Executives at the Little Rock-based organization earned $3,516,537 in 2020.
Little Rock-based Heifer Project International amassed $124,636,518 in the tax year ending in 2020, spending $124,092,367.
It is one of 440 not-for-profit organizations registered in Arkansas.
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 | St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center | $12,634,135 |
| 2 | CHI St. Vincent Medical Group Hot Springs | $12,376,401 |
| 3 | Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities | $10,899,762 |
| 4 | Arkansas Children's, Inc. | $6,647,771 |
| 5 | St. Vincent Medical Group | $6,624,391 |
| 6 | Arkansas Children's Hospital | $5,222,179 |
| 7 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center | $4,343,138 |
| 8 | Heifer Project International | $3,516,537 |
| 9 | Arkansas Children's Medical Group, PLLC | $3,407,670 |
| 10 | Arkansas Colleges of Health Education | $3,176,716 |
| Executives | Salary |
|---|---|
| Pierre Ferrari | $459,810 |
| Robert Bloom | $210,290 |
| Hilary Haddigan | $205,877 |
| Martha Hirpa | $186,332 |
| Mahendra Lohani | $184,946 |
| Christy Moore | $177,479 |
| Gretchen Villegas | $160,372 |
| Oscar Castaneda | $158,485 |
| Stephanie Brown | $145,219 |
| Chad Avery | $141,116 |
| Michelle Dusek-Izaguirre | $135,540 |
| Julie Wood | $135,284 |
| Hervil Cherubin | $135,037 |
| Marleen New | $132,530 |
| Holly Derheim | $130,551 |
| Marcia Rasmussen | $129,311 |
| Jesus Pizarro Rodriguez | $128,488 |
| John Gill | $128,469 |
| Stephanie Chesher | $127,264 |
| Constance George | $125,094 |
| Kimberly Ahlgrim | $110,365 |
| Malcom Norman | $68,678 |
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