This is What You Earn in Foundations, Clubs and Associations

Recently, the VMI Salary Survey 2017 was published. From this, three notes:

Basic Remuneration of Senior Executives

30% of the executives of foundations, clubs and associations who participated in the study earn between CHF 125K and 150K annually, 26% between CHF 150K and 200K and 22% between CHF 100K and 125K. The remaining percentages are above CHF 200K resp. under CHF 125K. The median is CHF 135K. However, it can be assumed that this value is higher in actuality. This is because organizations with exceptionally high executive salaries are missing from the study. Then the interest in a compensation comparison is unlikely to be very pronounced among the latter.

Remuneration of the Presidents

52% of the presidents of foundations and associations receive no remuneration at all, 10% between CHF 2K and 5K and another 10% between 5K and 10K. 16% have a higher compensation than CHF 10K, 12% have one up to CHF 2K. The average value is CHF 6K per year.

Special

Performance-related salaries for managers play a subordinate role, although 13% of the aid organizations have such a system.

And a sentence that is worth quoting as much for its content as for its wording: “In the case of the aid organizations, the probability of remuneration [of honorary board members and foundation board members, editor’s note] decreases with increasing dependence on donations, other things being equal” (p. 5 of the study).