Editor's Note

According to the AFP, which recently surveyed members in the United States and Canada about their compensation and benefits packages, the median salary of U.S. fundraisers rose last year by more than 15 percent, to $72,050, or roughly $100,000 more than in 2003. Chief development officers fetched a median salary of $73,500, up 13 percent from the previous year, while the median salary for those holding the No. 2 spot in nonprofit fundraising departments shot up 20 percent, to more than $66,000.