You Ask Your Donors for More Money All the Time – Why Don’t You Ask Your Boss? - Resource Center - AFP

You Ask Your Donors for More Money All the Time – Why Don’t You Ask Your Boss? - Resource Center - AFP: "The point is that you are perfecting the art and science of asking. It seems like time for a promotion, or for a raise—to be paid what you are worth. That ask, though, you’re not going to make. In fact, you freeze when you think about it. It’s just not done; people don’t ask for raises in nonprofits. Instead, you keep doing your job, and start to feel under-valued."



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massnonprofit news ::Mass. Fundraisers Earn More than Their U.S. Counterparts

massnonprofit news ::: "uly 28, 2015 — While salaries for professional fundraisers in the United States last year remained about the same as the year before, Massachusetts fundraisers, on average, earn more than those in the Northeast or the country as a whole, according to newly released findings.

Average pay across the country in 2014 was $75,913, less than 1% higher than the 2013 average of $75,483, according to the 2015 AFP Compensation and Benefits Report published by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)."



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The AFP Blog: Who We Are

The AFP Blog: Who We Are: "Who We Are
We’ve just released our latest Compensation and Benefits Report—covering 2014—and if you need information about your salary and other benefits, it’s the resource to use. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more detailed survey of the fundraising profession, and with our new Job Title Mini-Reports, we’re giving you more specific, targeted compensation and benefits data than ever before.
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Fundraisers’ salaries down by 18 per cent in the North East

Fundraisers’ salaries down by 18 per cent in the North East: The salaries of fundraisers in the North East have fallen by an average of 18 per cent since 2009, according to a report released last week.

The Voluntary Organisations' Network North East (Vonne) has released a report showing that the salaries of people working in the charity sector in the North East have fallen by an average

The AFP Blog Different Issue, Same Theme: Communication

The AFP Blog: That’s a critical change in approach from these organizations, and a very welcome one. But as I said then, it’s up to us to communicate with donors, media, government and the public about why we have fundraising costs. And if we DON’T pro-actively have these conversations, then other people and ideas will fill in the void.

Study: Nonprofit Employees Still Vexed by Compensation Issues

massnonprofit.org ::: Study: Nonprofit Employees Still Vexed by Compensation Issues

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.

Executive Pay Increased by Median of 3.8% in 2011, Chronicle Survey Finds - Executive Compensation - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Executive Pay Increased by Median of 3.8% in 2011, Chronicle Survey Finds - Executive Compensation - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Helene Gayle, leader of the relief group CARE, took a pay cut during the recession, as did all of the nonprofit’s staff members. Her current salary, $419,204, is no higher than it was in 2008.

By Ben Gose and Marisa L�pez-Rivera

The median pay for executives of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations kept up with inflation in 2011—and some experts say that might be the best that charity leaders can hope for in the near future.

Chief executives at the nation’s biggest charities and foundations received a median pay increase of 3.8 percent in 2011, according to The Chronicle’s annual survey of executive compensation and benefits. That’s slightly better than the 3-percent inflation rate for the year.

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

You Aren’t Paying Your Development Staff Enough

You Aren’t Paying Your Development Staff Enough: The point of this article is to tell you that fundraising is a skill. It’s learned. It’s hard. And your non-profit needs it, maybe more than you think.

Nonprofit education employment and wages grow in Indiana, IU report finds: IU News Room: Indiana University

Nonprofit education employment and wages grow in Indiana, IU report finds: IU News Room: Indiana University: As the school year winds down, a new report from Indiana University makes clear that employment in Indiana education is growing, but not where one might expect. Jobs and pay scales are increasing quickly in nonprofit schools and colleges while employment and average salaries in government-run schools and colleges are inching up or even decreasing.

Fundraisers’ Pay Didn’t Keep Up With Inflation Last Year - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Fundraisers’ Pay Didn’t Keep Up With Inflation Last Year - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: bout 43 percent of fundraisers said they had looked for a new job in the past year, up slightly from 41 percent in 2010 and 37 percent in 2009. Many more fundraisers are thinking about doing so—a total of about six in 10, the survey found—and they said the search for a higher salary was the No. 1 reason.

Fundraisers earned a median of $66,000 in 2011, meaning that half earned more and half less, edging up only slightly from the $65,000 median salary of 2010.

The survey was based on data from more than 2,700 fundraisers provided to the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Nearly 80 percent were women and slightly less than 4 percent were minorities.

Salary scale / LJWorld.com

Salary scale / LJWorld.com: Salaries for Lawrence’s nonprofit leaders vary widely, according to a report in Sunday’s Journal-World. Each nonprofit examined performs what the Internal Revenue Service considers charitable, tax-exempt work. That’s everything from serving the poor to running the Kansas University Endowment Association to operating Lawrence

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."

The NonProfit Times - "Nonprofit Salary Caps Sought By NJ

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Nonprofit Salary Caps Sought By NJ

By Kate Rogers

In a controversial attempt to cut corners, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has proposed a cap on how much the state is willing to pay toward CEO salaries and employee benefits for nonprofit social service agencies with which the state contracts."

Salaries Rise at Charities in New York - Philanthropy.com

Salaries Rise at Charities in New York - Philanthropy.com: "A study of nonprofit pay in three New York counties has found that the number of nonprofit wage earners being paid at least $100,000 more than doubled from 2003 to 2007, reports the Times Herald-Record, in Middletown, N.Y."

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."