Executive Compensation at the American Bankers Association (ABA) 2021
The American Bankers Association (ABA) is a non-profit 501 (c) (6) organization – “a business league that pushes advocacy, provides education, products, and solutions to its membership and the financial services industry.” In other words, the ABA is a tax-exempt association for banks, savings and loans, and trust companies. Based in Washington, DC the ABA engages in lobbying, works to establish banking standards, and educates the public and its members.
While some people think of non-profits as almost an afterthought, the ABA is anything but insignificant. The ABA raises more than $140 million annually, typically spends less than it brings in, and has accumulated $121 million in net assets. Read more 
Executive Compensation at Americans For Prosperity (2022)
Americans For Prosperity (AFP) is a conservative political advocacy committee (PAC) founded in 2004 that is actually two organizations: AFP, the social welfare organization and therefore a 501 (c) (4), and the Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), an “educational” organization, a 501 (c) (3).
Both organizations are tax-exempt non-profits with two major differences between them: donations to AFP are not tax deductible while donations to AFPF are tax deductible; and, as a 501 (c) (4), AFP can engage in more lobbying (businesses and unions can donate unlimited amounts of funds) while AFPF, as a 501 (c) (3) can only engage in a limited amount of lobbying because the organization is considered an educational organization. Read more
How Americans For Prosperity Spends Revenue (2022)
Americans for Prosperity is actually two organizations: Americans For Prosperity (AFP) and Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFPF). Both organizations are tax-exempt non-profit organizations but AFP is a 501 (c) (4) while AFPF is a 501 (c) (3). The primary difference between the two organizations is that donations to AFPF are tax deductible while donations made to AFP are not. In addition, AFP is considered a social welfare organization so they can engage in more lobbying while AFPF is considered an educational organization and is therefore limited in how much they spend on lobbying.
Although both organizations operate out of the same office in Arlington, Virginia and share employees, how a donation was spent depends on which organization received the donation. Read more
Executive Compensation at Northwell Health (2022)
Northwell Health is New York’s largest healthcare provider with 21 hospitals and nearly 900 outpatient facilities with more than 90,000 employees across the network (which includes 135 tax-exempt organizations, 27 taxable partnerships, and 41 organizations taxable as a corporation or trust).
The focus of this post is on the executive compensation of Northwell Healthcare, Inc. (NHI), a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) that provides advisory and administrative support services to the affiliated healthcare organizations that comprise Northwell Health. This means the primary source of income for NHI is the revenue the affiliated organizations give, which amounted to $1.8 billion in 2022 (out of $2 billion in total revenue). In other words, the organizations that make up Northwell Healthcare paid $1.8 billion to a related organization to manage themselves.
Expenses for NHI totaled $1.8 billion (not including $214 million in depreciation) with the largest expenses reported to be compensation ($958 million), office-related expenses ($364 million), purchased services and fees for services ($336 million), and interest ($95 million). Read more
Executive Compensation at the NCAA (2022)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization focused on college sports in the US. With 1,100 member colleges and universities in 102 athletic conferences across the country that participate in 90 championships in 24 sports in 3 divisions, the NCAA is a powerful and well financed organization.
There are 9 independent board members of the governing party, although 27 are listed on the Form 990 (2021 for the year ending August 31, 2022)- due to timing differences; 16 of the 27 (59%) board members are male while 11 of the 27 (41%) are female. Read more
How Revenue is Spent at the NCAA (2022)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is the most well known non-profit, tax-exempt organization focused on college sports in the US. With 1,100 member colleges and universities in 102 athletic conferences across the country that participate in 90 championships in 24 sports in 3 divisions, the NCAA is a powerful and well financed organization.
The NCAA raises about $1 billion annually (except in 2020 when revenue dropped to about $500 million due to COVID) and it may surprise you to learn the number one source of revenue for this 501 (c) (3) is television rights fees (about 80% of revenue). Read more
Executive Compensation at Prisma Health
Prisma Health is a tax-exempt, non-profit healthcare provider (the largest) in South Carolina. With nearly 30,000 employees, 18 acute and speciality hospitals with 2,800 licensed beds, and 320 practice sites, Prisma Health serves more than 1.5 million patients in 21 counties that cover 50% of South Carolina.
Based in Greenville, SC, Prisma consists of 7 tax-exempt organizations, 1 taxable partnership, and 6 organizations taxable as a corporation or trust. This post addresses the executive compensation at Prisma Health (Prisma), a tax-exempt corporation that derives most of its revenue from investment income, government grants, and gains on the sale of businesses, and appears to be the management entity of the entire system. Read more
Executive Compensation at the American Heart Association (2022)
The American Heart Association (AHA) is one of the most popular and recognized non-profits in the United States with enormous public support that raises about $800 million annually and has more than $1.1 billion in net assets.
By most accounts, this organization is a magnet for public contributions and an expert at raising and saving money. But, are they accomplishing their mission, which is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke (especially with hundreds of recipes on their website calling for eggs, dairy products, beef, poultry, pork – including bacon, a Type 1 carcinogen according to the World Health Organization, oil, sugar and white flour)? With heart disease the number one cause of death in the United States for decades, one has to wonder if all the contributions to the AHA are really helping to prevent and reverse heart disease? Read more
How Revenue is Spent at the American Heart Association (2022)
The American Heart Association (AHA) is one of the most popular and recognized non-profits in the United States with enormous public support (although the past few years (2018-2020) were not great years for the organization with total revenue down 12% in 2019 to $746 million (compared to $852 million in 2018) and down 6% to $700 million in 2019-2020).
But, 2021 was a seemingly brighter year for the AHA with total revenue reported to be $804 million and in 2022, total revenue was $856 million. That the AHA has more than $1.1 billion in their net fund balance is also noteworthy. How did they do this? Primarily by not spending as much as they raised (over the past few years, AHA has added more than $100 million annually to the general fund). Read more
Executive Compensation at Intermountain Healthcare (2022)
Intermountain Healthcare refers to a large healthcare system (33 hospitals and nearly 400 clinics) based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Although there are numerous organizations under the Intermountain Healthcare system, the primary entities include IHC Health Services, Inc. and the Intermountain Healthcare Foundation, Inc. – both of whom operate out of the same office. Read more
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