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The highest-paid people, the vendors paid most, the charities with the most money in the bank, and more. Straight from the filings, each with its tax year and coverage window.

Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Launch scope: filings from organizations reporting at least $10,000,000 in revenue or $50,000,000 in assets that year. Every board's exact rule is on its page and on the Data page.

The boards

  1. Highest-paid people “The Corner Office”
    The largest total compensation reported for one person on one filing, per person per tax year.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 950,627 rows
    Top: Kelby Krabbenholt $44,353,819, 2020; Kelby Krabbenhoft $44,353,819, 2020; Roger Goodell $44,183,000, 2012
  2. Highest-paid vendors “Invoice Royalty”
    The largest payments to independent contractors, as listed by the paying organization.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 1,043,616 rows
    Top: KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS $27,159,027,043, 2024; KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS $23,955,495,645, 2023; KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS $22,798,429,541, 2022
  3. Cash reserves in years of spending “Dragon Hoard”
    How many years the organization could keep spending at this year's rate from what it holds.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 376,319 rows
    Top: HARVARD MANAGEMENT PRIVATE EQUITY CORPORATION 9,598.1 yrs, 2024; KAISER FOUND HEALTH PLAN INC RETIREE HEALTH & WELFARE PLAN TR 2,576.0 yrs, 2015; POINT32HEALTH INC 2,383.2 yrs, 2021
  4. Fundraising cost per dollar raised “The Most Expensive Dollar”
    What it cost to raise each dollar of contributions.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 146,059 rows
    Top: ONESHARE HEALTH LLC $19.19, 2022; JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL ENDOWMENT FUND INCORPORATED $10.58, 2019; COPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC $10.20, 2024
  5. Highest single salary at organizations with under $1M revenue “Small Org, Big Check”
    The best-paid person at organizations that took in less than $1 million that year.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 2,226 rows
    Top: Bernard Tyson $35,479,539, 2019; James Skogsbergh $30,862,679, 2024; Eugene Woods $18,576,902, 2023
  6. Biggest year-over-year jumps “Biggest Swings”
    Revenue or one person's pay at least ten times the year before.
    tax years 2010 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 4,590 rows
    Top: RED GATES FOUNDATION 5,332.0x, 2022; SUMMIT FOUNDATION 4,470.6x, 2023; THE TELLURAY FOUNDATION 2,803.4x, 2015
  7. Large revenue, one employee or none “Phantom Staff”
    Organizations with at least $5 million in revenue that report one employee or none.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 49,391 rows
    Top: FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $30,633,210,968, 2024; FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $19,858,151,933, 2021; FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND $18,985,204,861, 2023
  8. Organizations with nearly identical names “Lookalikes”
    Large organizations that share a name, or almost, with other organizations.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 3,509 rows
    Top: AMERICAN LEGION 1.00, 2024; ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 1.00, 2024; LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC 1.00, 2024
  9. Vendors paid by many organizations “Everybody's Contractor”
    Contractors listed by 3 or more different organizations in the same tax year.
    tax years 2009 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 43,607 rows
    Top: SODEXO INC & AFFILIATES 191, 2019; SODEXO INC & AFFILIATES 188, 2018; SODEXO INC & AFFILIATES 187, 2017
  10. Loans between organizations and insiders “In-House Lending”
    Loans to or from officers, directors, key employees and other interested persons, by balance due.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 71,747 rows
    Top: GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY $1,159,912,419, 2020; GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY $1,069,912,419, 2018; CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHEREDUCATION INC $431,000,000, 2012
  11. Foundations paying out right at the legal minimum “Hugging the Floor”
    Private foundations whose qualifying distributions came to 5.0% to 5.2% of their investment assets for 5 or more years in a row.
    tax years 2017 to 2021, e-filed returns only; 3 rows
    Top: HALL-PERRINE FOUNDATION 8, 2017; DEKKO FOUNDATION INC 6, 2021; EULA MAE AND JOHN BAUGH FOUNDATION 5, 2020
  12. Largest grant went to an organization sharing a board member “Funding Loops”
    Grantmakers whose biggest grant of the year went to an organization where one of their own people also served that year.
    tax years 2009 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 28,705 rows
    Top: GATES FOUNDATION TRUST $8,096,000,000, 2024; UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC $7,632,896,943, 2021; CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION THERAPEUTICS INC $3,180,372,057, 2014
  13. Contractors at the organization's address or with an insider's name “Close to Home”
    Independent contractors listed at the paying organization's own address, or with the same name as a person on the same filing.
    tax years 2008 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 12,285 rows
    Top: INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION OF WNY $1,111,614,121, 2024; INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE ASSOCIATION OF WNY $1,052,238,421, 2016; INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE ASSOCIATION OF WNY $1,048,135,644, 2015
  14. Donor-advised fund sponsors, A to Z “Who Holds the Funds”
    Every organization whose returns say it maintains donor-advised funds, in alphabetical order, with its latest reported figures.
    tax years 2009 to 2025, e-filed returns only; 6,279 rows
    Top: 100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC -, 2019; 100X HARVEST INC $32,516, 2019; 197-201 ROEBLING STREET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATION -, 2012

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