According to a well-known job search and review website, the national average salary for a nonprofit Executive Director in the US is $80,000.
GuideStar offers a 2020 Nonprofit Compensation Report including compensation analysis for 14 executive leadership positions such as CEOs and CFOs, for $399 for a single user. GuideStar also has a free whitepaper titled “What You Need to Know about Nonprofit Executive Compensation” which addresses questions like:
- What does the IRS allow tax-exempt organizations to pay their executives?
- What happens if the IRS determines that a nonprofit leader has been overpaid?
- What kinds of data should nonprofit executive compensation be based on?
Open990.org is making their in-depth nonprofit compensation dataset based on IRS data available to nonprofits free for non-commercial use only, with attribution to Open990.org. This is a great source for data-driven compensation decision-making. Contact info@open990.org for further information.
This dataset includes job titles, hours, positions, and 19 compensation metrics, and covers officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees. It includes:
- Data from the most recent electronically-filed Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, and Schedule J filings
- Individual-level data in spreadsheet format make it easy for you to search, sort, and answer the questions important to your organization
- Analysis by geography, cause area, assets, and more
Learn more about the Executive Director position in the Executive Director Training on Monday, January 25.