Incentive Pay Practices: Nonprofit/Government Organizations

U.S. nonprofit and government organizations continue to make significant use of short-term cash incentives to motivate and reward employees, according to the 2016 Vivient Consulting and WorldatWork survey of incentive compensation programs at these organizations. Short-term cash incentives are more prevalent at nonprofits than at government organizations, and the incentive budgets are larger. Long-term incentive usage continues to be rare at both types of organizations