CEO Salaries
Posted by Don Esteban  |  July 13, 2009 6:22:32 AM

As a retired executive who never earned half the salary of the current CEO of Care, I do not begrudge her one cent of her earnings. I am certain she is scrutinized by the BOD and that they are satisfied she earns every dollar. Care's efficiency rating is admirable and I will support Care's efforts immediately.

CARE CEO salary & solicitation brochure of concern
Posted by kmks  |  June 8, 2009 6:08:24 AM

Although CARE does admirable work (judging by a "solicitation brochure" I just received), I have decided to donate the little I have to some of the many other organizations also doing admirable work. My reasons include: I consider the salary of the CEO to be too high; I also feel the cost for the "unnecessarily overly high quality" solicitation pamphlet I just received (glossy, colored, heavy-weight paper) is not justified.

See Form 990 for more info
Posted by jg  |  April 22, 2009 7:29:14 AM

I saw some comments about how the CEO uses her salary and how much other executives are paid. This information can be found in an organization's form 990, which every US charity must file. CARE's form 990 is published on their site and even has more recent information than what Charity Navigator has (at the time of this writing): http://www.care.org/about/990.asp.

CEO pay
Posted by GeraldR  |  April 8, 2009 8:31:45 AM

Granted that CARE is a mega charity but something is amiss when the CEO earns over $400 K per year. For the 1st time in years, I plan to direct the contributions I would normally give to CARE to another (large) organization without this anomaly.

Relief in North America
Posted by Anne  |  March 9, 2009 6:29:39 AM

I have been a regular donor to CARE for about ten years. After several problems, and, now their 3 star rating, I have decided to start spending my charity dollars elsewhere. After Hurricane Katrina, I contacted CARE about using their resources to help those in need along the American Gulf Coast. CARE told me that they would not and could not use their money to help these Americans. I told them that they should re-consider. After all, they routinely provide aid to countries all over the world (starting in EUROPE where they won't spend any money either). Using the excuse that they only help "developing countries" does not hold water. First off, people in South Texas, southern Louisiana and large portions of Mississippi are essentially living in 3rd World poverty. I know -- I have been to so-called developing countries, and the conditions in these places in the American South are no better. We are still paying --- other organizations and our tax dollars --- to provide relief for the victims of Katrina. I hope CARE changes its policy. Until they do --- that is agree to help the needy ANYWHERE in the world --- I will use my dollars elsewhere.

Rating
Posted by Dennis S.  |  January 27, 2009 12:37:18 PM

I use Charity Navigator to make my decisions on charitable giving. I have given to CARE for many years based on their rating. I have now stopped. There are many others more deserving. Who know maybe CARE will read all of these comments and improve.

CEO Compensation
Posted by doc ellie  |  January 2, 2009 1:38:11 PM

Paying an effective executive more to run a charity than to run a for-profit business -- isn't that a pretty good set of values for this country? The pool of talented people who can run a big program and get contributions from the Beautiful People is very small, you get what you pay for. I don't make that kind of money, but then, I don't have that kind of ability, either.Bottom line: what works, not what is ideologically correct, is the best answer.

CEO salary
Posted by sdlearn  |  December 29, 2008 6:35:21 AM

I am just wondering for the people who have commented on her salary...does anyone know how she uses the salary? Can anyone tell me how her salary is spent? Meaning, is she required to use her salary for travel, travel expenses, her operations, etc. Does the salary amount include her medical and other forms of insurance? I mean I have a set salary for my job as a teacher but if I were to include the other benefits I receive such it would be a much higher figure. Just wondering before attaching for more information. Something must be right for this organization to be so effective.

comments
Posted by gary may  |  December 29, 2008 6:28:57 AM

This comment section is quite valuable and helped me take CARE off my list. The CEO's salary and their aggressive phone practices are not acceptable.

PHONE CALLS
Posted by CJC  |  December 26, 2008 4:07:02 AM

I HAVE GIVEN FOR A NUMBER BUT THIS YEAR JUST AFTER GETTING THE THANK YOU LETTER FOR THE 2008 DONATION, I STARTED TO GET PHONE CALLS FROM A PAID SOLICITO, THEY ONLY STOPPED WHEN I FINALLY WAS HOME AND TALKED TO THE PERSON. AFTER I INDICATED THAT I WOULD STOP GIVING IF THE CALLS CONTINUED, THEY ASKED IF I WANTED TO BE PUT ON THEIR DO NOT CALL LIST. WILL SEE IF IT WORKS

CEO Compensation
Posted by zephyr1964  |  December 26, 2008 4:00:45 AM

I am preparing my year end charity donations when I checked Charity Navigator and observed the CEO salary. I will not be making any donation this year because I believe it is excessive.

CEO salary
Posted by G-Mom  |  December 24, 2008 4:22:52 AM

I was going over my end of the year donations and was contemplating donating to CARE again until I saw the salary the CEO was receiving.....I admire CARE's work, but I refuse to donate an organization that does not even have a 4 star rating and the CEO is so overpaid......If he gives up 50% of his yearly income, I think that would still be a sizable salary and I would certainly think about donating again.....

Compensation
Posted by CharM  |  December 23, 2008 2:45:19 PM

I, too, have wondered about CEO compensation at this level. But it occurs to me that it may reflect the perceived need for the CEO to be paid more than subordinates. And even the subordinates who can manage their segments of really large organizations likely require large compensation, too. So I think it would be more useful if we could see, say, the compensation of the top five individuals in these organizations. GREENPEACE has listed compensation for four of its leaders. Three of them get more than the CEO.

compensation
Posted by Diana_CG  |  November 17, 2008 6:40:40 AM

Where does any charity get off poor-mouthing about the lack of donations when their CEO makes 400K+?

CEO Compensation
Posted by NancyT  |  October 2, 2008 5:32:40 AM

We all have to make sacrifices when times are hard. I would consider keeping CARE on my donation list if its CEO would show integrity by taking a pay cut that will help the organization that he/she supposedly believes in. I'll be watching and waiting, but not for long. There are too many other good charities that can use the money I give to CARE.

CEO compensation
Posted by John Weiser  |  September 22, 2008 5:46:08 AM

My colleagues and I (community health physicians) are also "post graduate professionals who excel in their field and make significant contributions to their organizations". Yet our salaries are less than 1/3 that of Care's CEO. I don't think anyone needs to make over $400,000 a year as long as there are destitute people in the world.

CARE
Posted by Charlotte  |  September 10, 2008 11:21:57 AM

I also consider the $400,000+ CEO salary excessive. There is middle ground between "paying nothing" and paying appropriately in the best interests of the charity. The npo sector has grown tremendously and is in need of inventories and audits.

Compensation package
Posted by GJK  |  September 8, 2008 9:15:59 AM

The shift of numbers is interesting. The new president/CEO comp package represents a decrease from (is 77% of) the previous combined packages for active and retired presidents/CEOs ($526,288. FYE 06/2006 per Charity Navigator.) Does this mean no more payments to retirees?? Unfortunately the packages for leaders of many of the largest US charities are over 400K, especially galling with the US in recession and so many jobs lost. On the other hand, good leadership is a competitive market; the job is highly stressful and the package must include health and (presumably) retirement benefits. Of note, Care's ratio of program expenses to primary revenue is pretty stabile and consistently very good; that means for us little guys, a greater portion of the $ we send is put to use in the field.

Salary
Posted by SVN  |  August 25, 2008 6:08:41 AM

No one is suggesting that the CEOs of Nonprofits have to work for free. Everyone has to make a decent living. But, when you work for a nonprofit and solicit donations from public you cannot expect the same salary as a CEO of a for-profit corporation who get funding from investors and venture capitals. I will never make a donation to a nonprofit where CEO or other officials earn more than $100,100.00.

Re: salary is a bit hight
Posted by Rebeca99  |  August 8, 2008 5:52:03 AM

It's really confusing why a non-profit charity org need CEO (maybe there a CFO behind, lol). And the salary of those CEOs are so high. Will they go to NASDAQ someday?

justifying salaries
Posted by AK  |  July 17, 2008 9:27:40 AM

I agree with John. People at all levels of non-profits already take a significant pay cut compared to similarly educated and qualified people in for-profit industries. You can either pay them appropriately and retain the kind of high-caliber talent, dedication and intelligence these causes deserve, or you can pay nothing and end up with bottom-of-the-barrel leadership. I think we all prefer the former.

High Salaries
Posted by John Connelly  |  June 6, 2008 5:58:24 AM

People need to realize that these executive and upper management employees are (for the most part) post graduate professionals who excel in their field and make significant contributions to their organizations and often times live in very difficult theaters. High salaries are justified in order to ensure qualified people lead such organizations. I have never worked for CARE but I admire their work ethic and capacity-building.

salary is a bit high....
Posted by jtai  |  June 3, 2008 1:22:15 PM

The salary of these CEO's is about 2x the projected cost of comfortable living in the most expensive city in America New York, New York