William Moon

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

William Moon

William Moon is Carnegie Corporation of New York’s vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), responsible for working with senior management and the endowment’s in-house investment team to oversee all accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting.

Prior to joining the Corporation, he served as CFO at the Russell Sage Foundation for four years, the latest in a series of strategic financial management positions he has held in the nonprofit sector. Moon is an active member of the Foundation Financial Officers Group (FFOG), a nonprofit membership organization of financial and investment officers of large private foundations, serving as chair of its tech council as well as cochair of the compensation survey.

Before assuming the CFO position at the Russell Sage Foundation, Moon held financial and accounting roles at nonprofits such as the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, the College Board, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. A certified public accountant, he began his career as a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with a wide range of for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations.

Moon earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA at Binghamton University–State University of New York.

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