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Updated through 2024NTEE F · Mental Health & Crisis Intervention

Mental Health & Crisis Intervention nonprofitExecutive Director salaries

Based on 3,704 organizations from 2021 – 2024. Each org counted once at its most recent filing. Sourced directly from IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Median total compensation
$98,278
The median mental health & crisis intervention executive director earns $98,278 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$53k
75th pct
$168k
90th pct
$263k
3,704 organizations · 2021 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $53k and $168k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $263k, roughly 2.7 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$263,316Top 10% of earners
75th$168,46025% earn more than this
50th · median$98,278The typical executive
25th$52,97025% earn less than this
10th$24,00010% of executives earn less than this
How pay is structured

How the package is built.

The typical pay structure across 740 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (28% of the 2,682 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%.

$212,438
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.
90%
Base salary
89.7% of total
$190,557
Bonus & incentive
2.6% of total
$5,523
Retirement & deferred
3.1% of total
$6,586
Benefits
4.6% of total
$9,772
Other reportable
1.8% of total
$3,824
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
$98,278
CFO
$113,559
COO
$134,444
Development Director
$132,023

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

Geography

Pay varies by state.

New York pays $41,114 more than the median Executive Director compensation in mental health & crisis intervention nationally.

Top-paying organizations

The ten highest-paid mental health & crisis intervention Executive Directors by filing.

#OrganizationLocationTotal compensationFiling year
01Child Mind Institute IncNew York, NY$2,484,5082023
02Tarzana Treatment Centers IncTarzana, CA$1,842,8682023
03Bowen Health Inc Fka The Otis R BowenWarsaw, IN$1,760,9322023
04MarworthDanville, PA$1,571,9142023
05Child Mind Medical Practice PllcNew York, NY$1,378,7822023
06Northeast Behavioral Health CorporationCharlestown, MA$1,097,0282023
07National Council ForWashington, DC$1,063,7552023
08The May Institute IncRandolph, MA$1,037,3242023
09Truth Initiative FoundationWashington, DC$982,6642023
10Bronx Addiction Services Integrated ConceptsBronx, NY$980,0062023

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 mental health & crisis intervention nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.

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annual revenue
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Median Executive Director comp · $1M – $10M
$123,259
990 organizations in this band
Percentile range for your band
25th percentile$71,490
50th percentile$123,259
75th percentile$182,423