Leadership role
Senior Vice President
A senior vice-president title filed without a named function; its duties vary by organization.
Reporting and scope
Usually reports to the President, Executive Director / CEO or an Executive Vice President, and often sits on the senior leadership team. Authority commonly spans one large function or a group of related functions.
Core responsibilities
- Leads a major function or group of departments; the specific area depends on the organization
- Supervises vice presidents or senior directors
- Contributes to organization-wide strategy and budget decisions
- Often presents to the board or supports a board committee
How it differs
Use this label only when the filing gives no function; where a function is named, match to that role (for example CFO / Head of Finance or Chief Development Officer) based on scope. Executive Vice President sits a level higher, and Vice President (Other) a level lower.
By organization size
The title appears mostly in larger nonprofits, such as hospital systems, universities and national federations, where it marks a layer above VPs. In smaller organizations it may be an honorific for the second-ranking executive.
Filings from the last five years mapped to this role commonly report titles such as: Senior Vice President; Senior VP; SVP; Sr VP; Sr. VP; Senior Vice-President
See what this role pays
Median reported total compensation, nationally: $300,000. Based on 10,438 IRS Form 990 filings, fiscal years 2021–2025.
This median spans organizations of every budget size and sector, so it will not match a benchmark for one organization.
State pay pages for this role: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina.
Benchmark pay for this role