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Filing year 2024

THE CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY INC

Cambridge, Massachusetts·EIN 04-3523528·NTEE T02 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$14.2M
Total assets
$21.6M
Total expenses
$14.5M
Reported officers
26
Mission

CEP PROVIDES DATA, FEEDBACK, PROGRAMS, AND INSIGHTS TO HELP INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DONORS IMPROVE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. WE DO THIS WORK BECAUSE WE BELIEVE EFFECTIVE DONORS, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND THOUGHTFULLY, CAN PROFOUNDLY CONTRIBUTE TO CREATING A BETTER AND MORE JUST WORLD.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 13 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$684k
$730k
Base
$505k
Bonus
$103k
Other
Benefits
$35k
Vp, Assessment & Advisory Services/ Officer
vice president
$312k
$333k
Base
$270k
Bonus
$24k
Other
Benefits
$3k
Vp, Research
vice president
$309k
$329k
Base
$248k
Bonus
$23k
Other
Benefits
$25k
Interim Vp, Yt & Dir. Org. Learning & Comm
vice president
$273k
$292k
Base
$235k
Bonus
$21k
Other
Benefits
$11k
Vp, Finance & Operations/ Treasurer
vice president
$269k
$288k
Base
$199k
Bonus
$19k
Other
Benefits
$40k
Director, Learning Institute
highest compensated employee
$253k
$270k
Base
$187k
Bonus
$18k
Other
Benefits
$38k
Director, Assessment & Advisory Services
highest compensated employee
$234k
$250k
Base
$168k
Bonus
$17k
Other
Benefits
$39k
Director of Partnerships, Youthtruth
highest compensated employee
$224k
$239k
Base
$187k
Bonus
$17k
Other
Benefits
$11k
Exec. Dir., Youthtruth/ Officer (until 2/24)
officer (unspecified)
$214k
$229k
Base
$63k
Bonus
Other
$126k
Benefits
$22k
Vp, People & Culture/ Officer
vice president
$202k
$215k
Base
$166k
Bonus
$15k
Other
Benefits
$11k
Vp, Programming & External Relations/ Officer
vice president
$199k
$212k
Base
$141k
Bonus
$14k
Other
Benefits
$38k
Director, Client Services Youthtruth
highest compensated employee
$195k
$208k
Base
$157k
Bonus
$15k
Other
Benefits
$14k
Sr. Exec. Asst., President's Office/clerk
$124k
$133k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 13 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 6%
from 2023

From $646k in 2023 to $684k in 2024.

$646k
2023
$684k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$712k to $730k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$13.7M
$14M
2023
$14.2M
$14.5M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $14,159.

25th percentile
$5k
Median
$14,159
75th percentile
$55k
90th percentile
$187k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 181 organizations across 181 filings (2021 – 2023).

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