2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report
The 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date data available on U.S. philanthropic sector salaries, benefits, and demographic details, with information presented by grantmaker type, foundation type, asset size, and geographic location. The 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report report contains:
- Salary data on 11,380 full-time staff from 1,006 grantmaking organizations
- Benchmarking data for 38 distinct positions
- Increase, bonus, and severance eligibility and activity data
- Staff counts for full and part-time staff by grantmaker type and asset size
- Gender, race/ethnicity, age, and disability counts
- Staff tenure, departure, and turnover rates
- CEO-specific compensation, benefits, and discretionary grantmaking practices
- Benefits practices and employer costs
The 2024 Report is supplemented by the 2024 Board Compensation Tables, which provide foundation board and staff with the tools they need to benchmark their board compensation policies and practices against peers in the field.
You can explore the report's Key Findings, and both members and nonmembers can download the Key Findings document for free.
Participants in the 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey can access Benchmark Central to run salary, benefit, and demographic comparisons by asset size, grants, geographic location, and grantmaker type.
Council members who did not participate in the 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey but would like access to the online benchmarking tool can email communications@cof.org to request access.
Non-members will receive access to the online benchmarking tool with their purchase of the full report.
