Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $24k and $165k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $265k, roughly 2.9 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $265,048 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $165,102 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $91,863 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $23,732 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $7,717 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 319 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (31% of the 1,025 orgs in this slice). Each share is the average across orgs of the fraction of total comp that goes to this component, so the bar fills 100%.
The number in context.
Every row links to its own dedicated benchmark page.
All figures are median total reported compensation · IRS Form 990, Schedule J
Pay varies by state.
District of Columbia pays $57,667 more than the median CFO compensation in community improvement & capacity building nationally.
The ten highest-paid community improvement & capacity building CFOs by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Gs1 Us Inc | Ewing, NJ | $1,139,041 | 2023 |
| 02 | Consumer Technology Association | Arlington, VA | $1,103,624 | 2023 |
| 03 | Edison Electric Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $1,093,621 | 2023 |
| 04 | Soundexchange Inc | Washington, DC | $901,926 | 2023 |
| 05 | Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association | New York, NY | $856,554 | 2023 |
| 06 | Society For Human Resource Management | Alexandria, VA | $816,563 | 2023 |
| 07 | Coalition For Renewable Natural Gas Inc | Sacramento, CA | $750,000 | 2023 |
| 08 | The Linux Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $638,270 | 2023 |
| 09 | Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $555,649 | 2024 |
| 10 | American Property Casualty Insurance Association | Chicago, IL | $542,842 | 2023 |
Total includes base, bonus, other reportable, and deferred/retirement compensation per Schedule J.
What does a $X org pay?
Adjust the slider to your organization's revenue. The median CFO compensation for community improvement & capacity building nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.