Posted on 09/15/2011 4:12:00 AM PDT by SMARTY
As you open your pockets for the next natural disaster, please keep these facts in mind:
The American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans' salary for the year was $651,957 plus expenses
The United Way President Brian Gallagher receives a $375,000 base salary along with numerous expense benefits
UNICEF CEO Caryl M. Stern receives $1,200,000 per year (100k per month) plus all expenses including a ROLLS ROYCE Less than 5 cents of your donated dollar goes to the cause
The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 billion dollar organization .96 percent of donated dollars go to the cause.
The American Legion National Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!
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According to Charity Navigator, Caryl Stern's salary is $419,832. They give the United States Fund for UNICEF their highest rating (4 stars - exceptional) and say that 91.8% of funds go to program expenses (the proper place).
Snopes rates this email info as "mostly outdated and inaccurate". Similar sites say the same kind of thing.
You are right.
But, I have always heard these things about the United Way and Red Cross... and though subsequent fact checking may restore credibility to these other organizations, I have NEVER once heard anything derogatory about the American Legion or Salvation Army.... NEVER!
The head of the United Way here where I live was prosecuted for fraud and malfeasance a couple years ago. AND their annual campaign bullying in the workplace is insufferable.
It will be a very long time before THEIR credibility is restored.
Any sources for all those statements? They got it wrong in that Caryl Stern is not the UNICEF CEO, so who knows about the rest?
Not that I doubt that a lot of so-called charities are little more than rip off scams.
It’s the way he gave it to me. No more details than that. I didn’t question it because it is consistent with what I already have read and heard about them.
Churches often do. Seventh-day Adventists, Catholic Charities, the Mormon church, Baptists, all have a great framework for administering assistance to those in need.
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