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Rutgers IEL: Compensation in the Nonprofit Sector

Joe Brown ▪ November 4, 2010 ▪ 0 Comments

It was my pleasure to present this week at Rutgers Business School as part of the Institute for Ethical Leadership’s 2010 Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program. In addition to leading a plenary session on the use of social media and social networking for nonprofit organizations, I had the chance to address both the executive and emerging leaders tracks on compensation in the nonprofit sector.

The two presentations overlap in conveying information about the past, present, and future of nonprofit pay. The first presentation, for the emerging leaders, also offers a brief overview of executive compensation in the sector, as well as a primer on pay for performance approaches. The second, for established executives, provides recommendations on ways to enhance their organizations’ pay and performance management practices.

Emerging Leaders

Executives

Each of the conversations branched out in several interesting discussions, some of which I’ve touched upon in previous posts, and all of which were worthy of further discussion. You may find the following related posts of interest:

Are Your Executive Compensation Bases Covered?
The Buck Stops Where?
Development in Demand: Challenges for Fundraising Professionals and Employers
Executive Compensation at Boys & Girls Clubs of America: A Closer Look
Human Resources Maturity
A Look at Nonprofit IT Staffing
The Path to Pay for Performance
Paying Attention to Turnover in the Nonprofit Sector
Salary Ranges 101

Please feel free to share the presentations and posts with your colleagues and, as always, share your comments and questions!

Are Your Executive Compensation Bases Covered? (video)

Joe Brown ▪ April 12, 2010 ▪ 0 Comments

In this video, nonprofit executives and board members are reminded of the risks associated with not having a formal executive compensation policy and provided with guidance as to how to strengthen their organization’s governance of executive compensation.

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Are Your Executive Compensation Bases Covered?

Joe Brown ▪ April 12, 2010 ▪ 0 Comments

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A recent survey found that 73% of nonprofit organizations have a formal policy to review executive compensation. As a human resources and management consultant to nonprofits, what I found striking about this statistic is that it means 27% of organizations do not have a formal policy.
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Canada vs. USA…No Hockey Involved!

Joe Brown ▪ March 17, 2010 ▪ 7 Comments

Nonprofit executive compensation gets a lot of attention in the United States these days, as I wrote in my post yesterday on the Mission Connected blog (“Are Your Executive Compensation Bases Covered?“). Over the past week, the topic has gained prominence in both the US Senate and the mainstream press, as Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and three other Republican senators have raised questions about the compensation provided by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to the organization’s president. That controversy has struck an emotional chord on both sides of the issue, including a scathing response by author Dan Pallota.

In this context, I found it notable to learn this week that the issue of nonprofit executive compensation has also attracted attention at the federal level in Canada. Specifically, as Jane Taber reports in her Ottawa Notebook blog, a Liberal Member of Parliament from Ontario has introduced a “charity transparency bill”. Under the legislation proposed by MP Albina Guarnieri, all registered Canadian charities would be required to publicly disclose the salaries of the organization’s five highest-paid employees. Further, the annual salary of all executives would be capped at $250,000.
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