Where the middle 50% lands.
Half earn between $42k and $152k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $243k, roughly 2.8 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.
| Percentile | Total comp | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 90th | $242,837 | Top 10% of earners |
| 75th | $151,636 | 25% earn more than this |
| 50th · median | $87,020 | The typical executive |
| 25th | $41,966 | 25% earn less than this |
| 10th | $17,685 | 10% of executives earn less than this |
Bigger budgets, bigger paychecks.
Median executive pay rises with organization revenue. Each band shows the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of top-executive pay for civil rights, social action & advocacy nonprofits in that revenue range.
| Revenue band | 25th | Median | 75th | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $1M | $28k | $58,166 | $92k | 1,391 |
| $1M – $10M | $96k | $140,750 | $203k | 843 |
| $10M – $100M | $195k | $274,322 | $375k | 127 |
| $100M – $500M | $606k | $763,770 | $1M | 6 |
Pay varies by state.
District of Columbia pays $73,498 more than the national median across civil rights, social action & advocacy nonprofits.
Benchmark a specific Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy role
Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within civil rights, social action & advocacy nonprofits.
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy board & trustee pay norms
10% of civil rights, social action & advocacy nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $42,582 across a median board of 4 paid members.
Civil liberties organizations, voter education groups, civil rights advocacy, and social action organizations. Includes disability rights, immigrant rights, and anti-discrimination efforts. There are 4,240 civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations in our database with compensation data from IRS Form 990 filings. Use the table below to browse them, or sort by revenue, location, or number of reported executives.
Organizations in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
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