http://www.nationalreview.com/node/427235/print Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Salary Went Up 70 Percent Last Year
By Jillian Kay Melchior — November 17, 2015
Al Sharpton got a 70 percent raise from his nonprofit last year, bringing his compensation above $412,000, according to new tax records filed last week.
The leading nonprofit watchdog, Charity Navigator, says $150,000 is the median compensation for the top executive at comparable organizations.
At more than $412,000, Sharpton’s compensation “is far beyond what we see in charities of this size,” even on the East Coast, says Charity Navigator’s spokeswoman, Sandra Miniutti.
National Action Network employed 34 workers throughout 2014, spending just over $1.9 million in total compensation.
Sharpton’s pay hike is well outside of what’s normal, Miniutti says; a standard increase for a nonprofit executive is between 1 percent and 3 percent. A raise of over 70 percent “is a pretty big jump in his compensation,” she says. “We typically don’t see that.”
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