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Updated through 2024NTEE I · Crime & Legal-Related

Crime & Legal-Related nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 3,269 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
$91,711
The typical crime & legal-related nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $91,711 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$52k
75th pct
$147k
90th pct
$221k
3,269 organizations · 2021 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $52k and $147k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $221k, roughly 2.4 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$221,181Top 10% of earners
75th$146,55225% earn more than this
50th · median$91,711The typical executive
25th$51,75025% earn less than this
10th$22,79610% 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$34k$60,958$89k1,803
$1M – $10M$99k$133,354$181k1,210
$10M – $100M$186k$238,995$308k241
$100M – $500M$302k$372,673$498k14
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.

Board & trustee pay

Crime & Legal-Related board & trustee pay norms

7% of crime & legal-related nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $39,000 across a median board of 5 paid members.

Organizations paying board members
7%
Median board pay
$39,000
Median paid board size
5
By filing type
Form 990: 8%
Form 990-EZ: 5%
Form 990-PF: 10%
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 6,192 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

6,192 organizations · Page 89 of 124

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
JUSTICE STRIKEFORCEKansas CityMO$95k0
COMMUNITY HEALTH & SAFETY SERVICES INCDothanAL$95k1
LOMPOC POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONLompocCA$95k0
WHITE-SKIPWORTH RESIDENCE CORPSyracuseNY$95k0
STOP CHILD PREDATORS COALITIONWashingtonDC$95k1
PRISONERS BIBLE INSTITUTEManvelTX$95k1
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FOUNDATIONMinneapolisMN$95k0
Sheriff Mark Garber Charities IncBroussardLA$95k0
WESTERN PENN HILLS COMMUNITY ACTIONPenn HillsPA$95k0
FRESH START HEALING HEARTRidgelandSC$94k1
Safe Living SpaceMoragaCA$94k1
Re-Connections IncFentonMI$94k0
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICASOxnardCA$94k0
101 ENTERPRISES FOUNDATIONInglewoodCA$94k1
HUMBOLDT DEL NORTE TIMING ASSOCIATION SAMOA DRAGSTRIPEurekaCA$94k0
Anderson County Sheriffs FoundationAndersonSC$94k0
Domestic Relations Attorneys of WASeattleWA$94k0
Friends of the Fourth Judicial District Drug Court IncMonroeLA$94k0
POLICE SELF SUPPORT GROUP INCElmhurstNY$94k0
JERICHO CIRCLE PROJECT INCCambridgeMA$94k0
CALL TO JUSTICESan FranciscoCA$94k0
PEABODY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIPeabodyMA$94k0
LINCOLN COUNTY CASANorth PlatteNE$94k0
ST JOSEPH COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL INCSouth BendIN$94k0
STARBRIGHT FOUNDATION INCGilbertAZ$94k1
CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND JUVENILE JUSTICENewarkNJ$93k1
BROTHERHOOD FOR THE FALLEN INCNew YorkNY$93k0
Collaborative Association For Reintegration and EducationOlympiaWA$93k0
FORTHRIGHT LEGALCharlottesvilleVA$93k0
Wisconsin Access to Justice CommissionMadisonWI$93k1
St Tammany Deputy Sheriff AssociationSlidellLA$93k0
NEW BEGINNINGS-NEXT STEP INCWilmingtonDE$93k1
TACTICAPortageMI$93k0
ROSKOPF-WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP IRREVOCABLE TRUSBillingsMT$93k1
STOP HANDGUN VIOLENCE INC C/O MEREDITH MANAGEMENT CORPBeverlyMA$93k1
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Educational InstituteAustinTX$93k0
DICKINSON POLICE ASSOCIATIONDickinsonND$93k0
FBI LAS VEGAS CITIZENS ACADEMY ALUMLas VegasNV$93k0
Family Reconciliation Center IncNashvilleTN$93k0
NATIONAL HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION INCClearwaterFL$93k0
Influence the ChoiceIssaquahWA$92k0
SAFE COMMUNITIESLancasterPA$92k2
SAFE KIDS KANSAS INCTopekaKS$92k0
CASA CONNECTIONColumbusNE$92k0
GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE FOUNDATIONSeattleWA$92k0
ACT UNITEDChaskaMN$92k1
Center for Community Mediation and FacilitationTucsonAZ$92k0
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF THE WIREGRASS REGIONDothanAL$92k1
SISTERS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCMooresvilleNC$91k1
KAREN R & JOHN T CROTTY FOUNDATIONLake BluffIL$91k0