On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:19 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have no problem with switching charities. > The one you mentioned is a highly rated charity in it's field: > http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3597 > However, it's CEO makes over $800,000 a year. It is a huge institution. > > Two charities that charitynavigator rates higher in that field are: > The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research > http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3597 > (CEO makes $185,000 or 4.4% of expenses) > > CURE Childhood Cancer > http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=9601 > (CEO makes $146,000) > > I think we could have a greater impact upon a relatively smaller charity. > My 2 cents.
I like to second Darren--I'm off the radar as far as evaluating charities but I usually look at their finances and deliverable: like how much of the donation actually reaches the intended goal and not the CEO's salary... But go for it, Mark, do what you think is best. Cheers! Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
