CEO salaries
Posted by bediddleby  |  August 4, 2009 5:51:00 AM

In order for a large charity to be run well, it needs good leadership. A charity has to compete with large corporations with their mega-profits to get that talent. A good CEO might take a little less because it's a charity, but it's going to have to be in the same neighborhood. Second-rate pay will mean second-rate leaders, and that will result in a second-rate organization.

BTW, I'm a worker-bee, not a CEO... :)

CEO pay
Posted by Jeanne  |  July 5, 2009 7:48:23 AM

While I agree that CEO salary should be reasonable, one must not only look at the amount, but also the percentage that amount represents. Two CEO's both earning $200K may earn that from dramatically different percentages of the charity's worth.

EconoMike has it right... but I look at the percentage first and the amount second.

CEO compensation
Posted by njpenning  |  June 30, 2009 11:52:13 AM

I agree with Katie33. $405k is disappointingly excessive for a charity CEO.

CEO Compensation
Posted by Katie33  |  May 5, 2009 6:16:22 AM

I used to donate to CARE, but once I found out from Charity Navigator that the CEO was making $405,000, I stopped. $405,000 is just excessive. I also checked out a couple of other charities that I was interested in, and again the CEOs were making excessive amounts (over $350,000).

Regarding Oxfam, I think the $246,976 CEO salary is not unreasonable. So I'll happily be donating to Oxfam.

Credit card application sent to deceased person
Posted by TZK  |  March 23, 2009 6:16:07 AM

I just received a credit card application addressed to my mother, who died in Nov. 2001. I haven't been receiving "junk mail" addressed to my mom so I have no idea why Oxfam decided it would be a good idea to offer her a credit card at this time! Since I don't donate to this charity, I recently contacted them to request that they remove me from their mailing list. It's kind of frustrating that I need to contact them again to get my mother' name removed...

CEO Compensation
Posted by EconoMike  |  December 29, 2008 12:35:44 PM

I've supported OA for more than 20 years. As a professional economist, I disagree with previous comments, and support the CEO compensation. It is an important incentive to lure and keep highly qualified leaders, whom we are asking to manage a $60M budget. For that, we ask them to deliver service effectively and efficiently. Further, it is the salaries of private industry against which charitable organizations compete for good people.

CEO Compensation
Posted by   |  December 15, 2008 12:19:53 PM

Sounds like a good organization with an important purpose. My contribution was small but i hope helpful. Nevertheless, i do seem to feel that CEO compensation here is excessive. It is a charity, not a way to make a large salary!

CEO compensation
Posted by jj  |  December 1, 2008 8:57:51 AM

How is it that a CEO of a charitable organization contributes to the inflated salaries of CEO's? Over $200.000 yearly is ridiculous and helps to justify huge salaries for non-charitable institutions.

Interning with Oxfam America
Posted by georgiaj3  |  May 30, 2008 12:14:35 PM

Go to the Oxfam America website (www.oxfamamerica.org), and click on "What You Can Do." Towards the bottom of the page there is a link for people interested in volunteering or interning with Oxfam.

jobs?
Posted by Lizzieloo22  |  May 29, 2008 5:44:51 AM

I'm barely a sophmore (soon to be a junior) in high school, and my AP class did a project for our "end of the year project" where we had to do a slideshow on a charity. Although i did not get Oxfam, my over friends did and they mentioned getting jobs in Oxfam. I really want to help people from around the world and Oxfam sounds great! So is there anyplace i can go to intern? I live in California so is it not possible?

Internship at Oxfam America
Posted by ChicagoSWer  |  December 19, 2007 2:16:20 PM

In the fall of 1983 I worked as an intern at Oxfam America's headquarters in Boston, after taking part in a study tour of Central America sponsored by them the previous summer. I found the organization to be filled with intelligent and honest people who valued both effeciency and effectiveness in their chosen fields of international self-help-oriented development and disaster relief. At that time there was a lot of discussion about making sure that projects receiving grants or technical assistance truly empowered the people the organization endeavored to help, both in the short and the long term. I'm pleased that the discussions that went on during my brief time regarding the establishment of an evaluation department came to fruition and that such a department currently exists. Projects that attempt to encourage and empower client-led devolopement do fail occasionally or end up demonstrating the Law of Unintended Consequences, both then and now, and a responsible charity takes the time and effort to discover why and integrate the lessons learned into the ongoing work. There was also at that time a devoted effort to educating the general public about the thorny issues involved with social and economic development in the so-called "third world," an effort that they have continued, judging by all of the material available on their website. I commend the perusal of that website to anyone interested in international relief and development, and, because my more recent communication with the organization leads me to believe that the culture of honesty I encountered as a college student still prevails, I give it a personal four star rating for credibility. Combining their examination of the website with Charity Navigator's rating page, a prospective donor should be able to satisfy their rightful desire to know how their charity dollars would be spent. I encourage the donor to do at least that before joining me as a supporter.