Silicon Valley is one of the nation’s most expensive locales and home to dozens of nonprofit organizations, which need to keep up with costs of living.
Last year, San José Spotlight examined the most recent Form 990 public tax filings for some of Silicon Valley’s biggest direct service nonprofits. After receiving feedback from readers, we reviewed dozens more nonprofits headquartered locally.
This list includes a broader group of nonprofits headquartered in Santa Clara County and shows the 15 highest executive salaries. Some of these nonprofits provide services beyond the county.
Pacific Clinics, which merged with Uplift Family Services, had the highest paid top executive, Darrell Evora, who received a salary of $635,035 in fiscal year 2021-22. The nonprofit operates clinics across California and runs on a $147 million budget.
Experts emphasized the importance of providing fair and competitive wages to nonprofit employees, which can be over scrutinized.
“It goes to this notion that we all have in the back of our heads, that when you’re doing nonprofit work, you shouldn’t be paid for that,” CalNonprofit CEO Geoff Green previously told San José Spotlight. “That’s a really toxic, dangerous notion in my opinion.”
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