Executive Compensation at the Jackson Laboratory (2020)
Unless you’re in medical research or read the New Yorker, you may not have heard of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) – an independent, non-profit 501 (c) (3) biomedical research institute with three main research centers (Bar Harbor, Maine; Sacramento, California, and Farmington, Connecticut) that have more than 60 laboratories performing research in six (6) areas: cancer, reproductive biology, immunology, metabolic, neurobiology, and neurobehavioral disorders. In addition, JAX has an affiliated research lab organization in Japan and China (Shanghai). Read more 
Where Does $100 to the American Diabetes Association Go (2021)?
The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
Established more than 80 years ago in 1940 when less than a million Americans (or less than 1% of the population) had diabetes, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) is one of the few (if not only) non-profit organizations working against a disease that has increased thirtyfold (The CDC estimates that more than 30 million people (nearly 10% of the population) in the USA have diabetes – primarily Type 2 which is largely preventable and reversible – and that another 100 million people have pre-diabetes which if not treated often leads to Type 2 within 5 years) over the decades despite hundreds of millions of dollars raised by the organization. Read more
Executive Compensation at the American Diabetes Association (2021)
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) based in Arlington, Virginia. Over the past several years, the ADA experienced a drop in revenues and a decline in the organization’s endowment. In 2018, with the replacement of the Executive Director and key staff, revenue increased slightly -by $14 million to $158 million – but declined by $11 million to $147 million in 2019 and then by $30 million to $117 million in 2020. But, in 2021, revenue increased to $138 million in 2021.
By cutting staff (from 1,500 in 2013 to 333 in 2021) and other expenses, ADA seems to be back on track financially but a smaller version of themselves. However, it remains to be seen if the organization will accomplish their key goals in the years ahead: to prevent and cure diabetes because they have to start doing things differently and specifically to educate and convince the public to make dietary changes. Read more
Executive Compensation at Ascension Health (2020)
Ascension Health is the nation’s largest Catholic non-profit health system with 139 hospitals, 2,600 sites of care, and 40 senior living facilities in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The sole corporate member of Ascension Health is Ascension Health Alliance, a Missouri non-profit 501 (c) (3). Consequently, there are two separate IRS Form 990’s that need to be viewed to gain an understanding of the executive compensation. There are numerous other organizations within Ascension Health but those are not covered in this post. Read more
Executive Compensation at Goodwill (2020)
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 165 Goodwill Industries autonomous organizations and more than 4,200 retail stores in the US and 17 countries that generated an estimated $7-$8 billion in revenue in 2020.
Goodwill Industries International, Inc is the executive member association organization that provides oversight, support, expertise, and products to local agencies (each local agency/organization is a separate 501 (c) (3) that operates independently and pays membership dues to support Goodwill Industries International, Inc.). Read more
Executive Compensation at the National Football League Players Association (2020)
The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) is a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) (5) – a labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO – that represents players in the National Football League (32 teams that can have a maximum of 55 players each).
5 key facts reported on the Form 990 (for the year ending February 29, 2020) to know about the NFLPA include: Read more
How Revenue is Spent at the National Football League Players Association
The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), a tax-exempt non-profit labor union (a 501 c 5) representing football players in the National Football League (32 teams that can have a maximum of 55 players for a total of 1,760 players although each team can have a 12-member practice squad that can add an additional 384 members for a total estimate of 2,144 active members) although former members (an estimated 8,700) are “former player” members.
A member of the AFL-CIO, the NFLPA is headquartered in Washington, DC and has 32 independent voting members (directors) of its governing board (board of directors). Read more
Executive Compensation at Samaritan’s Purse (2021)
Samaritan’s Purse is a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) (3) established in 1970 by Bob Pierce who died in 1978. W. Franklin Graham (son of Billy Graham) became Chairman, President, and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse in 1979 and has held the position since although he is also an evangelist for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Based in Boone, North Carolina, Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization that provides “spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.” How do they do this? Primarily through grants (i.e. transporting shoebox gifts: a box filled with toys, supplies, and hygiene items) which for the past few years average 27% of revenue because Samaritan’s Purse focused on building up net assets and to do this they spent significantly less than they collected: Samaritan’s Purse only spent $67 out of every $100 raised but in actual dollars (meaning non-cash contributions and non-cash grants which are almost exactly the same amount), Samaritan’s Purse only spent $59 out of every $100 in cash raised which means the organizations added $300 million to savings in 2021 (note: in 2020, Samaritan’s Purse added about $224 million to savings) which had $1.2 billion in net assets at year-end 2021. Read more
Where Does $100 to Samaritan’s Purse Go (2021)?
Samaritan’s Purse is a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) (3) established in 1970 by Bob Pierce who died in 1978. W. Franklin Graham (son of Billy Graham) became Chairman, President, and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse in 1979 and has held the position since although he is also an evangelist for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Based in Boone, North Carolina, Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization that provides “spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world.” How do they do this? Primarily through grants (i.e. transporting shoebox gifts: a box filled with toys, supplies, and hygiene items) which for the past several years averaged 40% of revenue although in 2020 and 2021, the percentage was lower at 28% and 27%, respectively because Samaritan’s Purse focused on building up net assets and to do this they spent significantly less than they collected: Samaritan’s Purse only spent $72 out of every $100 raised in 2020 and $67 out of $100 raised in 2021. In actual dollars, Samaritan’s Purse raised about $1 billion (including non-cash contributions), spent less than $700 million, putting about $300 million into savings in 2021 (and $225 million in savings in 2020, which means in 2 years, Samaritan’s purse put more than $525 million, or more than a half billion dollars into savings). Read more
Executive Compensation at the NRA (2021)
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a non-profit 501 (c) (4) organization or what many people refer to as an membership advocacy organization that fights tirelessly for our second amendment rights and pays their executives very well while also paying for first class or charter travel.
The most recent IRS Form 990 (2021) reports the organization employed 521 individuals (compared to 640 in 2020 and 770 in 2019) who were compensated $42 million, which equates to an average compensation of nearly $81,000. 92 employees (compared to 107 employees in 2020 and 149 employees in 2019) received more than $100,000 in compensation while the 15 most highly compensated key executives received nearly $13 million in 2021: Read more
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