Where Does $100 to Gulfstream Goodwill Industries Go?
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, Inc. (GGI) is based in West Palm Beach but serves five counties (Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee) in South Florida. A 501 (c) 3 established in 1966, GGI’s IRS Form 990 (2016) reported the following key information about the organization:
The organization had 1,660 employees in 2016, of which 1,200 were employed in general retail operations and transportation. GGI also operates a residential homeless shelter program and a labor program for job training and employment. Read more 
Where Does $100 to the International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO Go?
Whenever a mass shooting occurs in the US (which is a monthly if not weekly occurrence), it seems the phone solicitation calls asking for support for our law enforcement increase. This week, I received a call from an organization called the International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO asking for a financial donation. I declined but thanked the man calling for alerting me to another non-profit whose IRS Form 990 needs to be looked at. Read more
Executive Compensation at the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association consists of three separate 501 (c) (3) organizations:
- American Diabetes Assocaition® (ADA)
- American Diabetes Association Research Foundation, Inc. (ADARF)
- American Diabetes Association Property Title Holding Corp. (ADARTHC)
All three organizations are based out of the same address in Arlington, Virginia but have distinct functions which are briefly described as follows: Read more
Where Does $100 to the Everglades Foundation Go?
While the Everglades is often described as a swamp or forested wetlands, it’s actually a very slow-moving river that comprises the largest sub-tropical wetland ecosystem in North America. At 100 miles long and 60 miles wide stretching over 1.5 million acres from Orlando, Florida to the Florida Bay on the southern tip of the state, the Everglades is not only a source of water for about 8 million Floridians (about 1/3 of the population) but also a habitat for animals and plants. Read more
Executive Compensation at the YMCA of Greater NY
The YMCA of Greater New York (YMCA – GNY) is the largest “alliance” of YMCA’s with 24 branches in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Statin Island, and a camp in upstate New York. Based in New York City, the MYCA-GNY employs 6,581 persons who were compensated $101 million (an average of $15,300 per employee). 74 individuals received more than $100,000 in compensation with the 21 most highly compensated employees listed below: Read more
Executive Compensation at the YMCA (2016)
The YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) is a worldwide (119 countries) organization based in Geneva, Switzerland (World Alliance of the YMCA). Within the United States, there are approximately 2,700 YMCA’s serving 10,000 communities that rely on the YMCA of the USA (that is also known as the National Council of YMCA’s of the USA) that in turn relies on The World Alliance of the YMCA). In the most simplistic terms, the YMCA is organized as follows: Read more
Where Does $100 to Susan G Komen Go?
When most people think of Susan G Komen and pink ribbons, they think of the organization that works to reduce breast cancer deaths by raising money to fund research and community-based educational, medical, financial, and psychosocial support services for those facing a breast cancer diagnosis. However, there are actually two Susan G Komen organizations: Read more
Executive Compensation at the Wounded Warriors Project
The Wounded Warriors organization is technically named the Wounded Warrior Project, Inc. (WWP) although many people simply refer to this non-profit 501 (c) (3) as “Wounded Warriors.” Established in 2005, WWP is based in Jacksonville, Florida and serves “veterans and service members who incurred a physical and mental injury, or wound co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001.”
Each year, WWP submits a Form 990 to the IRS which details key financial information about the organization. The 2015 IRS Form 990 (covering the period beginning October 1, 2015 and ending September 30, 2016) reports the following information: Read more
Executive Compensation at Samaritan’s Purse
Samaritan’s Purse is an evangelical Christian organization that provides “spiritual and physical aid” to people around the world. To perform evangelism and relief programs, Samaritan’s Purse provides charter travel via the use of ministry owned aircraft in North Carolina, Alaska, Kenya, and Liberia, and private charters.
In 2016, Samaritan’s Purse reported 2,500 individuals were employed with the organization of which 57 received more than $100,000 in compensation. The following 12 individuals were the mostly highly compensated employees: Read more
Executive Salaries at Goodwill
Goodwill Industries was established in 1902 and is widely known across the country as the place where we all donate clothing and household goods to help others.
There are 161 Goodwill Industries agencies and more than 3,200 retail stores in the US and 14 other countries that generate $5.7 billion in revenue annually, and Goodwill Industries International, Inc is the executive member association organization that provides oversight, support, expertise, and products to local agencies (each is a separate 501 (c) (3)) that operates independently but who collectively pay membership dues to support Goodwill Industries International, Inc. (Goodwill). Read more
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