Salaries

Yikes! $1 Million Charity Salaries

October 02, 2023

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Yikes! $1 Million Charity Salaries

Oct 02, 2023

The list below includes the top three compensation packages of $1 million or more at each nonprofit, and is based on CharityWatch's most current information as of October 2nd, 2023. The Compensation column includes total of b...

The list below includes the top three compensation packages of $1 million or more at each nonprofit, and is based on CharityWatch'...

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Nonprofit Compensation Packages of $1 Million or More

Jul 14, 2022

Does your favorite charity pay $1 million or more in compensation to its leader or other staff members? View this list of highly paid leaders in the nonprofit sector...

Does your favorite charity pay $1 million or more in compensation to its leader or other staff members? View this list of highly p...

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New Tax on Nonprofits with $1 Million Plus Pay Packages

Apr 11, 2019

Thanks to the new tax law passed in December 2017, nonprofits that pay their top officials compensation in excess of $1 million a year must now pay a tax to the federal government. The 21% excise tax applies to the top five highes...

Thanks to the new tax law passed in December 2017, nonprofits that pay their top officials compensation in excess of $1 million a ...

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The Cost of Doing Good: CBS Minnesota Investigates Salvation...

Feb 11, 2019

Watch CharityWatch president, Daniel Borochoff, on CBS Minnesota commenting on the compensation and benefits practices of Salvation Army officers...

Watch CharityWatch president, Daniel Borochoff, on CBS Minnesota commenting on the compensation and benefits practices of Salvatio...

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Immigrant shelter's CEO among highest paid charity leaders

Jun 21, 2018

Watch CharityWatch's president on CNN discuss the nearly $1.5 million salary of the CEO of Southwest Key Programs, the non-profit that is now providing one-half of the housing for migrant children who were recently separated from ...

Watch CharityWatch's president on CNN discuss the nearly $1.5 million salary of the CEO of Southwest Key Programs, the non-profit ...

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Reported Charity Salaries May Not Tell the Full Story

Apr 04, 2017

Donors often seek out information on charity executive salaries when considering whether or not to donate to a particular nonprofit. Unfortunately, the presentation of such salary data often causes donors to incorrectly conflate l...

Donors often seek out information on charity executive salaries when considering whether or not to donate to a particular nonprofi...

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Plus Size Retirement Payouts Continue at American Cancer Soc...

Mar 02, 2015

Executives at the American Cancer Society certainly have not been strangers to CharityWatch's list of Top 25 Compensation Packages and have come under fire before for eye-popping pay. So it's not surprising to...

Executives at the American Cancer Society certainly have not been strangers to CharityWatch's list of Top 25 Compensation Packages...

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Charity Salaries

Jul 31, 2014

Is it acceptable for the head of a nonprofit to earn a seven-figure salary? Upon what criteria should a salary be based? A recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals that a CEO at a nonprofit hospital earns, on average, about ...

Is it acceptable for the head of a nonprofit to earn a seven-figure salary? Upon what criteria should a salary be based? A recent ...

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Million Dollar Pay at Nonprofit Hospitals

Nov 19, 2013

Is it acceptable for the head of a nonprofit to earn a seven-figure salary? Upon what criteria should a salary be based? A recent ...

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Eye-Popping Pay

Dec 01, 2011

The head of the American Cancer Society since 1992, John Seffrin made $1.3 million in total compensation and benefits in fiscal 2009. His payout in fiscal 2010 was boosted to $2.2 million...

The head of the American Cancer Society since 1992, John Seffrin made $1.3 million in total compensation and benefits in fiscal 20...

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CharityWatch Calls for Full Disclosure of Charity Executive ...

Aug 01, 2011

Current IRS rules allow charities to hide from the public certain payments made to a nonprofit's individual officers, directors, trustees, and key employees. We believe this is wrong on several fronts and hope that the IRS...

Current IRS rules allow charities to hide from the public certain payments made to a nonprofit's individual officers, directors, t...

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Taxpayers Pay for Televangelists' Lavish Lifestyles Churches...

Apr 01, 2011

Private jets. Million dollar vacation homes. Luxury cars. If the CEO of your favorite charity was enjoying these perks, you would probably be outraged and never donate to it again. Fortunately, the IRS requires most charities to f...

Private jets. Million dollar vacation homes. Luxury cars. If the CEO of your favorite charity was enjoying these perks, you would ...

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Congressionally Scorned Charity Leader Receives $1.9 Million

Dec 01, 2010

Roger Chapin, a self-described "non-profit entrepreneur," retired last year from the charity he founded in 1971, Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV), after nearly forty years as president of the group. Chapin's charity was roundly cr...

Roger Chapin, a self-described "non-profit entrepreneur," retired last year from the charity he founded in 1971, Help Hospitalized...

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Debunking Charity Salary Myths

Dec 01, 2008

High salaries should not signal a red light to not give just as low salaries should not signal a green light to give. Charity salary levels ought to be based on the skill, experience and education necessary to forward the work of....

High salaries should not signal a red light to not give just as low salaries should not signal a green light to give. Charity sala...

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