Letters for Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Check what charities pay administrators
Please consider some research into the topic of checking charitable organizations for the quality of their administration, before responding to the numerous requests for donations that proliferate as we close out the year.
In my own research, I have found, not surprisingly, that there are huge differences in the administrations of charities, even those considered responsible and above board.
I have been using Charity Navigator for my evaluation of charities, sticking with ones that get solid overall grades from the research service. However, I found that the salaries of the top officers vary in the extreme, which in my book raises questions about whether some offer exploitive salaries to their........

Toi Staff
Sabine Sterk
Gideon Levy
Mark Travers Ph.d
Waka Ikeda
Tarik Cyril Amar
Grant Arthur Gochin