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Governance, risk, and compliance jobs in Nonprofit: foundations, mission-driven organizations, and NGOs.
Open Nonprofit GRC jobs (21)
Director Global Trade Compliance
Senior Director - Quality Data, Digital Systems & Compliance
Responsible AI & Data Governance Lead
Senior Compliance Officer, Japan
Director, Regulatory Affairs CMC
Director, Compliance Business Partner
DTE Audit & Compliance Manager (Sr. Principal Analyst)
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Specialist
Senior Director of Compliance & Regulatory Affairs
Director CMC Quality Compliance (Hybrid)
Director, Regulatory Data Management (Boston, MA)
Associate Director, CMC Quality Compliance and Inspection Readiness (Hybrid)
Director, Regulatory Labeling Strategy (Remote-Eligible)
Director Risk Management
Senior Officer, AI Technology Policy
Deputy Director, Digital Transformation and AI Policy & Advocacy
Director of Compliance & Risk Management
Data and AI Governance Lead, Computing Services
Program analyst (Cyber Operations)
Program Analyst (Cyber Operations)
Research Fellow / Senior Fellow, Artificial Intelligence
The Nonprofit GRC market
Mission-driven does not mean off the hook, it usually means more eyes, not fewer. Foundations, NGOs, advocacy groups, and large nonprofits answer to boards, donors, grant rules, and the public trust, which is real governance work done on a fraction of a corporate budget. That makes room for compliance, risk, privacy, and audit people who can hold a standard without a standing army to do it. If you want your GRC skills serving a mission instead of a margin, this is the market, and it is the ground GRC Careers grew out of.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
Nonprofit GRC jobs: what the market looks like right now
A snapshot built from the 21 Nonprofit GRC roles currently on this page.
What these roles pay
Of the 21 open Nonprofit GRC roles on this page, 12 publish a salary range. Across those:
- Median advertised midpoint: $231k
- Middle half of the market: $184k to $238k
- Full advertised range: $50k to $342k
Computed from the live postings on this page, not from survey data, and recalculated every time the board refreshes. Roles without a published range are excluded.
Where the work is
- Work mode: 0 remote, 4 hybrid, 17 on-site or unstated.
- Seniority mix: director (12), senior (7), mid (2)
- Employers hiring more than one: Vertex Pharmaceuticals (9), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2)
Skills these postings ask for
- policy and procedure writing
- control testing and evidence collection
- regulatory change management
- SOX and SOC 2 readiness
- issue management and remediation tracking
How to get a compliance job — the full career guide for this field: entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.
Certifications that come up most
None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in Nonprofit GRC postings to be worth knowing: CCEP, CRCM, CAMS, CIPP/US, AIGP. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.
Hiring for Nonprofit GRC?
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