The annual report did not disclose his salary. branch’s 2018 report identified the current top executive - known as the "national commander" - as David Hudson. Either way, that figure looks to be off by a wide margin. It’s not clear whether this is supposed to refer to the international leader of the London-based organization, whose title is general of the Salvation Army, or the top executive of the U.S. Let’s take those claims one by one.Īccording to the post, the head of the Christian charity Salvation Army drew only $13,000 in annual compensation. We focused on the organizations that were labeled as bad places for donations, as well as the claims of uncompensated CEOs. And most of them don’t pay their CEOs as much as this claims. But fast-forward to 2019 and, by and large, the charities it warns about make much better use of their charitable donations today than the chart suggests. This table appeared in 2015, and some of its numbers might have been more accurate then. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) 6, was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. This post, which was published on Facebook on Sept. The March of Dimes is second on the list, paying its CEO $450,000 and putting just 10% into programs. It’s a table that purports to show the charities that are "the good guys," and those that play people for suckers, paying lavish salaries to their CEOs and spending a puny percentage to actually help people.Īmong its key claims for good charities, it says the head of the Salvation Army makes only $13,000 a year, and the chief of Ronald McDonald Houses is paid nothing at all.Īmong the credited purported bad guys, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, better known as UNICEF, gets bad marks for paying its CEO $1.2 million, spending 14% of its money on programs, and giving its CEO a Rolls Royce to use. Coincidentally, Foley has a few (non-guidebook related) thoughts as to why donations are dwindling.With the call out for donations to help Bahamians recover from Hurricane Dorian’s devastating hit, an old graphic showed up on Facebook again. They wouldn’t want to fill their red buckets with racist quarters, would they?įox13 reports that the not-for-profit Salvage Army receives 75% of their yearly donations in November and December - right around the time their guidebook was released. You have to wonder if the bell ringers in the Pacific Northwest would be okay with taking donations from white donors, the same people so prominently featured in the above mentioned guidebook. Kendi, who says that white people are responsible for “unconscious bias.” Going forward, the organization says it hopes white donors will recognize their own contributions to racism and adopt, as Kendi so eloquently states, “a posture of … anti-racism.” Within “Let’s Talk About Racism,” the Salvation Army divulges that it agrees with Ibram X. Since the Salvation Army blamed white people for racism and asked them to apologize, its volunteer numbers are down 50%, and donations “aren’t coming in at the same rate” as in past years. “The situation is dire, and we are asking our generous supporters in the region to donate to the virtual Northwest Red Kettle as well as make donations at every physical kettle in whatever way you can,” said Colonel Cindy Foley of the NW Salvation Army Division, per Seattle’s Fox13. Now, the organization is in “dire need” of toys and donations and is begging for help. In November, the Salvation Army, a Christian church, handed out a guidebook titled “Let’s Talk About Racism.” The main theme of the book is that all white people are racist and should confess as much. When seeking donations, it’s probably a good idea to do the exact opposite of what the Salvation Army did.
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