Nonprofit compensation intelligence

Nonprofit compensation reports built from real Form 990 salary data.

Create an online nonprofit compensation report from public IRS Form 990 data. Attorneys, accountants, charity boards, executives, and compensation committees can build defensible peer benchmarks by role, year, geography, organization type, and financial scale.

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Public IRS dataRead-only master dataCommercial data kept separate

IRS data serverOnline

Available filing years2014–2025

Estimated source records6,050,620

Live, interactive research

This is a live search—not a 5,000-page PDF.

Choose the criteria that matter to your decision. 990Search queries the searchable Form 990 compensation dataset and builds a report for that peer group when you ask for it.

Every report is generated from the filters you select.

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Report edition2024 Compensation Report

Organization typeExclude Private Foundations

Charity categoryAll Charity Categories

StateSelect State

Positions to benchmark✓ CEO / Executive Director✓ Top Finance Position

Annual budget$500,001 – $1,000,000

Select report year, roles, geography, organization type, charity category, budget, assets, and compensation threshold.

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2024 REPORT EDITIONNonprofit Compensation ReportCEO / Executive Director · Budget: $500,001–$1,000,000

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Illustrative preview. Live results depend on the report edition, filters selected, and records available for the peer group.

A clearer comparison

Built for attorneys, accountants, charities, boards, and compensation committees.

Any charity that needs to set or review compensation needs relevant comparison evidence. 990Search turns reported Form 990 compensation into a structured online report while keeping customer, billing, saved-search, and report information separate from the read-only IRS data source.

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Select roles and compare peer groups across geography, filing year, organization type, budget, assets, and compensation.

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Understand the methodology

See how reported titles are organized, peer groups are defined, and compensation statistics are calculated.

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Keep the evidence attached

Generated reports and their criteria remain in the 990Search commercial system while the source data stays read-only.

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Nonprofit salary research

Search compensation data, compare peers, and produce a focused report.

990Search combines a nonprofit salary database with a configurable reporting workflow. Research nonprofit executive compensation, compare nonprofit CEO salary data, examine officer pay, and narrow the results by state and organization size.

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Methodology that can be explained

The calculation stays visible.

The 990Search benchmark uses one observation per organization and selected role, retaining that organization’s highest eligible reported compensation value. Percentiles use linear interpolation.

1Select a filing year and role
2Apply peer-group filters
3Use one observation per EIN
4Calculate average and percentiles

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