2007 CEO Comp Study - out today!
August 1, 2007

All data in this study are based on the 5,242 charities in Charity Navigator's database as of July 2007.

Here are a few excerpts from the study and a link to the original article is at the bottom of this page.

The top leaders of the 5,242 largest charities in America earn an average salary of $145,270. This represents a modest pay raise of 2.34% over the previous year studied. All together, their salaries add up to over $730 million. Although this is a considerable amount of money, CEO compensation accounts for just 3.37% of the average organization's spending.

By category:

The average compensation received by CEOs at Religion charities declined by 0.48% in comparison to last year's data. Each of the remaining categories of charities reported increases. Specifically, salaries improved by 4.60% at Animal charities, 3.71% at Education charities, 3.67% at International charities, 2.68% at Health charities, 2.17% at Human Services charities, 1.97% at Arts charities, 1.43% at Environment charities and 0.17% at Public Benefit charities.

By geography:

In comparison to last year's data, all but one region's CEOs experienced an average increase in pay. In the Pacific West, the average CEO compensation declined by 0.16%. Average pay increased by 3.88% in the Mountain West, 3.86% in the Midwest, 3.38% in the Northeast, 3.22% in the Mid-Atlantic, 1.71% in the Southwest and 1.28% in the South.

By size:

All three sizes of charities experienced increases over last year. The average CEO compensation grew by 2.99% at charities with total expenses greater than $13.5 million, by 1.15% at those between $3.5 and $13.5 million in total expenses and by 1.46% at those under $3.5 million in total expenses.

The full article is posted on Charity Navigator's web site: 2007 CEO Compensation Study

©2006 Charity Navigator

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