Should Nancy Brinker Make More than President Obama?

The new financials for Susan G. Komen for the Cure are out. According to the Dallas News, in 2012, the same year that the organization was roiled by the Planned Parenthood scandal, the same year Nancy Brinker, was forced to step down as CEO in an attempt by the organization to regain public trust, Komen also gave Brinker  a 64% pay hike–from $417,000 to $684,717.

Just so you know, a Charity Navigator survey found the median salary for the CEO of a not-for-profit organization to be $132,739.

Also, since Brinker is no longer the CEO, what is she doing for that kind of dough?

In case you’ve forgotten, the percentage the organization dedicates to research has gone down from 29% of revenues in 2008 to 16% in 2011.

I wonder, are all the well-meaning Komen supporters “aware” of this?

I  do not want to be perceived as encouraging people to abandon breast cancer as a cause. Quite the opposite. I want your good will, effort, time and money to matter to a disease that has touched so many of us. Please let Komen know what you think about their skewed research allocations and Brinker’s outsize salary. Contact them on Facebook tweet them at @komenforthecure Write or call them at :

5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250

Dallas, TX 75244

(1-877-465-6636)

You can change this.

And check out the good work of some of these other groups: Breast cancer Action; National Breast Cancer Coalition; Breast Cancer Consortium; Breast Cancer Fund; Susan Love Research Foundation.

 

Nancy Brinker from the Dallas News: Talking pink, earning green.