katiesquilts wrote:This may be common sense to some, but I would suggest looking up the salary of the charity's CEO before deciding.. Some of them are REALLY ridiculous!
Great point! I think that the percentage spent on salaries is part of the Charity Navigator score right?
-- 28 Apr 2016 10:21 am --
It looks like these are all the nominations, with the charity navigator rating and the highest salary I saw listed on Charity Navigator.
Wounded Warriors (3/4 --
on Watchlist) - 473k
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (4/4) - 650k + 323k from affiliates
Shriners Children's Hospitals (3/4) - 487k (Chief of Staff)
Cancer Treatment Center (couldn't find)
The Humane Society of the United States (3/4) - 372k
Habitat for Humanity International (2/4) - 310k
Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity (4/4) - Not compensated + 50k from affiliates
Salvation Army (unrated)
Defenders of Animal Rights - (3/4) - 103k
St. Jude's Children's Hospital - (3/4) 1.3 million
Reach Out and Read - (3/4) - 82k current (+ 250k to former execs??)
Big Brother Big Sisters - (2/4) - 423k to former president
Chrysalis Center (listed but unrated)
Mamma Baby Haiti - (couldn't find)
Altrusa International - (unrated)
To narrow down, I am eliminating the ones that are unrated, watchlisted, paying a single executive more than a million dollars, or less than 3/4 on Charity Navigator which leaves:
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (4/4) - 650k + 323k from affiliates
Shriners Children's Hospitals (3/4) - 487k (Chief of Staff)
The Humane Society of the United States (3/4) - 372k
Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity (4/4) - Not compensated + 50k from affiliates
Defenders of Animal Rights - (3/4) - 103k
Reach Out and Read - (3/4) - 82k current (+ 250k to former execs)
So I suppose this is what we will use. However, I cannot deny researching all the charities has been very disheartening. I definitely want to take on the project of looking through more charities to try to make a small list of ones that would be good for two reasons: (1) to share for other who in the future need such a list, (2) to create another hopefully larger charity program through OBC which doesn't require members to donate but will have us make significant verifiable donations on the members' behalf.
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