The April 15 deadline to claim charitable tax deductions brings out the best in Washingtonians: Local do-gooders gave nearly $6 billion to charities in 2012, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. And why not? A sizable chunk of our donations goes to our neighbors, the top executives of charities based in the area. We rounded up total compensation for the largest such organizations, according to their most recent IRS filings.
United Way Worldwide*, Alexandria
Brian Gallagher, CEO: $1,096,721 Number of employees making more than $300,000: 8
Goodwill Industries International*, Rockville
Photograph courtesy of Goodwill Industries International.
Jim Gibbons, CEO: $639,085 Number of employees making more than $300,000: 2
American National Red Cross*, DC
Photograph by Daniel Cima/American Red Cross.
Gail J. McGovern, CEO: $597,961 Number of employees making more than $300,000: 14
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation*, Triangle
Photograph by David Crotty/Newscom.
Henry P. Osman, CEO: $229,377 Number of employees making more than $300,000: 0
Salvation Army World Service Office**, Alexandria
Photograph by David Keith Photography.
Ellen Farnham, CFO: $115,017 Number of employees making more than $300,000: 0
*Data from 2013; **Data from 2012
This article appears in our April 2015 issue of Washingtonian.
Luke Mullins is a senior writer at Washingtonian magazine focusing on the people and institutions that control the city’s levers of power. He has written about the Koch Brothers’ attempt to take over The Cato Institute, David Gregory’s ouster as moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, the collapse of Washington’s Metro system, and the conflict that split apart the founders of Politico.
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The April 15 deadline to claim charitable tax deductions brings out the best in Washingtonians: Local do-gooders gave nearly $6 billion to charities in 2012, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. And why not? A sizable chunk of our donations goes to our neighbors, the top executives of charities based in the area. We rounded up total compensation for the largest such organizations, according to their most recent IRS filings.
United Way Worldwide*, Alexandria
Brian Gallagher, CEO: $1,096,721
Number of employees making more than $300,000: 8
Goodwill Industries International*, Rockville
Jim Gibbons, CEO: $639,085
Number of employees making more than $300,000: 2
American National Red Cross*, DC
Gail J. McGovern, CEO: $597,961
Number of employees making more than $300,000: 14
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation*, Triangle
Henry P. Osman, CEO: $229,377
Number of employees making more than $300,000: 0
Salvation Army World Service Office**, Alexandria
Ellen Farnham, CFO: $115,017
Number of employees making more than $300,000: 0
*Data from 2013; **Data from 2012
This article appears in our April 2015 issue of Washingtonian.
Luke Mullins is a senior writer at Washingtonian magazine focusing on the people and institutions that control the city’s levers of power. He has written about the Koch Brothers’ attempt to take over The Cato Institute, David Gregory’s ouster as moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, the collapse of Washington’s Metro system, and the conflict that split apart the founders of Politico.
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