What is a reasonable salary range for the Director of a nonprofit
Christian ministry?
The Director's responsibilities include strategy, scheduling, work
processes, coordination, administration, compliance, and general
oversight.
The Director is 35-40 with an MBA and relevant skills and experience.
The mission of the nonprofit is to distribute monies from a trust
according to certain needs and qualifications.
The nonprofit is a newly-formed entity that is hiring its first
Director. They do not want to overpay or underpay the Director.
I am looking for a reasonable range, with credible data sources I can
investigate myself.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
04 Jun 2003 06:11 PDT
If you can let us know where you are located, that would help
researchers answer your question. And better yet, if you can name a
few institutions comparable to your own, that would further help us
focus an answer to your question.
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Clarification of Question by
shikibobo-ga
on
04 Jun 2003 08:01 PDT
Recruiting in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-Reading PA region. Not Philly
or Philly suburbs.
I can't name comparables but maybe the following information will help
you.
Scope of ministry will be regional at first. Will likely extend reach
to US nationwide and eventually into other nations in the years ahead.
Administration will remain in south central PA.
Initial funding of trust is about $2m. Trust could grow to $tens of
millions within a few years.
Carrying out the mission of the Trust will involve making a large
number of smallish distributions. Administration of the trust will
involve setting forth the eligibility criteria, promotion, reviewing
applications, counseling applicants, and handling the technical
details of making cash awards. Distributions will be made to persons
and families in need that meet certain eligibility criteria.
Please ask for additional clarification if needed.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
04 Jun 2003 09:06 PDT
It's turing out to be a bit hard to generalize.
The Director of an Evangelistic organization in Elizabethtown, PA with
revenues of about $500,000 a year is paid $28,800. The president of
another similarly sized religious non-profit in Harrisburg is paid
$126,000! This latter figure certainly seems unusual, though, from
the brief survey I've done so far.
Let me know if any of this is useful, or if there is a way I can pin
down an answer for you.
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Clarification of Question by
shikibobo-ga
on
04 Jun 2003 13:44 PDT
Well, certainly those two data points alone do not tell me much.
Frankly I'm not that concerned about what the salary scale is locally
- am more interested in what the job is worth without regard to where
the job is, to the extent that the two can be separated. I understand
that the pay scale is generally higher in major metro areas, and also
differs regionally, but in this situation the Trustees want to
compensate based on what the function is worth, not what they can get
away with paying. The money and the will exist to pay the Director a
fair salary at the top end of the range.
Please ask for further clarification if necessary.
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