Twenty pubcasters are included in The Chronicle of Philanthropy's executive compe= nsation survey for the nation's top foundations and charities. F= igures reflected end of fiscal 2008. The Chronicle's survey examined= 325 organizations that are among those raising the most money from private= sources in 2008, as well as grant makers holding the largest assets. Forme= r NPR C.E.O. Kenneth Stern, who departed in 2008, is atop the pubcasting li= st, receiving $1,319,541 as part of his four-year contract. Another former = exec, PBS C.O.O. Wayne Godwin, who served from 2000 to 2008, was paid $398,= 063. Current PBS C.E.O. Paula Kerger, $534,500, up from $424,209 at end of = fiscal 2007. Rounding out the list, in descending order: Laura Walker, c.e.= o. of WNYC Radio, $474,808; Al Jerome, KCET president, $426,688; Jeff Clark= e, c.e.o., Northern California Public Broadcasting, $406,501; Neal Shapiro,= WNET president, $400,570; Sharon Percy Rockefeller, WETA president, $391,9= 04; Thomas Conway, WNET v.p., $374,321; Daniel Schmidt, WTTW president, $34= 7,491; William Kling, Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media presiden= t, $347,217; Jonathan Abbott, WGBH president, $337,870; Jon McTaggart, MPR/= APR c.e.o., $313,967; Joseph Bruns, WETA executive v.p., $303,108; Linda O'= Bryon, Northern California Public Broadcasting chief content officer, $282,= 360; Paula Apsell, senior exec producer at WGBH, $278,209; Dean Cappello, c= hief creative officer, WNYC Radio, $272,072; Deborah Hinton, KCET exec v.p.= , $251,446; Dennis Haarsager, NPR interim c.e.o., $219,369; and Reese Marcu= sson, WTTW c.f.o., $214,397. Some 30 percent of the country's nonprofit lea= ders took a pay cut this year, according to the Chronicle. Median compensation for chief executives at the o= rganizations surveyed was $361,538. The highest paid nonprofit exec is Jame= s J. Mongan of Partners HealthCare System in Boston, whose compensation in = 2008 topped $2.7 million, a 99 percent increase over his 2007 pay.

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