Compensation Strategy and Design

Could your pay practices fuel greater impact?

A motivated team is the foundation of your mission’s success. At Edgility, we help you design compensation strategies that are aligned with your priorities and work within your resources. Our approach emphasizes sustainable, equitable practices that empower mission-driven organizations like yours to attract and retain engaged, high-performing teams, amplifying your impact in the communities you serve.

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Compensation Strategy & Design

Pay Equity Analysis

Salary Benchmarking

Benefits & Total Rewards

Compensation Strategy & Design

A thoughtful approach to compensation is essential for attracting and retaining the talent your organization needs to achieve its mission—but addressing the unique challenges of mission-driven organizations requires a partner with deep understanding and experience in the sector. Edgility offers comprehensive compensation strategy and design services, tailored to meet your organization’s goals and budget. Whether you’re a small business striving for financial sustainability or a larger organization navigating complex pay structures, we design customized solutions that align with your mission, values, and resources. Our process includes analyzing market data to achieve external competitiveness, addressing internal equity to promote fairness, and building a compensation philosophy that guides future decision-making and complies with legal standards. We work closely with your team to develop compensation strategies that motivate staff and position your organization as a great place to work. From establishing salary structures to analyzing your benefits, we provide clear, practical guidance to help you make informed, responsible decisions. At Edgility, we help you turn compensation into a powerful tool for building and keeping an engaged, impact-focused team.

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Executive Compensation

Creating sustained impact starts with recruiting and retaining exceptional executive leaders. Edgility’s Executive Compensation consultants guide Boards and other key decision-makers through developing customized executive compensation structures that align with their organization’s specific priorities. Through unbiased, third-party guidance, we leverage market data for competitive benchmarking, design short-term and long-term incentive plans, and ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. We align our recommendations with your values, helping to foster trust, increase transparency, and attract and retain the right leadership for your organization.

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Total Rewards & Benefits

A holistic total compensation strategy is about more than just salary—it’s about creating an intentional plan that meets the needs of your team and fits your resources. Edgility’s Total Rewards and Benefits service helps organizations design tailored strategies that balance effective pay, robust benefits, and meaningful non-monetary rewards. We survey your staff to understand their priorities and how they currently access and utilize existing benefits, inclusively shaping meaningful benefits packages that incorporate health and wellness programs, retirement plans, professional development opportunities, and workplace flexibility. By aligning total rewards with your budgetary considerations and employee needs, we help you build a supportive environment where employees feel valued and energized to drive your mission forward.

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Salary Benchmarking & Pay Equity Analysis

Edgility’s Salary Benchmarking & Pay Equity Analysis provides HR leaders with the critical data needed to make informed compensation decisions. Leveraging the insights gained from hundreds of nonprofit and school clients across the country and access to robust industry-specific datasets, we clarify your organization’s market position and identify wage gaps that may be preventing you from sharing clear, transparent and fair salary structures—a proven tool for attracting and retaining talent. Equipped with the data to improve internal pay equity and external market competitiveness, your HR team can align your compensation structure and policies to address pay gaps, plan for growth and recruit and keep mission-aligned staff without overextending your budget.

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On-Going Compliance Support

Adapting to shifting market conditions and legal standards requires a commitment to keeping your compensation program fair and compliant. Edgility’s Ongoing Compliance Support Package helps you keep your program relevant and legally sound with ad hoc advising, salary planning support, and annual staff training. We assist with tasks like assigning job levels, positioning new hires within salary ranges, addressing policy updates, and benchmarking new roles. During salary planning, we share market trends, compliance updates, and decision-making tools to inform increases and drive transparency. Edgility’s expertise keeps your compensation program responsive to your organization’s needs.

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Our Process for Designing Compensation Strategy

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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

We survey staff, conduct focus groups, and interview leadership to understand how your staff perceives your organization’s compensation and talent systems and uncover opportunities to improve the experience of your most valuable asset—your people.

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MARKET ANALYSIS & EQUITY AUDIT

We conduct thorough analysis to benchmark your organization’s compensation against similar organizations in your area and identify pay disparities and opportunities to improve internal fairness, laying the groundwork for transparent and equitable compensation practices in line with the market.

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PROGRAM DESIGN

We combine our data and insights to develop a thoughtful compensation philosophy, salary structures, and policies tailored to your organizational context. Our consultants shine as facilitators and coaches, helping your team navigate key decisions and build a program your staff will appreciate and trust.

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IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT

We support your team in rolling out your new compensation program with consistency and clarity. This includes training managers to confidently communicate changes, tools for placing staff within salary ranges, and guidance on updating policies—all designed to build trust and transparency across your organization.

Designing Compensation Strategies with Impact

Organizations with transparent and fair compensation practices see lower turnover rates, increased employee engagement, stronger team dynamics, and better overall performance. Equitable pay is a business imperative for organizations striving to achieve social impact and amplify their mission. Here’s where we stand.

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WAGE GAP CLOSED

“We are deeply appreciative of the expertise, thoughtfulness and very effective project management executed by your team.”

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ORGANIZATIONS SERVED

“[Edgility] was an excellent source of support. [They were] knowledgeable and ready to respond to questions that helped our team move forward with the process.”

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WOULD WORK WITH EDGILITY AGAIN

“We’re already working with Edgility on another project. Just can’t say enough about how knowledgeable, responsive and excellent [the team was] throughout our time working with them.”

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Our work often requires rapid responses due to the nature of helping activists who are at risk. We’re grateful to Edgility for helping us slow down and take a step back to assess the health of our organization from a salary, equity, and performance perspective. It’s important that we reward our employees for their brave work. We look forward to continuing to partner with Edgility to develop and improve our internal systems.

Danielle Pointdujour

Human Resources Officer, Urgent Action Fund

While Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) has worked to increase racial equity internally and externally, the racial reckoning of 2020 illuminated the need to ask ourselves what more we can do. With Edgility’s methodology, we had clear data points and recommendations to create a plan internally to address any wage gaps and further our commitment to racial equity.

Willa Marth

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

We’re so pleased with the work Edgility has done for Compass Charter Schools. It gave us a system and a roadmap that has brought incredible foundational value to our organization. We’ve dramatically reduced inefficiencies and can now confidently offer our teachers and staff equitable pay.

J.J. Lewis

Superintendent & CEO, Compass Charter Schools