tax-law non-profit irs
Is it legal for a non-profit to omit the salaries of their deputy director and other lower level directors on Form 990?
<p>I'm looking at a the Form 990 for a small non-profit, and I'm noticing that under administrative/management expenses only the Executive Director's salary is listed. I know there is a Deputy Director and a Director of Business Communications who draw salaries at the organization, but they are not listed. Is this legal? It's definitely misleading...</p>

<p>For a small nonprofit, I'd assume that those positions would not need to be listed.</p>

<p>Under current IRS guidance, the organization must list:</p>

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<li><strong>"All of its current officers, directors and trustees."</strong> The positions you've mentioned do not appear to match any of these categories, at least as defined in the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i990.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Form 990 Glossary</a>. </li>
<li><strong>"Up to 20 current employees who satisfy the definition of <em>key employee</em>."</strong> Key employees are those with responsibilities similar to officers, directors, or trustees, and with compensation exceeding $150,000. For a small nonprofit, I'd be surprised if either of those positions you mentioned drew a salary exceeding $150,000, so I wouldn't expect either to need to be reported.</li>
<li><strong>"Its five current highest compensated employees with reportable compensation greater than $100,000."</strong> On this question, it doesn't matter what the employee's responsibilities are. If their compensation exceeds $100,000, they should be included. But if those employees are making less than that, then no, they don't need to be listed.</li>
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