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The 10 highest-paid nonprofit executives in South Dakota

Sanford Group Return of Sanford tops the list with $15.4 million in total compensation, counting pay from related organizations, about 200 times the $77K that the best-paid person at a typical South Dakota nonprofit earns. 58 people at South Dakota nonprofits were paid $1 million or more.

Top pay
$15.4 million
Typical top pay
$77K
median, best-paid person per organization
Paid $1 million or more
58

The list

Total compensation reported on Form 990 Part VII: pay from the organization and its related organizations, plus other compensation.

  1. 1Sanford Group ReturnSee Schedule O - Hce · Sanford$15.4M
  2. 2Sanford Group ReturnSee Schedule O - Key Employee · Sanford$12.7M
  3. 3Sanford Group ReturnSee Schedule O - Officer · Sanford$9.6M
  4. 4Bill GassenTrustee, President & CEO · Sanford Health Foundation$5M
  5. 5William Brunner MDPhysician · Sanford$3.3M
  6. 6Adam Stys MDPhysician · Sanford$3.3M
  7. 7Matt HocksDirector (End 5/24) · The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society$3.1M
  8. 8Ray Jensen MDPhysician - Orthopedic Surgery · Monument Health Network Inc$3M
  9. 9Tomasz Stys MDPhysician · Sanford$3M
  10. 10Eric Belanger MDPhysician · Sanford$2.9M

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