Complete the Kansas City Nonprofit Salary and Benefits Survey today!

Help shape fair and competitive compensation practices in our region by participating in this vital survey. Your input is necessary to create accurate, research-based data that nonprofits can use to make informed decisions.

Whether your organization has two employees or 200+, we need your input.* Join us in ensuring that nonprofits, big or small, can benchmark salaries, defend their compensation strategies, and attract top talent.

We are currently pulling together the next edition of the Salary and Benefits survey report! You still can submit your organization’s data below so you will be eligible to receive the early report preview when it is ready.

Survey Participation Benefits:

• Exclusive Report Preview: Get an early look at the report data as soon as it’s ready.

Get Ready to Complete the Survey

Please familiarize yourself with these instructions before filling out the survey. This will make completing your survey more efficient and accurate.

• Download the PDF of the Survey Guide, so you aware of the information you need to fill out the online survey.
• Use data from your most recent 2024 pay period.
• Only report salary information for employees in the Kansas City region. If you have more than one location, consolidate all employees.

Here are the counties included in the survey:

Focus on the job descriptions. Do not merely match job titles. It is the content of the job that determines a good match. Also note jobs with several levels. Please read all job descriptions before deciding a match.

Ready to start the survey!

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Need more reasons why you should complete the survey?

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.

Thank you for your valuable input and for helping us gather insights to better serve our nonprofit community. Your participation is crucial, and we look forward to sharing the results with you!

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You may rest assured that all information you provide will be held in the strictest of confidence The Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership provides the research staff for the project, and only Dr. Monica Rezac and the Midwest Center research team will have access to your individual agency information. You have the Midwest Center’s guarantee that the information you provide will never be disclosed to any other party.

*Note: If you are an all-volunteer organization and do not have any paid staff, you can just fill out the basic organizational descriptive portion of the survey. When it asks you how many employees you have just select zero (0) and then when you submit it will skip you to the end of the survey.

The Salary and Benefits reports were researched and written by Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership with support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 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

Request Previous Salary & Benefits Survey Reports

Fill out the form below to download your copies of the most recent reports (2022-23 Salary Survey Report and the 2021-22 Benefits Survey Report).