Posted on 07/21/2021 8:20:21 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
One of the natural laws in Philadelphia seems to be that WHYY CEO Bill Marrazzo’s salary becomes a talking point at least once a decade. In 2007, an anonymous group of WHYY staffers called on Marrazzo (salary then: $430,786) to resign over, among other things, the pay disparity between him and everyone else. In 2017, Philly Mag covered Marrazzo (salary: $842,832) and his $139,000 pay bump from the year before. And now, Marrazzo (salary: $740,009, --SNIP--- When WHYY staffers ask for raises, though, they say they’re often told that making less money is part of what it means to work at a nonprofit. “It’s a split system,” the union member says. “The CEO sets salary based on what private-sector peers make, but when it comes to us, it’s, ‘We can’t do that, we can’t afford it.’”
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Non-profits are often very profitable. Many take in huge amounts of money, greater than expenditures. They can pay huge salaries, and keep excess funds in the bank for their operations. They merely can’t pay out profits to private “owners”
Having 501c3 status can be a great scam
Gov’t salaries are way too high. Pensions as well.
For those of us not in PA, what’s a WHYY?
And I’d bet make up a huge portion of our “economy”. All untaxed and unaccountable.
Don’t forget they don’t pay taxes, thus have an incentive to spend every dollar.
WHYY is the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley PBS station.
Thank you.
Attaining that level of moral superiority isn’t easy. The little people wouldn’t understand.
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