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We don't know yet what will turn out to be the most important questions for nonprofits Evergreen funding source/s is (arguably) the definition of success, for
by 001sky 13y ago
We don't know yet what will turn out to be the most important questions for nonprofits
Evergreen funding source/s is (arguably) the definition of success, for any organization, profit or otherwhise, at least empirically. Competition for scarce resources is thus a key part of the game.
The CEO of MOMA (non-profit) has a salary approaching $2MM/yr. This is rationally viewed as a sales comission ($2mm/ on $XXmm in fundraising prowess) by the trustees. There is no other measure of 'productivity' at that order of magnitude for a "non-profit" organization (10x the statuatory salary of POTUS). Similarly, at non-profit universities. Both in the administration and elsewhere (multi-million dollar salaries for NCAA D1 sports linked with television contracts). Comparably, also the Clinton Foundation, per this recent note from the NY Times:
Worried that the foundation’s operating revenues depend too heavily on Mr. Clinton’s nonstop fund-raising, the three Clintons are embarking on a drive to raise an endowment of as much as $250 million, with events already scheduled in the Hamptons and London.
- _delirium 13y agoYou accurately describe the trends, but I'm not sure those are positive trends. If these CEOs of nonprofits were indeed purely sales agents receiving commissions, fine, it's a rational ROI to employ them in a role like Vice President of Donor Relations. But they happen to also be the CEO, formally in charge of the whole operation, and further tend to set the tone for that operation. Then you have the fundraising tail wagging the mission dog. As a result, some nonprofits (and universities) start to look more like weird corporations that exist to perpetuate themselves and their top staff, with some kind of mumbo jumbo relating to public service being an official goal but nowhere near the top of the priority list. An organization that exists primarily to perpetuate itself and pay its staff well is perfectly fine, but then it doesn't really have any business claiming to be a charity...
- 001sky 13y agoIts worth taking a look at samples of the data. Education: http://www.dartblog.com/images/CHE%20Salaries%20Ivies%20Comp1.jpg http://www.dartblog.com/images/CHE%20Salaries%20Ivies%20Comp... ART/culture: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/26/arts/salaries.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/26/arts/salaries.... Sports/NCAA: http://www.philsteele.com/blogs/2012/Mar12/DBMar15.html http://www.philsteele.com/blogs/2012/Mar12/DBMar15.html Charities/Misc: http://www.charitywatch.org/hottopics/Top25.html http://www.charitywatch.org/hottopics/Top25.html ______ sample: Robert J. Mazzuca, Past Chief Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America - N.O. $987,412