The highest paid executive of a Kentucky not-for-profit organization earned $4,140,900 from University of Louisville Athletic Association in 2020.
There were 2,461 not-for-profit organizations registered in Kentucky in 2020.
How not-for-profit executives and staff are paid is an issue consistently under the microscope.
“We urge donors to be wary of charities that pay salaries hovering near or above $1 million,” Ken Berger, president and CEO of Charity Navigator, said. “The purpose of a charity is to provide a public benefit. Every donor and tax payer subsidizes the charitable sector with that purpose in mind, not creating a class of millionaire CEOs.”
100 Average salaries of not-for-profit executives working in Kentucky in 2020
| Not-for-profit Organization | City | Average salary |
|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Athletic Association | Louisville | $1,893,150 |
| Owensboro Health Medical Group, Inc. | Owensboro | $775,036 |
| Commonwealth Health Corporation, Inc. | Bowling Green | $684,053 |
| Kentuckyone Health Medical Group, Inc. | Louisville | $563,209 |
| Appalachian Regional Healthcare | Lexington | $530,122 |
| St. Claire Medical Center, Inc. | Morehead | $525,389 |
| Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation | Whitesburg | $514,324 |
| Saint Joseph Health System, Inc. | Lexington | $498,616 |
| Twin Lakes Medical Foundation, Inc. | Leitchfield | $443,526 |
| Consolidated Health Systems, Inc. | Prestonsburg | $417,892 |
| ARH Mary Breckinridge Health Service, Inc. | Lexington | $388,144 |
| Clinton-Hickman Company Ambulance Serv | Clinton | $383,083 |
| Owensboro Health, Inc. | Owensboro | $382,092 |
| Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare, Inc. | Lexington | $366,458 |
| Big Sandy Health Care, Inc. | Prestonsburg | $318,913 |
| ARH Tug Valley Health Services, Inc. | Lexington | $312,419 |
| Methodist Health, Inc. | Henderson | $301,552 |
| Casey County Hospital District | Liberty | $298,257 |
| Jane Todd Crawford Memorial Hospital | Greensburg | $298,209 |
| Russell County Kentucky Hospital District Health Facilities, CORP | Russell Springs | $276,572 |
| University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation, Inc. | Lexington | $275,625 |
| Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, Inc. | Bowling Green | $267,661 |
| University of the Cumberlands, Inc. | Williamsburg | $262,260 |
| Cumberland County Hospital Association, Inc. | Burkesville | $260,546 |
| The Louisville Urban League, Inc. | Louisville | $259,046 |
| University of Pikeville | Pikeville | $251,981 |
| Breeders' Cup Limited | Lexington | $244,923 |
| New Vista of the Bluegrass, Inc. | Lexington | $244,139 |
| National SAM Innovation Project, Inc. | Louisville | $240,454 |
| Cumberland River Behavioral Health, Inc. | Corbin | $225,620 |
| Pathways, Inc. | Ashland | $223,146 |
| Family Scholar House, Inc. | Louisville | $221,224 |
| Seven Counties Services, Inc. | Louisville | $220,656 |
| Bowling Green Warren County Community Hospital Corporation | Bowling Green | $215,552 |
| Sayre School | Lexington | $215,369 |
| Kentucky Bar Association | Frankfort | $212,495 |
| National Association of State Retirement Administrators | Lexington | $210,435 |
| Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Inc. | Frankfort | $205,564 |
| The Council of State Governments | Lexington | $202,410 |
| New Vista Communities, Inc. | Lexington | $196,465 |
| Monroe Medical Foundation, Inc. | Tompkinsville | $194,974 |
| Campbellsville University, Inc. | Campbellsville | $194,402 |
| Caldwell County Hospital Caldwell Medical Center, Inc. | Princeton | $191,019 |
| National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Inc. | Lexington | $188,116 |
| United States Dressage Federation | Lexington | $185,895 |
| Centre College | Danville | $185,162 |
| Mountain Plus Services, Inc. | Prestonsburg | $182,735 |
| Leadership Louisville Foundation, Inc. | Louisville | $182,301 |
| Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants | Louisville | $182,281 |
| New Vista Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. | Lexington | $179,549 |
| Kentucky Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association | Louisville | $179,436 |
| The Home of the Innocents, Inc. | Louisville | $177,968 |
| Goodwill Industries of KY, Inc. | Louisville | $176,661 |
| Kosair Charities Committee, Inc. | Louisville | $176,192 |
| Catalytic Development Funding of Northern Kentucky, CORP | Covington | $174,613 |
| Catholic Education Foundation, Inc. | Louisville | $174,255 |
| Community Health Centers of Western Kentucky, Inc. | Greenville | $173,922 |
| Blue Grass Community Action Partnership, Inc. | Frankfort | $173,430 |
| Sterling Health Solutions, Inc. | Mount Sterling | $173,407 |
| Madisonville-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation | Madisonville | $172,686 |
| Plantmix Asphalt Industry of KY | Frankfort | $172,338 |
| Kentucky Educational Developme Corporation | Ashland | $171,562 |
| The National Institute for Hometown Security, Inc. | Somerset | $171,446 |
| Communicare, Inc. | Elizabethtown | $170,702 |
| Health Help, Inc. | Richmond | $170,159 |
| Lincoln Foundation | Louisville | $169,894 |
| Fund for the ARTS, Inc. | Louisville | $169,315 |
| Asbury Theological Seminary | Wilmore | $169,061 |
| Hopkinsville Christian Company Economic Development Council, Inc. | Hopkinsville | $167,789 |
| Leadingage Kentucky, Inc. | Louisville | $167,747 |
| National Conference of Firemen & Oilers | Ashland | $167,082 |
| Midway University, Inc. | Midway | $166,647 |
| St. Francis School, Inc. | Louisville | $166,080 |
| American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. | Louisville | $165,430 |
| Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, Inc. | Lexington | $165,245 |
| Heritage Hospice, Inc. | Danville | $163,615 |
| Kentucky Blood Center, Inc. | Lexington | $162,555 |
| Northern Kentucky MHMR Regional Board, Inc. | Covington | $161,544 |
| KLEB, Inc. | Louisville | $158,654 |
| Kentucky Dental Association, Inc. | Louisville | $158,456 |
| Frontier Nursing University, Inc. | Versailles | $156,820 |
| Bowling Green Warren County Primary Care Center, Inc. | Bowling Green | $156,277 |
| Hospice of Southern Kentucky, Inc. | Bowling Green | $154,147 |
| Center for Leadership in School Reform | Louisville | $153,283 |
| Blue Grass Community Foundation, Inc. | Lexington | $153,034 |
| Isaac W Bernheim Foundation | Clermont | $152,829 |
| University of Louisville Foundation, Inc. | Louisville | $152,811 |
| Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health Mental Retardation Board, Inc. | Hopkinsville | $152,665 |
| Berea College | Berea | $152,455 |
| The Morton Center, Inc. | Louisville | $151,986 |
| Clover Fork Outpatient Medical Project, Inc. | Evarts | $151,427 |
| Project Camp, Inc. | Scottsville | $151,202 |
| Council on Licensure Enforcement and Regulation, Inc. | Nicholasville | $150,057 |
| Knox Regional Development Alliance | Elizabethtown | $150,000 |
| Shepherd's House, Inc. | Lexington | $149,650 |
| Kentucky Primary Care Association, Inc. | Frankfort | $149,416 |
| Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation, Inc. | Somerset | $149,273 |
| Employment Solutions, Inc. | Lexington | $148,875 |
| Gpedc, Inc. | Paducah | $148,771 |
| Kentucky Country Day School, Inc. | Louisville | $147,816 |
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