Get Freakin' Real. 11 9/11 Memorial Staffers pulling down $170K+ salaries.

[Cowlesy]

And four of them make $320K+.

This is why I will never give the 9/11 Memorial any money, and why I don't donate to the American Cancer Society, among many other charities you would usually think are quite worthy.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/museum_bigs_cash_in_KF1koFDHNn0XyKakSzYPzN


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.
PENNY ANTE: These girls each donated $1 to the 9/11 foundation, while its president, Joseph Daniels (above), was paid $371,307.
William Farrington
PENNY ANTE: These girls each donated $1 to the 9/11 foundation, while its president, Joseph Daniels (above), was paid $371,307.

Museum director Alice Greenwald made $351,000, and capital planning Vice President Joan Gerner soaked up $337,143 before leaving last spring. Development director Cathy Blaney raked in $322,292. The full-time foundation employee also worked last year as a fund-raiser for Gov. Cuomo's election campaign.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/museum_bigs_cash_in_KF1koFDHNn0XyKakSzYPzN#ixzz1Bs nXT3rd

[angelatc]

I'm like that too. I've done work with non-profits that didn't pay a dime in salaries. That's where the real charity is.

[Icymudpuppy]

Yeah, it's like why donate to a mega church who obviously spends most of the money from the collection plate on salaries and bling, when you can donate to the run-down little church that uses most of the revenue to operate a soup kitchen.

[vita3]

this is bad on a lot of levels

[lester1/2jr]

lol disgusting

[Cowlesy]

Yeah, it's like why donate to a mega church who obviously spends most of the money from the collection plate on salaries and bling, when you can donate to the run-down little church that uses most of the revenue to operate a soup kitchen.

Yep. Some of those mega churches have their own private planes, while other churches struggle to raise the money to make their facilities handicap-accessable.

I understand you need to pay people big money to run a big charity, but 11 $170K+ is simply absurd in my opinion.

[muzzled dogg]

Lol I thought u were gonna say they organized and negotiated a union

[Brian4Liberty]

You have to be careful about charities. Money tends to corrupt.

[lynnf]

buying silence and compliance is expensive, especially on an issue as important as 9/11.

lynn