Reply #5: a tragedy, but I'm also pissed of at many of these relief organizations. [View All]

[shireen]

They have their share of overpaid CEOs, and it's a major turn-off.

American Red Cross CEO salary, 2006: $500,000
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3277

UNICEF US President salary, 2006: $429,135
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4617

Save the Children, president salary, 2006: $310,603
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4438


The only international relief organization that I regularly donate to is Doctors without Borders, because their CEO compensation is very reasonable.
Doctors without Borders, Exec. Dir. salary, 2005: $104,850
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3628

Other international groups that I would donate to are Mercy Corps, and there are some smaller groups with low overheads but I don't remember the names right now.

Frankly, I don't know who to trust. There's a lot of need out there, but I also work hard to earn whatever money I get, and refuse to see some fraction, however small, go to some overpaid CEO.