StarTribune.com
np100
Visit infoCenter  |  Track local home sales, public salaries and more
Star Tribune Nonprofit 100

The Star Tribune nonprofit 100 is a measure of the largest nonprofit organizations in Minnesota ranked by revenue. Data presented also includes the company's total expenses for the year, the ratio of expenses to revenues, the excess of revenues over expenses and the total compensation of the organization's top executive.

Nonprofits, charities and charitable trusts registered with the state must file IRS Form 990 with the Minnesota attorney general's office each year. Most of the financial information for organizations on our list was taken from their 2006 Form 990s or from audited financial statements.

The Star Tribune's list includes the top officer and that person's total compensation, including salary, contributions to employee-benefit plans and deferred compensation, plus expense accounts and other allowances.

CAUTION Trouble ahead

The recession of 2008 has hit nonprofits harder and faster than previous recessions. At the same time they are facing decreased donation they are being asked to cut budgets and expenses in 2009. The nonprofit sector reports financial information on a slower yearly cycle than private companies do, so the Star Tribune's annual Nonprofit 100 survey relies on the most recent information reported by Minnesota nonprofits. For most organizations on this year's list, that's 2007 - the calm before the storm. Overall, most of the state's largest nonprofits appeared strong as they headed into toughest economy in decades.

More Minnesota business projects:  Top 100 companies  |  Highest-paid CEOs

CEO compensation
Highlight industries Social Overlay Health Overlay Arts Overlay Education Overlay Other Overlay
Executive Company 2007 Rank (revenue) 2007 total compensation
(000s)
2006 total compensation
(000s)
1-year percent change Compensation as percent of expense
see more
Peter Person Essentia Health 8 1,452.0 1,361.7 6.6 0.1
see more
Mary Brainerd
*
HealthPartners 4 1,423.8 1,288.1 10.5 0.0
see more
Mark Banks
*
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
*
1 1,388.5 1,671.8 -16.9 0.0
see more
David Tilford Medica
*
3 1,330.8 1,209.3 10.1 0.0
see more
Denis Cortese Mayo Clinic 2 1,313.2 1,171.1 12.1 0.0
see more
Richard Pettingill
*
Allina Health System
*
5 1,265.1 1,409.3 -10.2 0.0
see more
Alan Goldbloom Children's Hospitals and Clinics 13 1,105.6 990.5 11.6 0.2
see more
David Wessner Park Nicollet Health Services 7 1,007.8 972.4 3.6 0.1
see more
Timothy Hanson
*
HealthEast 10 935.0 1,065.8 -12.3 0.1
see more
Terence Pladson CentraCare Corp. 11 901.1 831.9 8.3 0.1
see more
David Page
*
Fairview Health Services 6 862.1 1,122.9 -23.2 0.0
see more
David Cress North Memorial Health Care 12 834.3 764.9 9.1 0.1
see more
Taige Thornton Northstar Education Finance Inc. 14 779.5 739.7 5.4 0.2
see more
Joe Dowling Guthrie Theater Foundation 95 682.3 530.5 28.6 2.5
see more
Jeffrey Chell National Marrow Donor Program 20 661.7 488.5 35.5 0.4
see more
William Kling
*
American Public Media Group 24 628.2 629.1 -0.1 0.5
see more
Margaret Perryman Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare 27 580.5 611.5 -5.1 0.5
see more
Robert Oden Carleton College 21 578.7 582.9 -0.7 0.3
see more
Donald Jacobs Hennepin Faculty Associates 25 570.5 544.9 4.7 0.5
see more
Catherine Rydell American Academy of Neurology 94 554.0 557.4 -0.6 2.0
see more
John Strange St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth 16 526.3 468.3 12.4 0.2
see more
Ellen Breyer Hazelden Foundation 35 520.0 496.4 4.8 0.5
see more
Nancy Feldman UCare 9 493.2 443.0 11.3 0.0
see more
Brian Rosenberg Macalester College 22 489.1 451.7 8.3 0.3
see more
James D'Angelo
*
Nexus 69 446.2 286.7 55.6 1.1
see more
Linda Hanson Hamline University 33 436.6 307.5 42.0 0.4
see more
James Hanko
*
North Country Health Services 37 428.1 421.8 1.5 0.5
see more
Daniel Lindh Presbyterian Homes and Services 18 417.1 351.2 18.8 0.2
see more
John Gulla Blake School, The 73 407.1 368.5 10.5 1.0
see more
William Griswold
*
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
*
61 404.8 404.8 0.0 0.8
see more
Jeffrey Robertson Stillwater Health System, dba Lakeview Health 23 402.8 420.3 -4.2 0.3
see more
Don Berglund Memorial Blood Centers 81 392.3 389.9 0.6 1.1
see more
Rachelle Schultz
*
Winona Health
*
45 376.8 321.1 17.4 0.5
see more
Rev. Dennis Dease University of St. Thomas 15 370.0 289.1 28.0 0.1
see more
Carl Vaagenes Unity Family Healthcare 59 355.2 321.3 10.5 0.7
see more
Eric Jolly Science Museum of Minnesota 85 351.5 286.9 22.5 1.1
see more
MaryAnn Baenninger College of Saint Benedict 41 345.3 292.5 18.1 0.4
see more
Samuel Salas Breck School 64 345.1 373.2 -7.5 0.7
see more
Dan McCormick
*
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital 49 343.8 326.6 5.3 0.5
see more
Susan Raether Upper Midwest Organ Procurement Organization Inc. 97 340.0 313.8 8.4 1.3
see more
Kathryn Roberts Ecumen 29 331.2 315.6 4.9 0.3
see more
Timothy Tucker Augustana Care Corp.
*
47 329.8 310.2 6.3 0.5
see more
Roy Yawn Olmsted Medical Center 26 326.8 258.1 26.6 0.3
see more
James Peterson
*
Gustavus Adolphus College 34 325.8 307.0 6.1 0.3
see more
George Brushaber Bethel University 28 322.4 264.9 21.7 0.3
see more
Charles Gould
*
Volunteers of America Care Facilities 58 316.1   - 0.5
see more
James Pagliarini Twin Cities Public Television 98 309.5 349.8 -11.5 1.2
see more
Larry Goodwin College of St. Scholastica 46 304.8 291.2 4.7 0.4
see more
Tim Rice Lakewood Health System 51 303.0 284.0 6.7 0.5
see more
Bruce Kahn Sholom Community Alliance
*
72 302.4 248.3 21.8 0.8
see more
Robert Dahl Elim Care Inc.
*
42 293.8 263.0 11.7 0.4
see more
Clifford Stanley Scholarship America 31 292.8 264.5 10.7 0.3
see more
Anthony Woodcock
*
Minnesota Orchestral Association 75 288.6 338.0 -14.6 0.8
see more
Roby Thompson University of Minnesota Physicians 17 288.3 258.7 11.4 0.1
see more
Dennis Miley Tri-County Hospital Inc. 77 281.6 219.9 28.1 0.8
see more
John Rau Stevens Community Medical Center 82 281.3 268.6 4.7 0.8
see more
Jan Malcolm Courage Center 78 277.1 273.5 1.3 0.8
see more
Lynn Starkovich Walker Methodist 62 275.0 244.8 12.3 0.5
see more
Robert Stevens Ridgeview Medical Center 32 274.0 273.0 0.4 0.2
see more
Nina Archabal Minnesota Historical Society 67 265.6 255.4 4.0 0.6
see more
Allen Easley William Mitchell College of Law 89 264.8 248.1 6.7 0.9
see more
Paul Pribbenow Augsburg College 43 254.6   - 0.3
see more
Alan Cureton Northwestern College 48 247.0 236.2 4.6 0.3
see more
Pamela Jolicoeur Concordia College 30 243.0 243.0 0.0 0.2
see more
Jon Braband Glencoe Regional Health Services 63 233.8 222.3 5.2 0.5
see more
Mark Zeigler Northwestern Health Services University 99 233.7 254.2 -8.0 0.9
see more
Ric Neetenbeek Minnesota Masonic Charities
*
40 227.5 195.9 16.2 0.3
see more
Mark Wilson Regina Medical Center 53 226.0 215.6 4.8 0.4
see more
John (Steve) Bjorum FirstSolutions 39 225.1 314.9 -28.5 0.3
see more
Paul Pentel
*
Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation 100 218.1 216.3 0.8 0.9
see more
Howard Vincent Pheasants Forever Inc. 87 211.5 215.9 -2.0 0.7
see more
Robert Inhoff
*
American Baptist Homes of the Midwest
*
54 206.2 238.4 -13.5 0.3
see more
Rick Breuer Community Memorial Hospital Association 74 206.0 166.4 23.8 0.5
see more
Debra Boardman Riverview Healthcare Association 71 203.6 194.6 4.6 0.5
see more
Mary Klimp Queen of Peace Hospital 88 196.7 184.1 6.9 0.6
see more
Peter Jacobson
*
Lake Region Healthcare Corp. 56 175.4   - 0.3
see more
Barbara Rode St. Therese Home Inc. 91 165.6 145.5 13.8 0.6
see more
Robert Holst Concordia University 70 163.4 166.6 -1.9 0.4
see more
Keith Okeson Roseau Area Hospital and Homes Inc. 86 162.5   - 0.5
see more
Nicolas Stoneman Shattuck-St. Mary's School 96 161.7 140.0 15.5 0.6
see more
David Anderson St. Olaf College 19 156.3   - 0.1
see more
Ben Koppelman St. Joseph's Area Health Services 80 149.3   - 0.4
see more
Louis DeThomasis FSC
*
St. Mary's University of Minnesota 52     - 0.0
see more
Andrea Lee, IHM
*
College of Saint Catherine, The 36     - 0.0
see more
Dietrich Reinhart
*
St. John's University
*
38     - -
see more
Beth Lewis
*
Augsburg Fortress Publishers 60     - -

Definitions

Revenue - includes program sales, fees and government contracts (such as Medicare payments); government grants; investment income and charitable contributions.
2006 rank - revenue rank of the organization
1-year percent changeÊ - percentage change in revenue or expensesÊfrom previous fiscal year.
Expenses - includes costs for program services, management costs and fundraising costs.
Expense ratio - Expenses divided by revenue. Ratios of more than 100 percent indicate that expenses exceed revenue.
Excess - the excess of revenues over expenses
Total compensation - includes salary, contributions to benefit plans and other allowances.
NA - Not available. NM - Not meaningful.