicagoIL$7.1M7
DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INCHollywoodFL$7.1M8
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR STEM CELL RESEEvanstonIL$7M6
REGENERATIVE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONAlbanyNY$7M6
DONALD GUTHRIE FOUNDATIONSayrePA$6.9M5
THE CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATIONSalt Lake CityUT$6.9M4
INTERNATIONAL ANESTHESIA RESEARCH SOCIETYWalnut CreekCA$6.9M12
RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INCNew YorkNY$6.8M6
THE ROSKAMP INSTITUTE INCSarasotaFL$6.8M5
Chicago Association for Research and Education in ScienceHinesIL$6.6M7
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW MEXICOAlbuquerqueNM$6.6M6
Wings for Life USA - Spinal Cord Research Foundation IncSanta MonicaCA$6.6M0
AOAC INTERNATIONALRockvilleMD$6.6M9
CENTER INDUSTRIES COMPANY INCWichitaKS$6.4M3
BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INCBethesdaMD$6.4M5
CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITYBerkeleyCA$6.3M12
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONManhattanKS$6.2M8
BETTERHUMANS INCGainesvilleFL$6.2M1
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY PATHOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP INCLoma LindaCA$6.2M0
PROJECT VISION HAWAIIHonoluluHI$6.1M1
OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATIONAgoura HillsCA$6.1M3
Citizens United for Research in EpilepsyChicagoIL$6.1M4
HAE InternationalFairfaxVA$6M0
FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCING VETERANS' HEALTH RESEARCHSan AntonioTX$6M1
SIUT NORTH AMERICA INCHoustonTX$5.9M0
PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONBaton RougeLA$5.8M3
LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATIONSan DiegoCA$5.8M1
BREASTCANCERORGArdmorePA$5.8M10
MANN MEDICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONSan FernandoCA$5.7M2
Digital Medicine Society IncBostonMA$5.6M11
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INCOklahoma CityOK$5.6M3
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH EVALUATION AND POLICYBostonMA$5.6M3
PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTESeattleWA$5.5M10
SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE INCNewtonMA$5.5M6
NEW JERSEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC Aggie Worthington VP FinancePrincetonNJ$5.4M3
CENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY INCSilver SpringMD$5.4M1
RICHMOND INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS RESEARCHRichmondVA$5.4M3
FOUNDATION FOR ANGELMAN SYNDROME THERAPEUTICSAustinTX$5.4M4
NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INCDallasTX$5.4M2
HEALING BREAKTHROUGHSan RafaelCA$5.3M3
HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATIONNew YorkNY$5.3M6
TAMPA VA RESEARCH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCTemple TerraceFL$5.2M1
VIVLI INCBurlingtonMA$5.2M6