Foundation Portrait: Demographics and Compensation - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

Foundation Portrait: Demographics and Compensation - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: The release of the 2011 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Report by the Council on Foundations is an occasion for the world of operating charities to see how they stack up to grantmakers in terms of staffing and compensation. Since the failed passage of the Charitable Giving Act of 2003, which would have established some parameters on private foundations’ administrative expenditures and compensation of foundation trustees, foundation compensation practices haven’t gotten much attention in the mainstream press.