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Updated through 2024NTEE Y · Mutual & Membership Benefit

Mutual & Membership Benefit nonprofitexecutive pay

Median top-executive pay across 1,359 mutual & membership benefit 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 provide benefits to their members, including fraternal societies, insurance, and pension and retirement funds.

Median executive pay
$26,876
The typical mutual & membership benefit nonprofit's highest-paid executive earns $26,876 in total reported compensation.
25th pct
$5k
75th pct
$87k
90th pct
$209k
1,359 organizations · 2021 – 2024
Percentile distribution

Where the middle 50% lands.

Half earn between $5k and $87k. That band is the interquartile range. The 90th percentile sits at $209k, roughly 7.8 times the median. That upper tail is where the largest organizations cluster.

PercentileTotal compMeans
90th$208,571Top 10% of earners
75th$86,84625% earn more than this
50th · median$26,876The typical executive
25th$5,00025% earn less than this
10th$1,40010% 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 mutual & membership benefit nonprofits in that revenue range.

Revenue band25thMedian75thOrgs
Under $1M$3k$10,400$34k807
$1M – $10M$24k$64,202$155k307
$10M – $100M$45k$101,380$245k199
$100M – $500M$57k$228,458$581k34
$500M – $1B$205k$725,665$778k7
Over $1B$1M$1,728,296$1.8M5
Revenue bands with fewer than 5 organizations are not shown.
Geography

Pay varies by state.

Illinois pays $29,941 more than the national median across mutual & membership benefit nonprofits.

By role

Benchmark a specific Mutual & Membership Benefit role

Drill into median pay for individual leadership roles within mutual & membership benefit nonprofits.

Board & trustee pay

Mutual & Membership Benefit board & trustee pay norms

20% of mutual & membership benefit nonprofits pay at least one board member or trustee, with a typical per-person payment of $10,200 across a median board of 3 paid members.

Organizations paying board members
20%
Median board pay
$10,200
Median paid board size
3
By filing type
Form 990: 26%
Form 990-EZ: 8%
Form 990-PF: 11%
Directory

Fraternal organizations, pension and retirement funds, cemeteries, and mutual benefit societies. Covers employee benefit plans, veterans organizations, and membership associations. There are 5,463 mutual & membership benefit 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 Mutual & Membership Benefit

5,463 organizations · Page 26 of 110

Name
City
State
Revenue
Executives
RUSSIAN MOLOKAN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL JUMPERS CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONWhittierCA$1.3M0
KIRKSVILLE WATER ASSOCIATION INCRichmondKY$1.3M5
City of Olathe VEBA Health Savings TrustOlatheKS$1.3M0
Collectively Bargained Post Retirement Health Benefits Trust of El Paso Electric CompanyEl PasoTX$1.3M1
Highmark West Virginia Inc Welfare TrustPittsburghPA$1.3M1
USWUSS INSTITUTE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENTPittsburghPA$1.3M0
PLAN SPONSOR TRUST OF SWANK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLCClintonIA$1.3M0
IUPAT DC # 51 VACATION FUND C/O ZENITH AMERICAN SOLUTIONSPittsburghPA$1.3M4
Retirement Security Fund VEBAHRA TrustMukilteoWA$1.3M0
BRAZOS ELECTRIC RATE PAYER HARDSHIP FUNDWacoTX$1.3M0
RCDC VEBA MUTUAL FUNDDes MoinesIA$1.3M1
KNOLLWOOD CEMETERY PERP CARE FD-TRPittsburghPA$1.3M1
PSEG HEALTH BENEFITS TRUSTNewarkNJ$1.3M0
The Machpelah Cemetery Association IncNorth BergenNJ$1.3M1
KEMPER EMPLOYEE WELFARE BENEFIT TRChicagoIL$1.3M0
THE AMERICAN CITY COALITION INCRoxburyMA$1.3M2
SYLVARENA WATER ASSOCIATIONRaleighMS$1.3M0
FONTANA POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION RETIREE MEDICAL TRUSTSpokaneWA$1.3M0
CASA NOVA MOBILE HOME PARK INCFairfieldCA$1.3M0
GROUP BENEFITS TRUST THE GROUP BENEFITS TRUSTJessupMD$1.3M0
SUNSET PARK HEALTH COUNCIL RETIREECharlotteNC$1.3M1
Electrical Workers' VEBA TrustSpokaneWA$1.3M0
DIXIE COMMUNITY UTILITY ASSOCIATION INCHattiesburgMS$1.3M5
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS TRUSTNew YorkNY$1.3M0
Service Benefit Plan Administrative Services SBP - VEBABaltimoreMD$1.3M1
North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association IncDurhamNC$1.3M0
HARRIS BANK NA SUPPLEMENTALPittsburghPA$1.3M0
OPTA OPSRP Benefit Trust FundBuffaloNY$1.3M0
NATIONAL FUEL GAS DIST CORP PAD VEBA FOR NON COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED EESWilliamsvilleNY$1.3M0
EMPLOYER CONNECTICUT VEBA TRUST CONNECTICUT COLLEGECharlotteNC$1.3M1
RETIREMENT ENHANCEMENT AND BENEFIT ALTERNATIVES VEBA TRUST IIMinneapolisMN$1.3M0
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES GROUP INSURANCEIndianapolisIN$1.3M4
CONSOLIDATED BUILDERS BENEFITS TRUSTIndianaPA$1.3M0
CAWA ARIZONA HEALTH TRUSTMukilteoWA$1.3M0
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EMPLOYER VEBA TRUSCharlotteNC$1.2M1
SHENANDOAH SCHOOL CORPORATION VEBA TRUSTMiddletownIN$1.2M0
Alaska Public Broadcasting Health TrustAnchorageAK$1.2M0
The BOW CollectiveWashingtonDC$1.2M0
EAST CENTRAL VERNON WATER SYSTEM INCSlagleLA$1.2M0
GRANITE STATE ELECTRIC CO PBT FOR NONPittsburghPA$1.2M1
ARROYO PASAJERO MUTUAL WATER COMPANYBakersfieldCA$1.2M0
UNIFIED FIRE AUTHORITY HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUSTWest Valley CityUT$1.2M8
NORTHEAST JEFF DAVIS WATER ASSOCIATION INCPrentissMS$1.2M0
ENERGY COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIAPhiladelphiaPA$1.2M1
LOCAL 309 IBEW INCOME SECURITY FUNDCollinsvilleIL$1.2M0
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION VEBA TRUST KALAMAZOO COLLEGEClintonIA$1.2M1
BURE BNA VEBA TRUSTPittsburghPA$1.2M1
FIRE FIGHTERS OF BOCA RATON RETIREE INSURANCE TRUST FUNDDelray BeachFL$1.2M1
STEPHEN & PAMELA THORNE FOUNDATION TRUSTHendersonNV$1.2M0
HILLS OF REST MEMORIAL PARK INCSioux FallsSD$1.2M0