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James H Shelton

Chief Investment and Impact Officer · Blue Meridian Partners INC

Chief Investment and Impact Officer at Blue Meridian Partners INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$779K
Others who share this name
1

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Reported as Chief Investment and Impact Officer of Blue Meridian Partners INC, based in New York, NY.
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Received $779K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Biography Web-sourced

James H. Shelton III is Chief Executive Officer of Blue Meridian Partners (since March 2025), where he oversees the organization's mission to increase impact and reach for social sector leaders.

A veteran of education policy and philanthropy, he previously served as President and Chief Investment & Impact Officer, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, and Head of Education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and founded My Brother's Keeper.

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CEO since March 2025
Education
  • Computer Science) · Morehouse College (BA
  • MEd) · Stanford University (MBA

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Organizations

Blue Meridian Partners INC Chief Investment and Impact Officer · $353.3M revenue · New York, NYBLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS (BMP) FINDS AND FUNDS SCALABLE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT TRAP AMERICA'S YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN POVERTY AND LIMIT ECONOMIC…pay $740K → $779KFiled FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$779Kreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named James H Shelton

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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James H Shelton 1 organization · Houston, TXPassages INC

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CEO · FY2024
$1.4M
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Chief Investment and Impact Officer · FY2024
$1.0M
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Business Officer & Treasurer · FY2024
$775K
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Senior Advisor (from 8/8/2022) · FY2021
$668K
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Chief Stragetic Development Officer · FY2024
$640K
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Man. Dir. Portfolio Strategy & Mgmt · FY2024
$635K
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Treasurer / Secretary / CFO · FY2021
$632K
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Develop. Off./Chief Govern. Off. · FY2023
$615K
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Chief Development Officer · FY2020
$614K
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Secretary, CFO (until 10/17/22) · FY2022
$612K
C
Admin. Officer (until 6/30/23) · FY2022
$609K
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Man. Dir. Portfolio Strategy & Mgmt · FY2024
$609K

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