Almond Horn Cookies (Vegan and Refined Sugar Free)
I have always loved crescent or horseshoe-shaped Almond Horn Cookies which are really just almonds, sugar, and egg whites (although these cookies are often finished with chocolate dipped ends). From a nutrition standpoint, I am not offended by egg whites (I prefer not to support the animal agriculture industry) but I avoid refined sugar and prefer date sugar which is just dates. Unable to find a vegan version of this icon of a cookie, I took the standard recipe from @sivanskitchen and made adjustments: Read more 
15 Employees of Texas Children’s Hospital Take Home $139 million in Compensation
15 employees of the Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) – a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive pediatric and women’s health care organizations in the US with more than 14,000 employees that work across 40 subspecialties and is he academic partner and the principal teaching site for the Baylor School of Medicine, in Bellaire, Texas) received $139 million in compensation from 2018-2023 (note: highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2022 but not in 2023 are not included): Read more
Where Does $100 to NPR Go (2023)?
NPR (National Public Radio) – the radio station that people love to love – is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization that works with its member stations to foster a more informed public by providing a deeper understanding of events, ideas, and cultures.
Based in Washington, DC, NPR is also noteworthy for its on air fundraising although most people would be surprised to learn that public support in the form of contributions, gifts, and grants is not the number one source of revenue. Instead, program service revenue (station programming fees, digital media sponsorships, membership dues from member stations, distribution, and digital services) is the primary source of revenue for NPR followed by contributions, gifts, and grants.
So, if you gave $100 to NPR, how was it spent? Read more
Executive Compensation at BayCare (2023)
BayCare (Baycare Health System) is one of the largest healthcare systems in Florida. Headquartered in Clearwater with 16 hospitals, 18 urgent care centers, 4 surgery centers, 38 imaging facilities, 100 primary care and physician practice locations, and more than 30 walk-in health care facilities in Publix supermarkets throughout Tampa Bay and West Central Florida, BayCare serves the Tampa Bay and western-central regions of Florida.
BayCare consists of dozens of other organizations (i.e. tax-exempt organizations, taxable partnerships, corporations, and trusts), who pay a “management fee” to a tax-exempt, non-profit entity called “Baycare Health Systems, Inc” (BHSI). BHSI manages the whole system. This post reports the executive compensation of BHSI only (see the other Form 990’s for executive compensation of other related/affiliated entities). Read more
12 Executives Received $50 Million in Compensation From The American Heart Association
The 12 most highly compensated employees in 2023 at the American Heart Association (a non-profit, 501 C (3) with 3,700 employees based in Dallas, Texas that raised about $900 million annually, spends less, and has accumulated $1.2 billion in net asses) received more than $50 million in compensation from 2018-2023 (note: highly compensated employees in any of the years 2018-2022 but not in 2023 are no included in the list below): Read more
Executive Compensation at the Conservative Partnership Institute (2023)
The Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) is a tax-exempt, no-profit organization based in Washington, DC that provides assistance in the form of staffing, education, training, incubation, and coalition building for congressional offices and conservative groups.
Formed in 2017, CPI has 7 voting members on its governing board, 4 of whom are independent. With 30 employees, CPI is a right wing lobbying group that emerged from being virtually unheard of in 2017 to a major “host” of events for Republican members of Congress by 2021 (From 2017-2020, CPI was a very small non-profit that raised $2-$6 million annually. In 2021-2022, revenue jumped to $46 million and $36 million, respectively primarily because of an increase in contributions. But expenses did not increase in accordance with revenue as CPI also appears to be focused on saving – at year-end 2022, CPI had $43 million in net assets meaning they did not spend all the revenue they received). Read more
25 Executives at Endeavor Health Take Home $200 Million in Compensation
25 of the most highly compensated employees of Endeavor Health, a health care provider that united 8 regional hospitals and 300 care centers across Chicago through NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Northwest Community Healthcare, and Swedish Hospital creating the third largest healthcare system in the State of Illinois in 2022, received $200 million in compensation* from 2017-2023 (note: highly compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023 are not included below. If they were included, both the number of employees and the amount would increase). With more than 27,000 employees, Endeavor Health is made up of 19 tax-exempt organizations, 9 organizations taxable as partnerships, and 12 organizations taxable as corporations or trusts. Read more
What Kind of Person Does That To A Kid? A Baby? An Animal?
No abuser’s ignorance or era or condition excuses her behavior any more than her treatment of us gives us license to abuse other people. ~Eamon Dolan
Fourteen years ago, I severed communication with my mother after she called to wish me a happy birthday and then proceeded to ask me if I wanted her to send the hateful letters written about me when I was 10 years old as a school monitor – seems the gestapo-like behaviors I learned from my mother didn’t positively affect the younger school children and they expressed their feelings in letters addressed to me, which my mother kept for some unknown reason. I declined and called her out for her cruelty (why would anyone want to read a letter professing hate for the reader?). Phone calls and e-mails from my siblings, aunts, and even a sister-in-law in the subsequent months revealed my mother called them in tears claiming she was so upset and didn’t mean to hurt me (my mother found the letters humorous) only confirmed my decision that of course, my mother would make herself the victim in his scenario instead of realizing she was the aggressor and the bully whose abusive behavior would no longer be tolerated. Read more
10 Executives at the ASPCA Received $30 Million in Compensation
10 executives at the ASPCA (a non-profit tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) based in New York City, New York) received $30 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note: the 10 employees listed below are 10 of the most highly compensated employees in 2023; highly compensated employees in any year from 2017-2022 but not in 2023 ae not considered): Read more
15 Executives at Advocate Health Receive More Than $200 Million in Compensation
15 highly compensated employees of Advocate Health – an integrated healthcare system that operates 67 hospitals in six (6) states with more than 1,000 out patient care sites and staffed by 160,000 employees – received $217 million in compensation from 2017-2023, as reported on the IRS Form 990 of Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) – a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) (3) and one of many organizations within Advocate Health (which was formed when Advocate Health Care (in Illinois) and Aurora Health (in Wisconsin) merged into one healthcare system (Advocate Aurora Health) in 2018.
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