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Community improvement nonprofits in New Mexico: executive director pay, overhead ratio and reserves

110 community improvement organizations in New Mexico with revenue USD 100k-5M, latest Form 990 or 990-EZ e-filed in 2025-2026. Their median program share of expenses is 80.6%, management and general 12.8% (Form 990 filers), fundraising 0.0%, and the median organization holds 9.9 months of expenses in net assets. 59.1% pay at least one officer or key employee; among those with revenue USD 500k-1M the median top officer pay is $127,132.

Source: IRS Form 990 / 990-EZ e-file releases (public domain) joined with the Exempt Organizations Business Master File for NTEE codes; one latest return per EIN; universe = revenue USD 100k-5M, latest Form 990 or 990-EZ e-filed in 2025-2026, expenses above zero, 50 states + DC. Medians over filers reporting the field; management and fundraising shares count Form 990 filers only (990-EZ has no split). Data as of 2026-10-31.

Medians here (bar) vs community improvement nationally (mark):

Program expenses
80.6% vs 83.1%
Management and general
12.8% vs 10.5%
Fundraising
0.0% vs 0.0%
Months of reserves
9.9 mo vs 10.3 mo
Top officer pay, community improvement, New Mexico, by revenue band
Revenue bandFilersPay anyone25th pctMedian75th pct
USD 100k-250k4736%$30,000$53,198$64,922
USD 250k-500k1872%$50,773$72,000$87,844
USD 500k-1M2167%$87,997$127,132$146,154
USD 1M-5M2488%$100,989$124,039$151,163

Top officer = the highest reportable compensation from the organization among the officers, directors, key and highest-compensated employees listed on Form 990 Part VII or 990-EZ Part IV (title and amount only, never a name). Percentiles cover filers that pay anyone; a dash means fewer than 10 of them. Benefits and deferred pay excluded.

Where your organization sits

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Paid report

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Community improvement in other states

California (1,522) · New York (998) · Texas (990) · Pennsylvania (677) · Florida (673) · Illinois (629) · Ohio (582) · Virginia (469) · Michigan (442) · Washington (417) · North Carolina (416) · Georgia (408) · all states

Other causes in New Mexico

Education (213) · Human services (203) · Arts, culture and humanities (162) · Health care (81) · Recreation and sports (81) · Animal-related (64) · Housing and shelter (57) · Religion-related (54) · Environment (52) · Mental health and crisis intervention (51) · Philanthropy and grantmaking (50) · Youth development (48) · Food, agriculture and nutrition (34) · Crime and legal (28) · Mutual and membership benefit (25) · International (23) · Public and societal benefit (21)