Gender Gap in Fundraisers’ Pay Has Not Budged Since Early 2000s, Report Says

Title: “The Impact of Gender on Fundraising Salaries, 2014-2018“

Organization: Association of Fundraising Professionals

Summary: Women fundraisers make nearly 11 percent less than men in that job, according to an analysis of data from four years of the fundraising association’s annual compensation and benefits surveys.

Seventy-seven percent of participants in the surveys were women. The study examined more than 10,000 responses to five years of surveys and found that the gap has not narrowed significantly from the years 2000-5, for which the researchers did a similar analysis. Data from the earlier surveys show that women were paid 11 percent less than men.

The study is a project of the association’s Women’s Impact Initiative, an effort to address gender-equity issues in the profession.

Among other findings:

• 42 percent of men work in an organization with a budget of $10 million or more, compared with one-third of women. Organizational size had the biggest impact on salaries, the analysis found.
• Nearly 60 percent of men hold senior positions at their organizations, compared with just under 53 percent of women.
• 52 percent of male fundraisers in the surveys held a master’s or other advanced degree, compared with less than 43 percent of their female counterparts.