Executive Compensation at Oral Roberts Ministry (2022)
The Oral Roberts Ministries is legally known as the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (OREA) – a Tulsa, Oklahoma based non-profit 501 (c) (3) whose “evangelistic mission is to pray for healing of the whole man.” Established in 1947 by Oral Roberts, a televangelist, OREA is now run by Oral’s son, Richard Roberts, along with his wife, Linda Salem Roberts who also appears to be known as Linda Roberts. Collectively, Richard and Linda Roberts have received more than $600,000 in compensation annually for years.
There are 11 voting members (trustees) of the governing body, 10 of whom are independent; although 8 are listed on the most recent Form 990: 5 of whom are male, 3 of whom are female.
According to the most recent Form 990 (2022 for the year ending April 30, 2023): Read more 
Where Does $100 to the Oral Roberts Ministry Go (2023)?
The Oral Roberts Ministries is legally known as the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (OREA) – a Tulsa, Oklahoma based non-profit 501 (c) (3) whose “evangelistic mission is to pray for healing of the whole man.” Established in 1947 by Oral Roberts, a televangelist, OREA is now run by Oral’s son, Richard Roberts, along with his wife, Linda Salem Roberts who also appears to be known as Lindsay Roberts.
There are 11 voting members (trustees) of the governing body, 10 of whom are independent; although only 8 are listed on the most recent Form 990 (2022): 5 of whom are male, 3 of whom are female.
According to the most recent Form 990 (2022 for the year ending April 30, 2023): Read more
Executive Compensation at the Horatio Alger Association (2022)
The Horatio Alger Association (HAA) is a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) 3, HAA is based in Alexandria, Virginia. The organization is overseen by 78 independent voting members (board members) of the governing body. 72 of the 78 board members (92%) are male while 6 of the 78 members (8%) are female.
HAA was named for the gilded age writer, Horatio Alger who wrote about impoverished boys who rose from their humble backgrounds through education and good works to higher echelons of society. Consequently HAA awards need based scholarships and honors the achievements of those who have overcome adversity and obtained personal achievement and success throw perseverance. At the heart of HAA is the firm belief in achieving the “American Dream” through the free-enterprise system. Consequently, grants has historically been the largest expense for the organization (65% of revenue raised in 2021 was awarded in grants but only 11% for $2.4 million was awarded in grants in 2022). Read more
How Revenue is Spent at the Horatio Alger Association (2022)
The Horatio Alger Association (HAA) is named for the gilded age writer, Horatio Alger who wrote about impoverished boys who rose from their humble backgrounds through education and good works to higher echelons of society. Consequently HAA awards need based scholarships and honors the achievements of those who have overcome adversity and obtained personal achievement and success throw perseverance.
At the heart of HAA is the firm belief in achieving the “American Dream” through the free-enterprise system. So, the purpose of this organization appears to be the awarding of grants (but surprisingly only $2.4 million or about 11% of total revenue was awarded in grants, while the Executive Director, Terrence Giroux received more than $5 million in compensation in 2022 – 24% of the $22 million in revenue raised in 2022). Read more
Executive Compensation at Texas Christian University (2022)
Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private, tax-exempt non-profit research university in Fort Worth, Texas that is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Approximately 11,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students are pursuing 114 undergraduate areas of study and 98 graduate degrees on the 300 acre campus a few miles from downtown Fort Worth.
Tuition, room and board are approximately $80,000 annually for an undergraduate student (with about 80% receiving financial aid). With an acceptance rate of 40% (20,000 applications in 2022 of which 8,000 were accepted, and about 3,000 chose to attend), TCU counts about 55% of its students coming from out of state. Read more
Executive Compensation at the YMCA (2022)
The YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) is a worldwide (120 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:
World Alliance of the YMCA
125 National Associations (including The YMCA of the USA/National Council of YMCA’s of the USA)
Alliances (typically geographic) and Local Chapters (including 2,650 YMCA’s in the USA) Read more
How the YMCA Spends Revenue (2022)
If you gave $100 to the YMCA in 2022, how was that $100 spent? The answer depends on whether the donation was made to one of the local chapters (there are about 2,650 in the US) or to the YMCA of the USA (which is legally known as the National Council of YMCA’s of the USA – and is the parent organization in the US – that seeks to strengthen local YMCA”s through grants and program support) or the World Alliance of the YMCA (the parent organization of the 120 countries in the world that have YMCA’s), based in Geneva, Switzerland. For the purposes of this post, let’s assume the donation was made to the YMCA of the USA (because each of those local chapters is a separate 501 (c) 3 that files its own IRS Form 990 so the question could have 2,650 different answers).
The short answer is that $43 out of every $100 was spent on staff and organization expenses while $65 out of every $100 was spent on grants and fees for services that primarily supported program services (note: the organization spent more than they received in 2022).
Executive Compensation at the AFL-CIO (2022)
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a federation of 60 labor unions that represent 12.5 million workers. A non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (5) – a labor organization, the AFL-CIO is headquartered in Washington, DC.
The AFL-CIO has 19 related tax-exempt, non-profit organizations, 15 of whom operate out of the same office address. The other 4 organizations also operate out of a two DC-based offices but at a different street address, and an office in Silver Spring, MD. Read more
How Revenue is Spent at the AFL-CIO (2022)
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a federation of 60 labor unions that represent 12.5 million workers. A non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (5) – a labor organization, the AFL-CIO is headquartered in Washington, DC.
Key facts about the AFL-CIO include the following information taken from the IRS Form 990’s: 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
