Percentile distribution
Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $150k and $301k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $419k, roughly 2.0 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
10th
$40k
25th
$150k
50th · median
$209k
75th
$301k
90th
$419k
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $418,739 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $301,491 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $208,506 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $150,110 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $39,563 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
How pay is structured
How the package is built.
The typical pay structure across 83 organizations with full Schedule J reporting (62% of the 134 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%.
$228,091
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.
80%
Base salary
80.3% of total
$183,157
Bonus & incentive
3.6% of total
$8,211
Retirement & deferred
5.9% of total
$13,457
Benefits
6.8% of total
$15,510
Other reportable
0.9% of total
$2,053
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.
Senior Vice PresidentThis page
$208,506
Executive Director
$100,000
CFO
$68,296
COO
$143,684
Development Director
$147,367
All figures are median total reported compensation · IRS Form 990, Schedule J
Geography
Pay varies by state.
State-level medians for Senior Vice Presidents in philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, ranked by typical pay.
Top 10 states · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations Senior Vice President median
Top-paying organizations
The ten highest-paid philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations Senior Vice Presidents by filing.
| # | Organization | Location | Total compensation | Filing year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Open Society Institute | New York, NY | $773,280 | 2023 |
| 02 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $718,584 | 2023 |
| 03 | Smith Richardson Foundation Inc | Greensboro, NC | $677,536 | 2023 |
| 04 | The Pew Charitable Trusts | Washington, DC | $609,560 | 2023 |
| 05 | Bernard Heerey Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | $556,035 | 2023 |
| 06 | Better Medicare Alliance | Washington, DC | $530,158 | 2023 |
| 07 | Jewish Federation Of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $524,437 | 2023 |
| 08 | The University Financing Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $498,000 | 2023 |
| 09 | Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $460,811 | 2024 |
| 10 | Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $458,298 | 2023 |
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 Senior Vice President compensation for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations nonprofits in that revenue band updates live.
Your organization's revenue
~$72M
annual revenue
$0$10M$100M$1B+
Median Senior Vice President comp · $10M – $100M
$200,447
67 organizations in this band
Percentile range for your band
25th percentile$116,259
50th percentile$200,447
75th percentile$296,662
Questions
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations Senior Vice President pay, answered
- How much does a Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations nonprofit Senior Vice President make?
- The median total compensation for a Senior Vice President at a philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations nonprofit is $208,506, based on 134 organizations in IRS Form 990 filings. The middle 50% fall between $150,110 and $301,491.
- What is the salary range for a Senior Vice President in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations nonprofits?
- Pay ranges from $150,110 at the 25th percentile to $301,491 at the 75th and $418,739 at the 90th. The spread reflects differences in organization size, budget, and region within the sector.
- Is this Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations compensation data reliable?
- Yes. It comes from IRS Form 990 filings, legal documents filed under penalty of perjury, not self-reported surveys. Figures cover 134 philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations nonprofits reporting a Senior Vice President.
- Why does Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations nonprofit Senior Vice President pay differ from other sectors?
- Compensation reflects the typical organization size, revenue, and operating complexity of each sector. Larger, better-funded philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations organizations pull the upper percentiles higher, while smaller ones anchor the lower end.
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