VIDEO | Navigating Executive Compensation in Tax-Exempt Organizations
By Liz Jones
How can you ensure your nonprofit is compensating executives correctly in their final year?
Addressing executive severance and separation can be complex.
The key is to have a firm understanding of reasonable total compensation for executives.
In this video, C3’s Nanci Hibschman walks through how organizations can determine what is typical, what to watch for in voluntary and involuntary terminations, and why timing matters — particularly when considering end-of-tenure payments or retirement scenarios.
She also outlines what qualifies as reasonable total compensation for executives considered “disqualified persons” under the tax code and explains why aligning with market data is so vital for today’s nonprofit organizations.
