Goodwill Omaha has some of the most staggering executive pay you’ll find in the nonprofit world

[Omaha Steve]

High executive pay at Goodwill Omaha — higher than at other Omaha nonprofits, and higher than at most comparable Goodwills around the country — hurts the organization’s ability to carry out its mission.
STORY BY HENRY J. CORDES

Goodwill Industries touts that simply by donating your old couch, ill-fitting jeans or other of life’s discards, you help the charity find jobs for people with disabilities or other barriers to work.

But when you donate to or buy from Goodwill’s thrift stores in Omaha, your efforts contribute more to something less charitable: some of the most staggering executive pay you’ll find in the nonprofit world.

Federal tax records show that Omaha’s Goodwill in 2014 paid CEO Frank McGree total compensation of $933,444. On top of his $250,000 base salary that year, he received a $95,000 incentive bonus, $52,000 in deferred retirement pay he’ll collect later, and a special retention bonus of $519,000. He even was given a country club membership.

And McGree is far from the only executive at the Omaha nonprofit taking home enviable pay. Tax records show Omaha’s Goodwill that year paid salaries of $100,000 or more to 13 of its executives and managers — a number that increased to 14 last year.

FULL story: http://dataomaha.com/bigstory/story/107/news/no-culture-of-thrift

ALSO see Goodwill repackaging for a private company appears to violate federal rules for “Made in America” http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028248065:

[handmade34]

1. K&R

good read

[Mz Pip]

2. Is Goodwill really non profit?

It sure doesn't sound like it.

[dalton99]

3. Zero cost of goods sold, slave wages, tax exempt status = Huge profit margin

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Wow

[moondust]

5. Apparently at the same time Goodwill...

is paying disabled workers as little as 22 cents an hour

[G_j]

6. Yep. Nt

[JanMichael]

7. Others over $100k include his daughter.

A store manager.

"» Among Goodwill employees paid $100,000 is McGree’s daughter, a retail manager. There are a number of other related individuals in Goodwill’s well-paid upper ranks, including a vice president who is the daughter-in-law of a board member and another vice president who has a sister working under her."

Holy fuck what a scam.

[raising2moredems]

8. Not much "good" in goodwill...

Find another outlet to which to donate or spend your dollars. As with most scam charities and the NRA, donating to/spending at goodwill is just funding the upscale lifestyle of a handful of cretins.

[a kennedy]

9. This just makes me ill.......I never do business either donating or buying at badwill.......

We donate our slightly used items to our local salvation army organization.......

[Omaha Steve]

10. It is Good Will Omaha that is under investigation

It is like a franchise. Different unrelated boards for different cities. MOST Goodwill locations are much more mission responsible.

OS