2017 Compensation and Operations Survey

1. INTRODUCTION

Here is your 2017 Confidential Survey Questionnaire. This is the twenty-seventh year that we have conducted this Survey.

For the first time, this year's AMC Compensation and Operations Report will be free to all Associations that complete the survey. Please make sure to enter your information on the page you are forwarded to after completing the survey to receive your free copy.

The Survey Report allows you and your Board to assess whether the range of salaries within your not-for-profit organization (NPO) is appropriate within the context of the NPO sector in British Columbia. The Survey Report also provides important information about governance and operational issues, such as: the length of directors' terms of office, the amount of honorariums paid, volunteer manuals, the frequency of directors’ meetings, conflict of interest guidelines, the cost of board liability insurance, as well as expense allowance rates.

The Survey Report is broadly used as a resource document within BC by volunteer Boards and staff in BC's not-for-profit sector. It is extremely important that we have a comparable sample of not-for-profits participating each year. Therefore, even if you do not intend to use the 2017 Report, please assist your not-for-profit colleagues by submitting your completed questionnaire. Your continued participation adds to the validity of the results.

Previous Reports provided much useful information regarding compensation. For example, in last year's survey, the highest salary of the Chief Executive Officers, by sub-sector, was: Industry $75,000, Professional $113,000 and Registered Charity $98,000.

The Survey covers BC only and the results are tabulated by the following employee groupings: 1; 2 to 4; 5 to 10; 11 to 20; 21 to 50; 51 to 99; and over 100. The Report contains tables by salary related to NPO type, budget size, location, number of staff and employee positions. In addition to providing vital information to BC's larger not-for-profit organizations, the survey also meets the unique needs of small and medium sized NPOs operating in BC.

In order to maintain confidentiality, information will be released only in the form of a statistical report of consolidated data.

The deadline for completing the questionnaire is February 3 2017.

If you have any questions while completing this survey, please email prosper@amcnposolutions.com or call (604) 669-5344 for help.