The online version of the 2024-25 Greater Kansas City Nonprofit Organizations & Association Salary and Benefits Survey report is available!

The Salary and Benefits Survey is a tool nonprofits and associations in the Kansas City region can use to help inform compensation decisions.

Legally, politically, and ethically, it is more important than ever for organizations to use research-based information to establish, benchmark, and defend their salaries and benefits.

Using salary and benefits survey results to evaluate and revise your agency’s compensation is important for three reasons:

  • Matching your salaries to the local nonprofit employment market ensures that your compensation practices are competitive for hiring and retaining the best people while still being responsible with your agency’s limited resources;
  • Benchmarking your salaries levels ensures that you are being fair to your staff when determining an appropriate level of compensation; and
  • Basing key executive salaries, benefits, and perquisites on the results of a research-based salary and benefits survey provides your agency with strong legal and political protection for your decisions. Nonprofit regulatory authorities (the IRS, state attorneys general) and many funders are paying more attention to the legitimacy of salaries and benefits that nonprofits are providing (especially for agency top executives). For the IRS, in particular, the best defense for your salary decisions is the use of a legitimate, well-researched salary and benefits survey that is representative of your hiring market.

This Salary and Benefits Survey is the tool that provides your nonprofit – and all nonprofits in the region — with these benefits.

The Salary and Benefits reports were researched and written by Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership in conjunction with our collaborating partners:

  • Kansas City Society of Association Executives
  • The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals
  • Nonprofit Connect
  • Support KC

Please note, in the near future, we will have additional Salary and Benefits Survey reporting that we will share with you too.

Fill out the form below to get access to the online version of the 2024-05 Greater Kansas City Nonprofit Organizations & Association Salary and Benefits Survey report.

MCNL Salary Survey

If you have any questions about the Salary and Benefits Survey, please contact Monica Rezac at rezacm@umkc.edu.

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