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Compensation Estimate
CauseComp is a product of RB Consulting Services, LLC. Figures are computed from IRS Form 990 filings, not collected by survey. The comparables set is drawn from filings for the role you enter or, if you choose, from Executive Director / CEO filings, within a one-third to three-times revenue fence from each organization's own three most recent filing years, counting only organizations that have filed in the last five years, and by default it favors organizations in your sector and location; every result carries its data vintage. Full methodology and sources →
| Schedule J Component | P10 | P25 | P50 | P75 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Salary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bonus / Incentive | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Reportable | — | — | — | — | — |
| Retirement & Deferred | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nontaxable Benefits | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total Compensation | — | — | — | — | — |
Component percentiles are computed independently within the peer cohort and will not sum to the Total row. Component percentiles are computed across the peers that itemize that component on Schedule J (disclosure counts shown per component). A reported $0 is included; an undisclosed amount is excluded. n/d = fewer than 20 disclosing peers or under 20% component disclosure in the cohort.
ProPublica and Candid publish this data free. So why pay for it?
They do, they publish it well, and CauseComp is built from the same public Form 990 filings. Nothing here is data we own.
A free lookup gives you what one organization reported. What it does not give you is a peer set — and a peer set is what a board decision needs.
- A cohort you can name. Every figure states the role, budget size, sector and location it describes, so you know which organizations are in it and which are not.
- A range, not a number. P25/P50/P75 across that cohort, because "the market rate" is a distribution and a single filing is one point in it.
- Adjusted for size, sector and metro. A $2M rural food bank and a $40M urban health system both file a 990. They are not comparables for each other.
- A documented comparables set. §4958 asks a board to base pay on appropriate comparability data. CauseComp produces that set, statewide, with its method stated. Advance approval by an independent body and contemporaneous documentation remain the board's to do — no data product can supply those.
Looking up one filing is free and always will be. Assembling a documented peer set from millions of them is the part we do.
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