Subject: Before you give too much money to all those charities asking for month every month …read this. Posted on January 17, 2011 by pghmfi

Keep these facts in mind when “donating”. As you open your pockets for yet another
natural disaster, keep the following facts in mind; we have listed them from the
highest (worse paid offender) to the lowest (least paid offender).

The worst offender was yet again for the 11th year in a row is, UNICEF – CEO,
receives $1,200,000 per year, (plus use of a Rolls Royce for his exclusive use where
ever he goes, and an expense account that is rumoured to be well over $150,000.)
Only pennies from the actual donations goes to the UNICEF cause (less than $0.14
per dollar of income).

The second worst offender this year is Marsha J. Evans, President and CEO of the
American Red Cross…for her salary for the year ending in 2009 was $651,957 plus
expenses. Enjoys 6 weeks – fully paid holidays including all related expenses
during the holiday trip for her and her husband and kids. including 100% fully
paid health & dental plan for her and her family, for life. This means out of
every dollar they bring in
about $0.39 goes to related charity causes.

The third worst offender was again for the 7th time was, Brian Gallagher, President
of the United Way receives a $375,000 base salary (U.S. funds), plus so many
numerous expense benefits it’s hard to keep track as to what it is all worth,
including a fully paid life time membership for 2 golf courses (1 in Canada, and 1
in the U.S.A.), 2 luxury vehicles, a yacht club membership, 3 major company gold
credit cards for his personal expenses…and so on. This equates to about $0.51 per
dollar of income goes to charity causes.

This Years Fourth worst offender, who by the way has ranked fourth every year since
this information has been available in 1998 is yet again, World Vision President
(Canada) receives $300,000 base salary, (plus supplied – a home valued in the
$700,000 – $800,000 dollar value range, which is completely furnished. All housing
expenses are also paid, including taxes, water & sewer, telephone & fax lines, HD
High Speed cable, weekly maid service and yard and pool maintenance. In addition,
he gets fully paid private schooling for his children, an upscale automobile and an
$55,000 personal expense account for clothing/food, with a $125,000 business expense
account.

Get this, because it is a “religious based” charity, it pays, little to no taxes,
can receive government assistance and does not have to declare were the money goes.
Only about $0.52 of earned-income per dollar is available for charity causes.

Of the sixty some odd “charities” we looked at, the lowest paid President, C.E.O,
or Commissioner who was heading up a charity group right here in Canada . We found,
believe it or not, it was……

Ready for this…

I think you might be surprised…

It is, none other than…

The Salvation Army’s Commissioner Todd Bassett who receives a salary of only
$13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 Billion dollar organization.
Which means about $0.93 per dollar earned, is readily available and goes back out
to local charity causes…truly amazing…and well done “Sally Anne”

No further comment is necessary…”Think Twice” before you give to your charity of
choice as to which one really does the best for the most – or the least for the
most, for that matter.

- Anonymous