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Updated through 2024NTEE I · Crime & Legal-Related

Crime & Legal-Related nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 3,113 crime & legal-related nonprofits, 2021 – 2024. Each organization is counted once at its most recent filing, using the highest-paid leader reported on IRS Form 990, Schedule J.

Organizations that promote public safety through crime prevention, legal services, victim assistance, and rehabilitation of offenders.

Median executive pay
$91,761
The typical crime & legal-related nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $91,761 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$53k
75th pct
$146k
90th pct
$218k
3,113 organizations · 2021 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $53k and $146k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $218k, roughly 2.4 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$218,454Top 10% of earners
75th$146,07425% earn more than this
50th · median$91,761The typical executive
25th$53,00025% earn less than this
10th$24,00010% of executives earn less than this
By organization size

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 crime & legal-related nonprofits in that revenue range.

Revenue band25thMedian75thOrgs
Under $1M$36k$61,407$89k1,703
$1M – $10M$98k$132,446$180k1,166
$10M – $100M$180k$231,480$301k230
$100M – $500M$300k$325,703$505k13
Revenue bands with fewer than 5 organizations are not shown.
By role

Benchmark a specific Crime & Legal-Related role

Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within crime & legal-related nonprofits.

Directory

Legal aid societies, prisoner rehabilitation programs, crime prevention organizations, and victim services. Includes public interest law firms, dispute resolution, and correctional alternatives. There are 5,969 crime & legal-related 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 Crime & Legal-Related

5,969 organizations · Page 7 of 120

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE FOUNDATIONLittle RockAR$8.5M1
COMCOR INC DBA EMBRAVEColorado SpringsCO$8.4M1
JOSEPH J PETERS INSTITUTEPhiladelphiaPA$8.4M5
NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATIONPittsburghPA$8.3M1
YOLO COUNTY CHILDRENS ALLIANCEDavisCA$8.3M2
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES OF LANE COUNTY INCEugeneOR$8.3M7
NIJC NFPChicagoIL$8.2M0
PROJECT MORE INCNew HavenCT$8.2M3
UTAH LEGAL SERVICES INCSalt Lake CityUT$8.2M5
ADVOCACY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES INCColumbusOH$8.2M4
LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INCFairfaxVA$8.1M0
NEVADA LEGAL SERVICES INCLas VegasNV$8.1M5
Western Center on Law & Poverty IncLos AngelesCA$8.1M6
CROP ORGANIZATIONOaklandCA$8.1M7
CHICAGO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERChicagoIL$8.1M5
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAIIHonoluluHI$8M2
FOOTHILLS ACADEMY INCAlbanyKY$8M2
LEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INCNorristownPA$7.9M1
CENTER FOR HOPE INCBaltimoreMD$7.9M9
Alaska Legal Services CorporationAnchorageAK$7.9M7
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance IncBakersfieldCA$7.9M6
OREGON LAW FOUNDATIONPortlandOR$7.9M1
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICYWashingtonDC$7.9M10
CARROLL COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSECarrollIA$7.8M2
National Housing and Community Development Law ProjectSan FranciscoCA$7.8M6
BOYD ANDREW COMMUNITY SERVICESHelenaMT$7.8M2
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMOaklandCA$7.8M1
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR NORTH TEXAS INCLewisvilleTX$7.7M2
CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INCTampaFL$7.7M2
UNCOMMON LAWOaklandCA$7.6M6
LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEFNew YorkNY$7.6M11
LEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INCSyracuseNY$7.6M7
RHODE ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES INCProvidenceRI$7.6M6
PUBLIC LAW CENTERSanta AnaCA$7.5M3
KRISTI HOUSE INCMiamiFL$7.4M5
KEEP YOUTH DOING SOMETHING INCVan NuysCA$7.4M1
KALAMAZOO COUNTY DEFENDER INCKalamazooMI$7.4M1
Las Vegas Metropolitan PD FoundationLas VegasNV$7.4M3
Montgomery County Childrens Advocacy Center IncConroeTX$7.4M1
NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INCRaleighNC$7.3M6
LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INCNew YorkNY$7.3M11
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTERSanta BarbaraCA$7.3M6
Lawndale Christian Legal CenterChicagoIL$7.2M7
WESTMINSTER INGLESIDE KING FARM PRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES INCRockvilleMD$7.2M10
Legal Aid of Western MichiganGrand RapidsMI$7.2M4
GREAT FALLS PRE-RELEASE SERVICES INCGreat FallsMT$7.2M1
COUNSELING AND CONSULTATION SERVICES INCLimestoneTN$7.2M1
CAMBA LEGAL SERVICES INCBrooklynNY$7.2M2
CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INCCamdentonMO$7.2M1
BRIDGES OF AMERICA THE ORLANDO BRIDGE INCOrlandoFL$7.2M0