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How Much Are Jewish Federation Leaders Making?

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By Steven Davidson December 11, 2017

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The federation system encompasses hundreds of executives around the country. The Jewish Federation of North America designates 16 federations in the United States in a special “large city” category. Here’s financial information for those top agencies.

How much are CEOs making at Jewish federations? Click on each entry for more information.

Rank
Executive
Organization
2016 Salary (1predecessor’s salary | 22017 figure | 32015 figure)
1
Marc Terrill
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
$664,489
2
Gerrald Silverman
Jewish Federations of North America
$636,559
3
Barry Shrage
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
$634,572
4
Steve Nasatir
Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago
$564,955
5
Stephen Hoffman
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
$546,515
6
Eric Goldstein
UJA Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York
$530,000
7
Jay Sanderson
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles
$525,594
8
Jacob Solomon
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
$519,436
9
Matthew Levin
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
$507,430
10
Gil Preuss
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
$487,4501
11
Daniel Grossman
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco
$449,7502
12
Naomi Adler
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
$432,199
13
Jeffrey Finkelstein
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh
$351,7981
14
Dov Ben-Shimon
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey
$352,236
15
Scott Kaufman
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
$323,065
16
Eric Robbins
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
$308,5781

You can check out the figures in the other subcategories as well as the full list in our tables below:

For a deeper analysis of the gender gap evident in this data, see here.

For reporting on some of the highest earners at Jewish not-for-profit organizations, see here.

For a breakdown of our methodology, see here.

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