I was planning to donate the couple bucks I had left over from the year to the charity called “San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance”, I was doing a background check on CharityNavigator and they gave the charity full ratings so it seemed good.

Then I stumbled upon the salary section. What the fuck? I earn <20k a year and was planning to contribute to someone’s million dollar salary? WHAT.

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/951648219

  • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
    131·
    20 days ago

    Here’s the thing: I don’t know about this charity in particular. But in general, a big charity is just as complicated a business as a big for profit company.
    The task of managing it isn’t any easier. So the people who have experience in managing big businesses can get that kind of money elsewhere, too.
    In our system, the charity is pretty much forced to pay competitive CEO salaries if they want experienced people at the helm.
    If they paid much less, they wouldn’t get anyone to do the job who’s actually competent.