Executive Compensation

As the leading talent, compensation and governance advisor for the nonprofit sector, C3 partners with Boards and leadership to ensure executive compensation and rewards programs are optimized.

From analyzing industry best practices to designing innovative approaches to executive compensation, benefits and other rewards, our insights guide and support your efforts from recruitment to retention to beyond, propelling your mission forward.

Key Services

  • Executive Compensation Philosophy Validation and Development
  • Defensible peer group selection
  • Total compensation benchmarking of salary, bonuses/incentives, benefits and other rewards
  • Contract / employment agreement design and evaluation
  • Bonus / Incentive compensation design and evaluation
  • Executive retention strategies
  • Integrated total compensation program design
  • Reasonableness assessment and validation
  • CEO performance assessment design and administration
  • Regulatory compliance and governance support
  • Executive separation and exit design
  • Disclosure optimization

Peer Group Selection in Nonprofit Organizations

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C3 can be invaluable to you in crafting both an impactful and a defensible approach to executive compensation. We share a few of our insights in the download below.

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C3 Vantage Points

EVENT | SHRM Annual Conference: “Beyond the CEO Pay Ratio – The Real Revolution in Compensation Starts with a Living Wage”

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EVENT | WorldatWork Total Rewards Annual Conference: “The Real Revolution in Compensation Starts with a Living Wage”

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EVENT | Council on Michigan Foundations – Talent and HR Affinity Group

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EVENT | Georgetown University Law Center: “Current Issues in Charitable Compensation”

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Pay Equity: More than an Annual Analysis

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Studying the Effects of Pay Transparency in Non-Profit Organizations

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Nonprofit Compensation: How to Compete with the For-Profit Sector 

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PODCAST | Paying a Thriving Wage at Nonprofits

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SullivanCotter Launches New C3 Nonprofit Consulting Group

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Pay Equity for Executives

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Pay Equity and Living Wage

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Fundraising Talent Strategy in 2023 and Beyond

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Aligning Pay with Performance in Endowment Incentive Plans

Incentive compensation plans in nonprofit investment offices1 are designed…

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Reasonable Executive Compensation: Peer Group Selection in Nonprofit Organizations

Any nonprofit organization faces unique pressures from the…

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Pay Equity: Ensuring a High-Quality Analysis

Most people responsible for pay equity studies within…

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Pay Equity Analysis: Gaining More Than You Think

Many of us do not envy the work…

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Pay Equity Analysis: Understanding the Entire Story

Statistical outcomes do not always tell the whole…

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Fairness and Engagement: Where Pay Equity Fits In

Enhancing an Employee’s Level of Engagement While fairness…

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