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Mission-Curve4273 t1_ize9lms wrote

We stopped giving when we realized that their CEO, William Marrazzo, got paid $740,000/yr. Not a fan of charities where the management makes 10x the average person who donates to the charity. These guys also make money from your taxes and ads. So it’s not like they’re starving for cash. Other charities need that money more, so we give it elsewhere.

To be fair, that compensation may be ok for a for-profit company who risks their own capital. The shareholders can decide whatever they want to pay the management. After all, the shareholders are risking their own capital and not the public’s money.

Source: https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=231438083&name=Whyy%20Inc.&city=Philadelphia&state=PA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=CHARITIES,%20COPYOFRETURNS&orgTags=CHARITIES&orgTags=COPYOFRETURNS

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AKraiderfan t1_izesnnf wrote

Yeah,

Until Marrazoo gets shitcanned, not a single one of my dimes will go to their constant pledge drives and membership rallies.

And not because he gets paid 740k for being the CEO of a not-for-profit. Its because he's getting paid so much for shit work. You compare his salary to WTTW(Chicago) 685k, WGBH(Boston)720k, it looks normal, but WHYY make little to no syndicated work that gets broadcast out that isn't local.

Except for Fresh Air and A Taste of History, WHYY has zero national presence, yet this guy is getting paid as if his PBS station is a national station like Boston, DC or Chicago(who produces 60% of the cartoons). Fuck that shit.

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Kind_Session_6986 t1_izeblep wrote

This. I try looking at every company’s pay and supply dynamics before supporting with my hard earned money. Thank you for pointing this guy out; it’s time to put him on blast r/antiwork.

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LocalOnThe8s t1_izhlsp1 wrote

Came here to say this, dude shouldn't be making that much for a place that gets a government handout.

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