The use of ranges gives readers information about salaries without unnecessarily invading the privacy of officials. In evaluating salaries, it is important to balance the desire to keep costs low with the need to pay professionals an appropriate wage. The more an organization can make effective use of volunteers, the further charity dollars can go. In most cases, financial information comes from audited financial statements. Although the financial statements of some organizations are not audited by an outside accountant.
Special events are dinners and other events aimed at fundraising.
But money spent on fundraising must be separated out. Investment income includes interest, dividends, and capital gains. Some organizations do not count unrealized capital gains as revenues. Tzedakah Reports includes all capital gains whether realized ot not as revenues. Where Tzedakah Reports practices differ from those of the organization, that is pointed out in a note at the bottom of the page.