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Updated through 2024NTEE I · Crime & Legal-Related

Crime & Legal-Related nonprofitExecutive Director salaries

Based on 2,243 organizations from 2021 – 2024. Each org counted once at its most recent filing. Sourced directly from IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Median total compensation
$96,740
The median crime & legal-related executive director earns $96,740 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$60k
75th pct
$152k
90th pct
$221k
2,243 organizations · 2021 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $60k and $152k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $221k, roughly 2.3 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$221,159Top 10% of earners
75th$151,93425% earn more than this
50th · median$96,740The typical executive
25th$60,00025% earn less than this
10th$29,01510% of executives earn less than this
How pay is structured

How the package is built.

The typical pay structure across 580 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (26% of the 2,243 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%.

$200,950
typical total · 2024
Median total compensation in the subset. The dollar amounts below show what each share works out to on a package this size.
89%
Base salary
89.1% of total
$179,046
Bonus & incentive
1.7% of total
$3,416
Retirement & deferred
3.3% of total
$6,631
Benefits
5.2% of total
$10,449
Other reportable
0.5% of total
$1,005
Shares are averaged across organizations, so they sum to ~100%. Dollar amounts are illustrative (share% of typical total) and don't reflect any specific org.
How this compares

The number in context.

Every row links to its own dedicated benchmark page.

Executive DirectorThis page
$96,740
CFO
$117,642
COO
$142,819
Development Director
$140,362

All figures are median total reported compensation · IRS Form 990, Schedule J

Geography

Pay varies by state.

District of Columbia pays $82,306 more than the median Executive Director compensation in crime & legal-related nationally.

Top-paying organizations

The ten highest-paid crime & legal-related Executive Directors by filing.

#OrganizationLocationTotal compensationFiling year
01American Arbitration Association IncNew York, NY$1,869,4042023
02Arbitration Forums IncTampa, FL$1,074,7422023
03Justice Resource Institute IncNeedham, MA$955,8502023
04Pacific Legal FoundationSacramento, CA$695,7222023
05Criminal Justice Reform FoundationNew York, NY$650,0332024
06Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities IncRockville, MD$632,6952023
07Kind IncWashington, DC$621,0162023
08Nexus Family HealingPlymouth, MN$608,1782023
09The Village NetworkWooster, OH$605,1112023
10Police Executive Research ForumWashington, DC$574,1632024

Total includes base, bonus, other reportable, and deferred/retirement compensation per Schedule J.

Compare your organization

What does a $X org pay?

Adjust the slider to your organization's revenue. The median Executive Director compensation for crime & legal-related nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.

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~$6M
annual revenue
$0$10M$100M$1B+
Median Executive Director comp · $1M – $10M
$131,881
927 organizations in this band
Percentile range for your band
25th percentile$76,491
50th percentile$131,881
75th percentile$195,184