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I donated to WWP for several years before looking them up
on Charity Navigator after hearing about the six figure CEO.

I now donate to Homes for our Troops.
They get a very high rating from CN.

Marko

February 1, 2016: "Charity Navigator examined Wounded Warrior Project's financial filings with the IRS and found just under 60 percent of all donations go back into veterans' programs.

"Another charity watchdog, Charity Watch, used a different financial resource, Wounded Warrior Project's independently audited financial statements, and found just 54 percent of donations went to veterans."

"In the most recent financial statements available, fiscal year 2014, News4Jax uncovered that the group's CEO Steve Nardizzi took home $496,000 in salary and benefits. His number two, Al Giordano, made $424,000. Ten other executives made up to $285,000 each, all paid with donor money."

Those salaries are par for the course of many charitable organizations. Many founders eventually believe they are entitled to large compensation for all the good they do. While I'm okay with top executives making $80-100 thousand a year for their expertise and basic subsistence if they have no other income , the above salaries are obscene.