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Salary Survey 2017: Daniel Grossman Of Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco

Location: San Francisco, CA

Category: Federation

Danny Grossman

CEO

The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco is among the 20 largest federations in the United States. Having grown out of Jewish communal fundraising efforts established in the early 20th century, the Federation’s work is guided by the Jewish values of tzedakah (charitable giving), kehilla (community) and tikkun olam (repairing the world). It aims to foster community among Bay Area Jews, raise funds to support the community’s organizations and initiatives, and mobilize to address issues facing the Jewish community locally and internationally.

Organization Website | Guidestar Page

Danny Grossman is the CEO and president of the Jewish Federation of San Francisco, as well as the founder and CEO of SLOW Food for Fast Lives. He served in the U.S. Foreign Service as a diplomat overseas and at the Department of State for seven years. Prior to that Danny spearheaded a national grassroots marketing campaign for the nonprofit organization Ground Zero, and served as a legislative aide to Congressman James Coyne in Washington, D.C. Danny holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and received his B.A. in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University.

2016

Institution Revenue: $130,282,883

Institution Total Expenses: $103,726,498

Employees: 120

Salary: $449,75025

2014

Institution Revenue: $163,764,782

Institution Total Expenses: $95,313,460

Employees: 129

Salary: $352,7229

Overpaid by: 26%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish federation 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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