Executive compensation
Form 990-PF · Part VIII · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024
Percentile bands compare each position's total pay with the same role at Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in Illinois.
| Position | Total |
|---|---|
Trustee Board Member 75th to 90th percentile | $42k $45k |
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
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Top pay as a share of expenses
In 2024, the highest total compensation at THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST equaled 22% of the organization's total expenses. The median for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations is 15%.
Based on 35,946 philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations, each measured at its most recent filing year with reported expenses and compensation.
Grants paid
Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.
Total granted
$147k
Itemized grants
31
Median grant
$4k
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Kidney Fund | Rockville, MD | Provide funds for financial assistance to dialysis and kidney transplant patients and living kidney donors. | $15k |
| Greenpeace Fund | Washington, DC | Provide funds to help halt environmental destruction and to promote solutions for future generations. | $12k |
| Wild Animal Sanctuary | Keenesburg, CO | Provide funds to help support and maintain more than 450 lions tigers bears leopards mountain lions wolves & other large carnivores; it is the largest carnivore sanctuary in the world and the only sanctuary providing large acreage 5 to 25 acres each species-specific habitats for its rescued animals. | $12k |
| The Danish America Museum | Elk Horn, IA | Help fund staff development tolerance programs various exhibits and other activities | $10k |
| First Book | Washington, DC | Provide funds to help give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. | $6k |
| Keepers of the Wild | Valentine, AZ | Provide funds to protect abused neglected abandoned and retired captive wildlife. | $6k |
| Rainforest Alliance | New York, NY | Provide funds to help protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them. | $6k |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | Provide funds to advance the preservation and protection of the natural environment. | $6k |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | Provide funds to help care for homeless and abandoned pets. | $5k |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | Provide funds for environmental and conservation issues | $5k |
| Paws With A Cause | Wayland, MI | Provide funds to help train assistance dogs nationally for people with disabilities and provides lifetime team support which encourages independence and to promote awareness through education. | $5k |
| Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Alexandria, VA | Provide funds to help end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the worlds oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. | $5k |
| Vesterheim Museum | Decorah, IA | Help fund numerous museum activities | $5k |
| Canine Assistants | Milton, GA | Provide funds to help train and provide service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. | $5k |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | Provide funds to create awareness recruit field staff and advocate with the United Nations and US government on humanitarian concerns. | $5k |
| National Parks Conservation Assn | Washington, DC | Provide funds to help protect and enhance Americas National Parks for present and future generations. | $4k |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | Provide funds to help ensure the continued existence of some of Africas most rare and treasured species. | $4k |
| Childrens Health Fund | New York, NY | Provide funds to help champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation. | $4k |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund | Cotati, CA | Provide funds to help protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. | $3k |
| Childrens Defense Fund | Washington, DC | Provide funds to help meet the physical emotional educational and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children | $3k |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | Provide funds to help protect endangered species and preserve their natural habitats. | $3k |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | Provide funds to help conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. | $2k |
| Clean Water Fund | Washington, DC | Provide funds to help develop strong grassroots environmental leadership and to bring together diverse constituencies to work cooperatively for changes that improve their lives focused on health consumer environmental and community problems. | $2k |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | Provide funds for environmental and conservation issues | $2k |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | Provide funds to support programs intended to create a more healthy just world including campaigns that focus on clean energy and global warming protecting people from toxic and potentially harmful technologies and promoting smarter low pollution transportation alternatives. | $2k |
Held steady
from 2023
From $43k in 2023 to $42k in 2024.
Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Board Member pay fell 1% from 2023 to 2024, while revenue fell 41%.
Pay for the position itself, not any one person. The officeholder may have changed between 2023 and 2024.
This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.
Among peers
Revenue and top compensation, plotted against similar organizations. This organization is highlighted in cyan.
Common questions about THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST
What does the Board Member of THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST earn?
In 2024, the Board Member of THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST received $42,390 in total compensation. This pay is in the top quarter for Board Member roles among Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in Illinois, though not the top 10% of comparable filings. Based on IRS Form 990 data.
How does Board Member pay at THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST compare with similar nonprofits?
Compared with the same role at Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking organizations in Illinois, the 2024 pay of the Board Member at THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles. In 2024, the highest total compensation at THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST equaled 22% of the organization's total expenses. The median for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations is 15%.
What are THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST's revenue and expenses?
In 2024, THE ERIC AND JOAN NORGAARD CHARITABLE TRUST reported $46k in total revenue and $189k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.
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