Do you receive a performance evaluation?

• Date: 01 March 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/ban.30653
• Published date: 01 March 2018

2018 Nonprofit Executive Compensation Report 7

DOI 10.1002/ban© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company All rights reserved

Pay and organization type

The chart below shows how nonprofit CEOs are

compensated based on the type of nonprofit they

manage. If you believe you are underpaid relative

to your peers, use the information in this chart to

show the board that average salaries in your field

are higher than yours.

Residential and education-related organizations

pay the most, according to this chart, with salaries

in both types of organizations topping $130,000.

The average salary this year was $120,384. ■

Type of organization

Percentage

Average

Salary

Median

Salary

Years of

Experience

Years in

Current

Position

Raise in

Past 12

Months Bonus Board Size

Term of

Contract

Intellectual

Developmental

Disability

37.5% $124,225 $120,000 32 23 4% $7,011 13 2

Education-

Related

2.5% $140,000 $140,000 41 35 7% - 12 -

Food/Housing 7.5% $115,507 $125,000 39 27 4% $3,500 12 -

Health/Disease 12.5% $105,536 $97,847 22 14 8% $5,350 12 4

Human Services 12.5% $117,236 $92,581 32 11 3% - 17 -

Mental Health/

Crisis

5% $75,000 $75,000 32 23 3% - 11 -

Residential 15% $131,365 $135,595 25 20 4% $6,667 12 2

Other 7.5% $138,106 $151,000 25 14 3% - 6 -

Do you receive a performance evaluation?

All Board & Administrator readers who respond-

ed to last year’s compensation survey report that

they do receive an annual performance appraisal

from their boards. That’s right, 100% report re-

ceiving an evaluation. Whether that appraisal is

delivered in a timely manner is another matter.

Only 47.5% of respondents say their evaluation

is delivered on time.

Note in this chart the strong correlation between

administrator pay and performance evaluation.

Those administrators who do receive an annual ap-

praisal on time each year earn about $3,000 more.

An interesting fact to note is that CEOs who do

receive an on-time performance evaluation tend to be

far more experienced (five years) and have greater ten-

ure at their organizations than those who do not. ■

CEO pay and performance evaluation

Percentage

Average

Salary

Median

Salary Board Size

Years of

Experience

Years in

Current

Position

Raise in Past

12 Months Bonus

Term of

Contract

Yes 100% $120,384 $120,000 12 31 20 4% $6,353 3

Is the evaluation completed on time?

Percentage

Average

Salary

Median

Salary Board Size

Years of

Experience

Years in Current

Position

Raise in Past

12 Months Bonus

Term of

Contract

Yes 47.5% $123,630 $120,000 13 29 18 5% $5,510 3

No 12.5% $120,838 $141,190 9 24 17 4% - 1

No Response 40% $116,388 $117,500 12 34 23 4% $7,557 3