Nonprofit Director of Communications Salary in the Community Improvement Sector
See how Director of Communications pay compares across Community Improvement nonprofits — by budget size. Built from IRS Form 990 filings across 186,890 nonprofits.
Director of Communications pay in Community Improvement
In Community Improvement, a Director of Communications at a $1M – $5M nonprofit is paid a median of $132,495. Pay tracks organization size closely: the median is $6,849 at Under $500K organizations and $206,409 at $5M+ ones. Figures are medians of what organizations reported on their IRS Form 990 filings — half of comparable leaders are paid less, half more.
| Annual budget | Median pay | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| Under $500K | $6,849 | 6 |
| $1M – $5M | $132,495 | 22 |
| $5M+ | $206,409 | 15 |
Source: IRS Form 990 Part VII, as filed. Kindora does not audit, verify, or certify any figure.
How Community Improvement compares
A Director of Communications in Community Improvement is paid a median of $132,495 at $1M – $5M organizations, which ranks 2 of 8 we publish for this role and budget size.
| Rank | Place | Median pay | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education | $137,636 | 77 |
| 2 | Community Improvement | $132,495 | 22 |
| 3 | Philanthropy & Voluntarism | $128,419 | 11 |
| 4 | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $126,719 | 27 |
| 5 | Religion-Related | $102,192 | 12 |
Other roles in Community Improvement
Median pay for other leadership positions in Community Improvement, from the same IRS Form 990 filings.
- CEO / Executive Director pay in Community Improvement
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Every number here summarizes what nonprofits reported on their public IRS Form 990 filings. Filings can contain errors and we don't certify any figure — for a decision that matters, check the organization's actual 990. How we build these benchmarks →
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Free, interactive nonprofit pay benchmarks from public IRS filings.
Built from the public IRS Form 990 Part VII filings as the IRS publishes them.
How we built these benchmarks
- Source: IRS Form 990 Part VII filings (the public disclosure of nonprofit officer pay).
- Positions classified by an AI model into 14 standard nonprofit leadership roles.
- Peer cells require at least 5 filings; smaller samples are suppressed.
- Latest data: September 2026.
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