“Bad Actors” Article Spreads Virally
An article in the Charlotte Observer has been spreading virally across websites and blogs since it was posted on December 20. While it repeats the mistake of articles from other sources by noting the Charity Navigator survey that reported an overall increase in nonprofit CEO salaries, while neglecting the fact that the survey covered 990’s from before the economic downturn, it’s nevertheless a likely indication of the direction of the political winds – or headwinds, so to speak – regarding nonprofit salaries. It appears that the unfavorable publicity about for-profit salaries is spilling over to the nonprofit side. The article describes a number of what appear to be egregious cases, but then seems to slide over to the common position that a high salary for a nonprofit CEO is automatically suspect. Another item in the article that we’ve seen picked up by many other websites is a discussion of the small number of IRS personnel assigned to monitor nonprofits. Watch for action from Congress on this next year.
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