Chief Philanthropy Officer probably heads their fundraising team. Aka sales
Comment on Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
While not ideal, I would like to note that the charity has a revenue of 392 M$. Spending 1-2% on salaries of top exec is not that bad if it prevents them from misusing the funds. A lot of the time, the alternative to high salaries for people in power is those people giving in to corruption since the risk/benefit encourages it. Just look at politics for an example.
BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That’s exactly what they do. They also usually act as a liason between their mega donors to ensure the money is spent in the way it’s ear marked for. Mega donors usually donate conditionally, basically a type of private grant.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thanks for the extra info.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That makes sense, thanks for the info.
enbyecho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What you are describing is blackmail.
“Pay us exorbitant salaries or we’ll be forced to embezzle the funds”
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s also human nature for the kind of psychopath executive positions attract.
enbyecho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So we should just accept that and pay them off rather than putting in mechanisms to prevent that and hiring people who are motivated by something other than the payout?
It might seem like we have no choice but we do, collectively, hold the power of the purse here. And I think this post is a great example of that.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, we shouldn’t, but that’s what is happening.
And yes, I agree.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You are not necessarily paying of the same people. Even most honest/righteous people like money. So the charity willing to pay them get those and the charities that don’t risk getting the kind of people who don’t mind embezzling.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I am not an exec, so no it is not. It is just statement of fact.
enbyecho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What is “it” in your comment?
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What I am describing is not blackmail. It is the same as saying that leaving unguarded food next to starving people encourages theft of said food. That is not blackmail. I am saying nothing beyond that. I am not commenting on morality of the situation or what the right thing to do is. Just pointing out it is not quite as simple.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Last time I checked prison was the real alternative.
enbyecho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For the little people.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Would be nice if that worked. If you embezzle the money smartly, e.g. giving lucrative contracts to friends consultancy firm, there is pretty much no way to prove it.
eran_morad@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s only salary up there that should be elevated, but a more reasonable value would be $250-350K. At least in my extremely expensive market. That’s the guy that asks rich people for money. He generates multiples of his salary in value. He could get a well-paying job at virtually any large nonprofit.
ricdeh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Who cares for your funking CFO? No way he’s the guy doing “innovative shit that saves lives across the world”, it’s the guys below him making a fraction of his salary.
eran_morad@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You try running an org without a CFO and see how it goes.
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Interesting. Our local art museum pays their philanthropic director about $170k. Smaller org of course.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t want to dox you or anything but are you comfortable saying the nonprofit you work for? I’m just curious.
eran_morad@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fuck no.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Haha fair enough! Love it.
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 2 months ago
These greedy cunts are probably 1% of the workforce though. How much is actually spent on salaries?
Stop defending them
Celestus@lemm.ee 2 months ago
How much would you prefer they made? Do you think the world would be a better place if they shut down their charity businesses?
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Idk anything about them. I am just pointing out that having bad execs (whether incompetent, careless or outright embezzlers) is far worse than paying 1-2%. As far as I know, no one has came up with a better way to get good execs than paying them a lot.