like the article says do your research for your intended charities.
The CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of America earned the highest pay in the group of $1.85 million, according to the survey. The Metropolitan Museum of Art CEO earned nearly $1.5 million, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children paid its CEO nearly $1.2 million, while the National Jewish Health's head got over $1 million.
the larger the charity, the more justification they have with "administrative expense"
from memory the worst offender, (at least famous) is bono, his charity "raises awareness" 10m yearly donations, 1% goes to actually help the impoverished, while 50% goes to administrative expense.
and another, wyclef jean, his charity closed, this is an example of expanding too big with too much money all at once
in 2004, was small in its first years of operation, with assets amounting to only $37,000, but according to the New York Times, after the devastating 2010 earthquake, donations started pouring in.
Jean said he raised $1million in 24 hours after issuing a plea for help on Twitter. But rather than using the money to help the millions of displaced residents living on the quake-ravaged streets of Port-au-Prince, the Times reported that Yele funneled a large portion of the funds to pay for 'offices, salaries, consultants' fees and travel' to say nothing of Jean's family, friends and legal team.
In one case, the group allegedly shelled out $30,763 to fly Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan from New Jersey to a charity event in Chicago that raised $66,000.
Mishandled: Yele reportedly spent $9million of its $16million on office space, workers' salaries and food
About $600,000 in donations went toward Yele's headquarters, which have since been abandoned; another $375,000 was used to cover 'landscaping' costs; and more than $470,000 was spent on food and beverages.
The singer, who made an unsuccessful bid for Haiti's presidency in 2010, reportedly paid himself $100,000 to perform in a charity concert and gave his family over $500,000 for unspecified work. Also, $37,000 was paid by Yele to cover the rent of Jean’s Manhattan studio.
