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Understanding the Compensation of Nonprofit Executive Directors: Examining the Influence of Performance and Organizational Characteristics
Author(s) -
Grasse Nathan,
Davis Trenton,
Ihrke Douglas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.21099
Subject(s) - staffing , internal revenue , business , executive compensation , compensation (psychology) , order (exchange) , revenue , organizational performance , service (business) , variation (astronomy) , population , executive order , public relations , marketing , accounting , psychology , management , economics , social psychology , political science , finance , public administration , sociology , physics , demography , astrophysics
In this study we aimed to provide a better understanding of executive compensation in nonprofit organizations. We examined factors including organizational size, market, subsector, organizational type, staffing level, and organizational performance as potential influences driving variation across the nonprofit sector. The models utilize data on the population of nonprofit organizations required to file Form 990 returns with the Internal Revenue Service in order to broadly examine compensation. The results indicate associations between various measures of performance and compensation in nonprofit orga‐nizations and also suggest that different types of nonprofits may be sensitive to different measures of performance.