Dallas-based Komen for the Cure drops support of Planned Parenthood

EdWood, anonymous:

There's an interesting OP-ED on SomethingAwful.com (of all places) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/featu...

One blurb that caught my attention was "The percentage of revenue Komen sinks into cancer research - remember this is by design "For the Cure" - has declined for the past decade, from 26% annually to 19%. Breast cancer mortality has not declined in decades. Administrative expenses are on the rise and remain murky at Komen."

I've done some research into Komen in the past. You can download their tax filings from their website. Pay CLOSE attention to the amount of money used for "Salaries, bonuses and other compensation" as well as "Number of full time employed". I think you'll see the true nature of this organization

damn yankee, anonymous:

All charities and things of that nature spend most of their money on administrative tasks. It's a sad but true fact.

But some are better about it than others; plenty of "non-profits" are self-perpetuating entities who care more about their paycheck than they do about the cause.

EdWood, anonymous:

Well, looking at the 2011 Form 990 filing (required of tax-exempt orgs I believe), you'll see it list 280 as the "Total number of individuals employed in the calendar year 2010" (line 5) and then a little further down, it lists the "Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits (like 15) as $24,232,513

Now, I'm no math wizard but to me that looks like the average employee's compensation was $865,446.87 ?

I'm glad they're so "charitable"

damn yankee, anonymous:

I imagine that part of that compensation is health insurance costs, which are probably pretty steep; there's probably travel budget in there as well.

So yes, they spend a lot on their employees, but let's also not go thinking that each of them brings home seventy grand a month in cash money.