Leaders of nonprofits in the Northeast, and of largest groups, tend to earn higher salaries, according to the Charity Navigator study. The top executives of U.S. charitable nonprofits received a meager average raise of 2.55 percent since last year, earning an average salary of $148,972, according to Charity Navigator’s CEO Compensation Study released Aug. 1. The latest raise is only slightly higher than the average 2.34 percent increase reported in last year’s study. The watchdog group that evaluates the effectiveness of donor-based organizations compiled information for 5,324 nonprofit organizations in its database, using the groups’ IRS 990 tax forms from 2006 and 2007,… Read More