Study: Nonprofit Employees Still Vexed by Compensation Issues

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January 15, 2013 — Even though nonprofit careers are shaped more by employees’ commitment to mission and less by financial considerations, compensation remains a nagging issue for many sector employees, with nearly one-half having considered leaving their organization for better compensation elsewhere, a new study has found.

New GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report Reveals Struggling Economy Continued to Affect Nonprofit CEO Compensation in FY 2010 - MarketWatch

New GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report Reveals Struggling Economy Continued to Affect Nonprofit CEO Compensation in FY 2010 - MarketWatch: uideStar--the leading source of nonprofit information--today published its 2012 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report, the only large-scale analysis of its kind that relies exclusively on data reported to the IRS. Between 2009 and 2010, increases for incumbent CEO compensation started to creep back up at larger organizations, though still below levels seen before the economic meltdown. At organizations with expenses of $1 million or less, compensation increases were lower than during the period between 2008 and 2009

N.Y. Nonprofit Pay Study Could Put Governor and Donors at Odds - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

N.Y. Nonprofit Pay Study Could Put Governor and Donors at Odds - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: N.Y. Nonprofit Pay Study Could Put Governor and Donors at Odds

August 29, 2011, 10:00 am

New York’s examination of executive salaries at state-financed charities could put Gov. Andrew Cuomo on what the New York Daily News terms a “collision course” with several big donors to his campaign.

The newspaper lists several nonprofit health-care executives who earned more than $1-million in 2009 and have given between $12,000 and $67,000 to Cuomo campaigns since 2007.

40% of Northern Calif. Nonprofits Won’t Offer Raises This Year - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

40% of Northern Calif. Nonprofits Won’t Offer Raises This Year - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Nonprofit organizations in Northern California are still struggling to increase their workers’ pay, according to a new report. About 41 percent of the 341 organizations that provided data said they had not increased their salary budgets at all this year.

Among groups that had increased their salary budgets, the median increase was 2 percent, meaning that half rose by more than that and half grew by less."

Median foundation salary totals $70,000 | Philanthropy Journal

Median foundation salary totals $70,000 | Philanthropy Journal: "The median salary at U.S. foundations totaled $70,000 in 2010, a new report says."

Gender pay gap is smaller in the third sector, says research - Third Sector

Gender pay gap is smaller in the third sector, says research - Third Sector: "Women make up more than two-thirds of the third sector workforce and suffer from less of a gender pay gap than they do in the private and public sectors, according to a briefing paper published by the Third Sector Research Centre this week.

The paper, Women's Leadership, Employment and Participation in the Third Sector and Social Enterprises, says women account for 67 per cent of third sector employees, compared with 64 per cent in the public sector and 40 per cent in the private sector."

Thinking of a Career in Culture? Here's De Montebello's Payout - September 18, 2007 - The New York Sun

Thinking of a Career in Culture? Here's De Montebello's Payout - September 18, 2007 - The New York Sun: "Museum leadership has become a kind of star system, in which a small group of directors can pull in seven-figure bonuses from boards eager to hang onto the talent. Last year, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philippe de Montebello, received a $3.25 million one-time payment as a reward for having stayed at the museum through his 70th birthday. His total compensation for the year was $4,557,342, making him the top earner in the Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual survey of nonprofit executive compensation, beating out presidents of major hospitals and universities."

Study: gender gap in wages of nonprofit directors | www.tucsoncitizen.com ®

Study: gender gap in wages of nonprofit directors | www.tucsoncitizen.com ®: "A study of nonprofit executives' salaries, which includes Pima County for the first time, found a gender gap here, with women executive directors paid about 20 percent less than men.
The 2007 study by Arizona State University's Center for Nonprofit Leadership Management reviewed wages and benefits for all categories of workers at nonprofits in Maricopa and Pima counties."