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N Clay Robbins

Chairman&CEO · Lilly Endowment INC

Chairman&CEO at Lilly Endowment INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$1.2M
Others who share this name
2

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
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Reported as Chairman&CEO of Lilly Endowment INC, based in Indianapolis, IN.
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Received $1.2M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

N. Clay Robbins is Chairman and CEO of Lilly Endowment Inc., where he has served since 1993 and held the CEO role since 2012.

A Wabash College graduate and lawyer trained at Vanderbilt University School of Law, he oversees the nation's second-largest private foundation with over $62 billion in assets.

Compiled from public web sources (6 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
Employee since 1993; CEO since 2012
Education
  • 1979) · Wabash College (Religion major1979
  • Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D.)

Affiliations

Organizations

Lilly Endowment INC Chairman&CEO · $5.1B revenue · Indianapolis, INpay $1.1M → $1.2MFiled FY2025, FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.2Mreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named N Clay Robbins

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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N Clay Robbins 1 organization · Indianapolis, INUnited Way of Central Indiana INC
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N Clay Robbins 1 organization · Indianapolis, INCentral Indiana Corporate Partnership INC

Network

Serves alongside

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

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President · FY2025
$875K
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VP Secy & GC · FY2025
$525K
P
VP Invest&Gm · FY2025
$508K
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VP Religion · FY2025
$508K
D
VP&Treasurer · FY2025
$508K
R
VP Cmty Dev · FY2025
$480K
T
VP Education · FY2025
$480K
J
Vpevaluation · FY2025
$332K
C
Director · FY2025
$52K
J
Director · FY2025
$52K
M
Director · FY2025
$52K
D
Director · FY2025
$48K

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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