[1rudeboy]

That is not necessarily true. I am associated with a number of 501(c)3's that pay their executives and board members peanuts, and have been around for decades.

It is true that you must research where your donations are going.

[RavenATB]

Not all “501s” pay their executive “peanuts.”

Some of the larger national non-profits pay their top executives massive salaries. Do a little “googling” about the salaries paid to the top executives of the Red Cross just a few years ago (over $600K/yr for one of them), for example.