Executives at the Birmingham-based organization earned $3,485,240 in 2020.
Birmingham-based Samford University amassed $233,018,125 in the tax year ending in 2020, spending $240,422,444.
It is one of 724 not-for-profit organizations registered in Alabama.
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.”
| Rank | Not-for-profit Organization | Total salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infirmary Health System, Inc. | $8,976,087 |
| 2 | Southeastern Conference | $4,860,000 |
| 3 | Noland Health Services, Inc. | $4,843,501 |
| 4 | Samford University | $3,485,240 |
| 5 | Cullman Regional Medical Center, Inc. | $3,159,445 |
| 6 | Southeast Alabama Rural Health Associates | $3,070,934 |
| 7 | Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. | $2,858,911 |
| 8 | Health Services, Inc. | $2,767,911 |
| 9 | Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation | $2,526,723 |
| 10 | Tuskegee University | $2,478,234 |
| Executives | Salary |
|---|---|
| Theron Andrew Westmoreland | $354,812 |
| Harry B. Brock III | $273,591 |
| William R. Pittman | $257,861 |
| Patrick J. Sullivan | $257,191 |
| Henry C. Strickland | $256,102 |
| Nena F. Sanders | $250,402 |
| Charles Martin Newton Jr. | $241,302 |
| Michael A. Crouch | $239,946 |
| Christopher M. Hatcher | $239,459 |
| Roger Philip Kimrey | $238,269 |
| William Clark Watson | $237,864 |
| Elizabeth B. Holloway | $226,027 |
| John Carroll | $212,722 |
| James Michael Hardin | $178,292 |
| Charles T. Carter | $21,400 |
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