Nonprofit finance director and CFO salary in Iowa

Half of nonprofit finance directors and CFOs in Iowa were paid more than $132,765 and half less, based on 253 orgs' filings from 2023 to 2025.

Finance director and CFO pay in Iowa by budget size
Budget	Lower quarter	Median	Upper quarter	Orgs
All budgets	$100,531	$132,765	$177,685	253
$1M to $5M	$61,050	$79,223	$107,537	38
$5M to $25M	$100,635	$119,843	$143,072	112
Over $25M	$154,166	$184,446	$277,443	96

How we get these numbers

Nonprofits file a Form 990 with the IRS each year. It lists pay for officers and top staff. We take each org's most recent filing and find the paid, full-time person in this role, by title: chief financial officer, CFO, director of finance, or VP of finance, or similar. Deputies, assistants, interims, and people who hold two roles at once are left out.

Pay here is what the 990 reports as W-2 pay from the org and related orgs. It leaves out benefits and retirement. We only show a budget size when at least 10 orgs are in it.

Small nonprofits file a shorter form, or none, so they show up less here. 990s also lag by a year or two. Treat these numbers as a starting point, not a final answer.

The 990 lists staff other than the top executive only when they are officers or key employees, or among the five highest paid over $100,000. So for this role, the numbers lean toward larger orgs and higher pay.

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