Nonprofit CEOs Are Not Underpaid. They’re Just Unevenly Paid.
An analysis of 8.8 million IRS 990 filings reveals a shocking split in nonprofit CEO pay: large hospital and insurance nonprofits pay executives like Wall Street, while small charities pay less than teachers. The real inequality isn’t between nonprofit and for-profit—it’s within the sector itself. Donors, it’s time to look at the numbers.