First off, what city? 100K in the middle of Iowa goes much farther than a HCOL area like SF or NYC. But, even then, don't do it. 300K to 100K is too big of a sw

First off, what city? 100K in the middle of Iowa goes much farther than a HCOL area like SF or NYC. But, even then, don't do it. 300K to 100K is too big of a swing. Depending on your lifestyle, it will also be the difference between retiring early or later in life. The non-profit world isn't a utopia and will come with all the same baggage as regular, for-profit companies. If you still decide to go through with it, I would try to negotiate that 100K up as much as possible. Get the whole notion of non-profit out of your head, they are still competing for your time/expertise and should pay according to the market. Have a look at their public tax disclosures and see what the top brass is claiming as income. If you do a little digging, you will find many non-profits that have board members/c-suites/VPs/etc making quite large salaries while they pay peanuts to the grunt workers.