Scott D. Pulsipher earned $964,616 from Western Governors University by working 40 hours a week in 2020.
Salt Lake City-based Western Governors University amassed $922,496,445 in revenue in the tax year ending in 2020, spending $882,462,909.
There are 484 not-for-profit organizations registered in Utah.
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.”
Top 10 not-for-profit executives by total salary in Utah in 2020
| Rank | Executives | Not-for-profit Organization | Total salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott D. Pulsipher | Western Governors University | $964,616 |
| 2 | Robert Mendenhall | Western Governors University | $952,750 |
| 3 | Patrick Partridge | Western Governors University | $655,953 |
| 4 | David Grow | Western Governors University | $564,640 |
| 5 | John Blake | Uintah Basin Medical Center | $533,840 |
| 6 | Marni Baker-Stein | Western Governors University | $511,266 |
| 7 | Sean Paulsen | Uintah Basin Medical Center | $480,816 |
| 8 | David Morales | Western Governors University | $438,787 |
| 9 | Kerith Putnam | Sundance Institute | $435,488 |
| 10 | Alan C. Sparrow | Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School | $433,982 |
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