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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 9 of 59

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY RESEARCH FOUNDATDallasTX$2.7M1
Reboot Rx IncWinchesterMA$2.7M2
DR JOSEPH P DANGELO FOUNDATION INCMiamiFL$2.7M5
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ADVANCEMENT OF CYTOMETRYWashingtonDC$2.6M1
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINE SOCIETYMcLeanVA$2.6M0
MICHAEL REESE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONChicagoIL$2.6M6
THE IGA NEPHROPATHY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCWallNJ$2.6M1
HEREDITARY DISEASE FOUNDATIONNew YorkNY$2.6M4
THE HOUSE INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONLos AngelesCA$2.6M1
TJ MARTELL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCHNashvilleTN$2.6M1
NATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INCWashingtonDC$2.6M3
BROTHERS UNITED INCIndianapolisIN$2.6M1
THE RICBAC FOUNDATIONNewtonvilleMA$2.6M4
ORTHOPAEDIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAOrangeCA$2.5M1
CLL Global Research Foundation c/o William WierdaHoustonTX$2.5M2
COALITION FOR NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCHSan AntonioTX$2.5M4
RELIANT FOUNDATION INCWorcesterMA$2.5M1
DETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INCWestboroughMA$2.5M4
LEUKEMIA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONNorthfieldIL$2.5M1
AIDS SERVICES COALITION INCHattiesburgMS$2.5M1
NATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION INCLouisvilleKY$2.5M2
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUSBrentwoodTN$2.5M1
THE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATIONChicagoIL$2.5M4
SEATTLE SCIENCE FOUNDATIONSeattleWA$2.5M9
EVERY CURE INCNew YorkNY$2.4M0
RETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONHoustonTX$2.4M0
Foundation For Neurologic Diseases IncNewburyportMA$2.4M3
RUNX1 Foundation dba RUNX1 Research ProgramSanta BarbaraCA$2.4M3
KANSAS MASONIC FOUNDATION INCTopekaKS$2.4M1
CancerFree KIDSLovelandOH$2.4M2
ALZFORUM FOUNDATION INCBostonMA$2.4M3
SERVAREGMPCarlsbadCA$2.3M3
IVI Foundation Inc dba Center for Innovation & Value ResearchAlexandriaVA$2.3M4
ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCHArlingtonVA$2.3M2
The Gordon and Mary Cain Pediatric Neurology Research FoundationBellaireTX$2.3M4
International Society of AmyloidosisBurnsvilleMN$2.3M0
FRAXA Research Foundation IncNewburyportMA$2.3M2
AMERICAN-ITALIAN CANCER FOUNDATIONNew YorkNY$2.3M2
THE PACIFIC PEDIATRIC NEURO-ONCOLOG CONSORTIUM FOUNDATIONSan RafaelCA$2.3M0
BRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATIONChicagoIL$2.3M2
OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA FOUNDATIONGaithersburgMD$2.3M2
LATINAS CONTRA CANCERSan JoseCA$2.3M1
SBARRO HEALTH RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONPhiladelphiaPA$2.3M2
IBD Horizons IncSeattleWA$2.3M3
HEAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATIONKansas CityMO$2.3M1
INTREPID ALLIANCE INC CO BROWNE CONSULTING GROUPCambridgeMA$2.2M1
ACOS (DBA AMERICAN-EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF OPHTHALMIC SURGERY)Fort WorthTX$2.2M6
A JUST HARVESTChicagoIL$2.2M1
PHILADELPHIA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATIONPhiladelphiaPA$2.2M1
WILDERNESS MEDICAL SOCIETYAustinTX$2.2M1