Once you become high on the food chain with in an organization, your pay is also determined on keeping you loyal and honest. In theory anyways. A well paid CEO is less likely to leave and take their little black books of donors with them, or embezzle funds, or be caught in a scandal that could potentially ruin the whole organization. That generalizes it a lot, since greed is a very powerful thing, but usually the intentions are good and it isn't someone just appointing themselves a giant chunk of money.
Now there have been issues with small time charities or non-profits being lopsided in pay versus actual aid, and embezzlement of donations, or other misuse of funds. There's always a scandal in the making somewhere, within all types of work related to money. Accountants, politicians, wall street, charities, you name it, wrong doing is every where.
As someone who donates, it's your job to choose your cause and choose your charity within that cause wisely. My last donation, I took right to my vet office, and put it into a fund for a local animal rescue. Dollar for dollar, 100% of that donation was going to help rescued animals. It went into their care account, could be used for any animal that they needed to bring in. Surgery, medication, treatments, anything they would have had to pay the vet to do. They also get a discount on the care through that vet, so that money could be of more use in their hands than in someone who had to pay full price.
That donation did nothing to help with fund raising, or transportation costs, or any other costs associated with operating the rescue. Medical care is the highest cost they had, so I put my money right into the vet's account for them to use.
Now there have been issues with small time charities or non-profits being lopsided in pay versus actual aid, and embezzlement of donations, or other misuse of funds. There's always a scandal in the making somewhere, within all types of work related to money. Accountants, politicians, wall street, charities, you name it, wrong doing is every where.
As someone who donates, it's your job to choose your cause and choose your charity within that cause wisely. My last donation, I took right to my vet office, and put it into a fund for a local animal rescue. Dollar for dollar, 100% of that donation was going to help rescued animals. It went into their care account, could be used for any animal that they needed to bring in. Surgery, medication, treatments, anything they would have had to pay the vet to do. They also get a discount on the care through that vet, so that money could be of more use in their hands than in someone who had to pay full price.
That donation did nothing to help with fund raising, or transportation costs, or any other costs associated with operating the rescue. Medical care is the highest cost they had, so I put my money right into the vet's account for them to use.
