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Brandeis University

Location: Waltham, MA

Category: Religion or Education

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Founded in 1948, Brandeis University is a private research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Mass. It is the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored college or university in the country; according to Hillel, 50% of the 3,588 undergraduate students are Jewish. Brandeis has four graduate schools, including the Brandeis International Business School.

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Ronald D. Liebowitz became Brandeis University’s ninth president on July 1, 2016. The former president of Middlebury College, Liebowitz is a recognized administrative leader in higher education whose academic scholarship has centered on political geography, Russia, and higher education. The Brandeis salary posted is for his immediate predecessor, Lisa Lynch, who served as interim president before Liebowitz’s arrival last year. A New York City native, Liebowitz served as Middlebury’s president from 2004-15. In all, he spent 32 years as a professor of geography and Russian studies at Middlebury, including seven as provost, from 1997-2004.

2016

Institution Revenue: $344,030,000

Institution Total Expenses: $342,860,000

Employees: 5,418

Salary: $457,649⁹

2014

Institution Revenue: $445,602,259

Institution Total Expenses: $416,175,025

Employees: 5,447

Salary: $844,722⁹

Overpaid by: 31%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other religion and education leaders, see here.

¹ _{Interim head of organization}

² _{Data from 2012}

³ _{Data from 2011}

⁴ _{Data from 2010}

⁵ _{Data from 2009}

⁶ _{Data from 2008}

⁷ _{Data from 2007}

⁸ _{Includes payment from SWC Museum Corp.}

⁹ _{Predecessor’s salary}

¹⁰ _{Partial year}

¹¹ _{Not a 501(c)3}

¹² _Annualized

¹³ _{Position currently vacant}

¹⁴ _{As per Form 990, JNF declined to comment}

¹⁵ _{Base salary}

¹⁶ _{Data from president-elect period}

¹⁷ _{2010 Employees}

¹⁸ _{Legally exempt from public disclosure of salary}

¹⁹ _{Highest paid professional, not CEO}

²⁰ _{Paid from two related organizations}

²¹ _{Data from 2013}

²² _{Data from 2014}

²³ _{Data from 2015}

²⁴ _{Includes a one-time honorarium of $55,000}

²⁵ _{Data from 2017}

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