From: sg@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (stephan.gross)
Subject: Jewish Charities
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:16:41 GMT
Keywords: disgusting



              From "The Jewish Voice,"  December 1992

Article: "Where the Tzedaka Dollars Go - Giving 'Til It Hurts"

Format:
_______________________________
Director
Position
Organization
Compensation
Benefits, Expenses & Allowances
Total Expenses of Organizations
_______________________________


Michael Schneider
Executive VP
Joint Distribution Committee
$310,805
$7,750
$67,377,612

Stephen Solender
Executive VP
UJA_Federation of NY
$280,058
$13,660
$243,623,409

Martin Kraar
Executive VP
Council of Jewish Federations
$207,645
$53,318
$43,318,565

Stanley Horowitz
Former President
United Jewish Appeal
$230,938
$27,140
$656,707,265

Thomas Dine
Executive Director
AIPAC
$177,400
$70,677
$12,541,885

Rabbi Marvin Hier
Dean
Simon Weisenthal Center
$163,820
$45,267
$11,151,797

Abraham Foxman
National Director
Anti-Defamation League
$200,000
$8,600
$32,225,179

Herman Markowitz
Executive Vice-Chairman
United Jewish Appeal
$174,000
$4,800
$334,927,000

Henry Siegman
Executive Director
American Jewish Congress
$176,550
-
$6,110,961

David Harris
Executive VP
American Jewish Committee
$155,487
$1,000
$16,517,805
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Excerpts from the article:

  "Internal Revenue Service filings of a dozen of the largest Jewish charities
show that the leaders are making six-figure salaries that are significantly
higher on average than the salaries earned by many of their counterparts at
non-Jewish charities."

  "If they look into these Jewish charities, they will find that, in a number
of cases, the executive compensation packages well surpass the median packages
at charities nationally."

  "But in the Jewish community, there are nagging questions about whether the
large numbers of Jewish organizations duplicate each other's efforts, wasting
valuable donations on six-figure salaries rather than spending them directly
on targeted recipients and programs."

  "For example, suppose an individual contributes $1,000 to the United Jewish
Community of Bergen County [in New Jersey].  About $150 stays at the UJC to
pay Dr. Young's salary and the salaries of other employees and costs; another
percentage is used to pay the Federation's dues to the Council of Jewish Fed-
erations, whose director earns about $250,000.  About 20% of the remaining
money then goes to local service organizations and schools.  The rest is
passed on to the UJA, whose director makes well over $200,000.
   The UJA then funnels the money to either the United Israel Appeal, whose
top paid official, Herman Markowitz, makes $174,000 in base salary, or to the
Joint Distribution Committee, whose director makes more than $310,000.  The
Joint spends its money on programs overseas, and the UJA allocates most of its
money to the Jewish Agency for Israel, which has a reputation for profligate
spending and wastefully high personnel costs."

_____________________________________________________________________________

  By chance, a mailing from the American Jewish Congress soliciting money
arrived the same day I read this article.  I put a copy of the article in
the stamped envelope, along with a note saying I would contribute when
Henry Seigman (whom I despise in general) would cut his salary in half.
  BTW, how interesting that Seigman, who heads the group with by far the
least amount of clout (dollar-wise) is the constant Jewish media spokesman.
Could the reason be that Seigman is consistently far to the left?

  Are other people bothered by the high salaries and waste of these charities?
I have tried to avoid giving to them; usually, I put all my Jewish charity-
money in State of Israel bonds.  Does anyone have any other charity recommen-
dations?

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                      Steve Gross    (...att!hogpa!sg or sg@HOGPA.ATT.COM)


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