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Schoolchildren thought their penny jars and bake-sale proceeds would go toward building a 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero -- not the six-figure salaries of nonprofit execs.
But 11 staffers at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum each pulled down more than $170,000 in total compensation in 2009, according to the most recent filings. Four execs took home more than $320,000.
Foundation President Joseph Daniels, 38, pocketed $371,307 after receiving hefty raises three years in a row -- 28 percent in 2006, when he was promoted from acting president, followed by 12 percent and 6 percent.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
This is why I do not trust ANY charities. They are scams.
The goal is to get you to donate money, then they pocket it as "overhead expenses".
I lived on less than 10k last year, and fed my family just fine.
I guess I should go rip off 911 victims instead, I'd make 290k $ more.
It seems being manipulative and a straight up conman is the key to riches these days.
Originally posted by Kangaruex4Ewe
I believe there is definitely a toasty seat in the 7th realm of hell for folks like this. Too bad donations can't buy a conscience...
Originally posted by jontap
Originally posted by Kangaruex4Ewe
I believe there is definitely a toasty seat in the 7th realm of hell for folks like this. Too bad donations can't buy a conscience...
i really wish there was a hell for people like this, but i think it is just a place the TPTB of old just fabricated way back then to keep the commoners from strangling and offing scum like thse guys. i almost wish badly that the commoners would start playing god themselves and eliminating the scum who do nothing but make the earth a worst place to live.
Originally posted by randomname
most people huff and puff and stick out their chest because they wrote a 25 dollar check and threw it in the mail. they then act like they saved the world.
the only effort they put in to help someone was a whole 30 seconds of their life, and then passed the buck.
true charity starts at home and helping someone directly, it doesn't have to be a bum but could be a struggling family whose kids don't have proper winter shoes.
a kind gesture like knocking on their door and being honest and sincerely concerned, without acting superior or condescending, basically helping out like a friend is worth more than any 25 donation.
Originally posted by hooper
In New York County a equipment operator (group 2) federal prevailing wage working 40 hours a week for one year, salary = $129,750. Thats a guy operating a backhoe. A tower crane operator is $154,000 a year. Thats just straight time, no overtime. Its not unusual for elevator mechanics and electricians to make upwards of $190,000 a year.
The museum is a multi million dollar operation, the president is responsible to raise millions of dollars in donations. To most Americans these salaries may seem incredible. But most Americans don't live in and around New York City. Just trying to give a little perspective.
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by Six Sigma
Yeah, there was an issue with the Joint Bridge Toll Commission not to long ago and the papers reported that a lawyer was getting something like $103,000 a year and they made it sound like some big deal. But back to New York, yes salaries are inflated because everything else is inflated. $50 a day to park, million dollar one bedroom arpartments, $5 for a coffee. I remember over 20 years ago my sister was a part time telephone operator in a small upscale hotel and was making almost $20 an hour.
$200,000 a year may sound like a King's ransom in sections of Indiana or West Virginia but in Manhattan that barely qualifies you to buy an 800 square foot apartment.
Manhattan's average weekly wage during the first quarter of 2010 was more than two and a half times the national average-$2,404 compared to $889.