philanthropy.org | 990 Resource | FAQ Verify your organization Sign in
MF
Person · officer / director

Margaret Franklin CFA

Pres & CEO & Resrch Fdn Bd Mem · Cfa Institute

Pres & CEO & Resrch Fdn Bd Mem at Cfa Institute. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

This is me
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.4M

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
●
Reported as Pres & CEO & Resrch Fdn Bd Mem of Cfa Institute, based in Charlottesvle, VA.
●
Received $1.4M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
●
Also listed as Board Member of Cfa Institute Research Foundation, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Margaret Franklin, CFA, serves as CEO and President of the CFA Institute since September 2019, making her the first woman to hold this role. She previously served as Chair of the CFA Board of Governors in 2011 and has been instrumental in advancing the institute's global reach and mission in investment management.

She announced her retirement effective March 1, 2026.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
September 2019 - March 2026 (CEO and President)

Verify independently

Find them online

Primary links to check this person directly — their own pages, not an aggregator.

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Cfa Institute Pres & CEO & Resrch Fdn Bd Mem · $462.9M revenue · Charlottesvle, VASEE STATEMENT Opay $559K → $1.4MFiled FY2023, FY2022, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.4Mreported comp
Cfa Institute Research Foundation Board Member · $2.4M revenue · Charlottesvle, VASEE SCHEDULE OFiled FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

P
Former President & CEO · FY2019
$1.7M
M
Pres & CEO & Resrch Fdn Bd Mem · FY2024
$1.4M
A
Chief Fin & Risk Officer (exit 8/21) · FY2021
$838K
G
Managing Dir. (exit 5/2021) · FY2021
$725K
N
Managing Director · FY2023
$684K
M
Managing Director · FY2024
$679K
S
Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$632K
P
Managing Director · FY2024
$621K
M
Managing Director · FY2023
$603K
S
Managing Dir. (exit 3/2021) · FY2021
$598K
C
Managing Director · FY2024
$590K
S
Managing Director · FY2024
$564K

Network

Recommendations

Written by other verified members of the network — visible once you're a verified person yourself.

Loading…

The names, titles, and financial information shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records. More

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown. A filing can only be corrected by the organization filing an amended return with the IRS; the corrected information appears here at our next update.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing, and less than the filing contains. Our pages do not display home addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, contact the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org

Featured nonprofit jobs

All nonprofit jobs → · Hiring? Post a job →