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How much of spending goes to officers at NTEE W: Public & Societal Benefit?
Officer compensation share of expenses, NTEE W: Public & Societal Benefit: median 7.9% in tax year 2024 across 1,612 e-filers (mean 12.5%); the middle half lies between 0.7% and 18.3%. In 2017 the median was 7.7%.
What it means
Total officer compensation divided by total expenses. This is not the overhead ratio (management, general and fundraising expenses), which these e-file totals do not carry.
Year by year
Percentiles within the group; the median is bold. Years marked partial are still filling with late filings.
| Tax year | Filers | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 partial | 28 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 6.6% | 29.0% |
| 2025 partial | 910 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.8% | 17.3% | 32.2% |
| 2024 | 1,612 | 0.0% | 0.7% | 7.9% | 18.3% | 31.1% |
| 2023 | 2,149 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 7.5% | 18.2% | 31.3% |
| 2022 | 1,912 | 0.0% | 1.0% | 8.0% | 18.1% | 30.9% |
| 2021 | 1,233 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 7.8% | 19.6% | 34.6% |
| 2020 | 1,645 | 0.0% | 1.4% | 8.2% | 19.3% | 32.6% |
| 2019 | 1,404 | 0.0% | 1.9% | 7.8% | 16.3% | 29.6% |
| 2018 | 1,147 | 0.0% | 2.1% | 7.9% | 16.5% | 28.7% |
| 2017 | 24 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 24.4% | 37.2% |
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