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Charity Navigator says that out of every donation dollar, 8 cents goes to pay the CEO's salary which is $87,490. And while Fleischmann is raking in that grand salary, guess what!--the Christian Life Resources (CLR) charity is racking up a huge debt, and is a half million bucks in the hole, probably because they just moved to a very nice location in a brand new building in July 2008 right when the Great Recession started:
CLR location, front streetview: http://g.co/maps/d4wvh
Side view: http://g.co/maps/qz6qq
About Us - Our Office
http://www.christianliferesources.com/about-us.html
Charity Navigator gave Christian Life Resources one star! Also, if you register for free, you can compare similar charities as given in a list. I compared all four similar charities to CLR, and all four had net assets in the black, and only CLR was in the red.
Two charities had five stars and two had three stars for their overall rating, while CLR had one star, as noted above. Only 6% of all charities received a "Poor" one-star rating, and only 1% were rated worse and denied even a star.
If you thought charitably that CEO salary maybe led CLR to have a low rating, you're wrong. CEO compensation doesn't count in the star rating, and is only provided in the interest of full disclosure. Even in 2005 CLR had a one star rating.
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Part 2 of 2:
Of the five compared charities, 3 had given Charity Navigator their Form 990 FYE for 2010, but CLR and one other charity has only their 2009 form in, according to Charity Navigator. This other charity watch site indicates that CLR hasn't filed a 2010 990 Form yet, to their knowledge:
http://seriousgivers.org/find-a-charity/
Here's the 2009 990 return for CLR:
http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/391/391601307/391601307_200912_990.pdf
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=484#118
6% received a one-star rating and only 1% received zero stars.
Here's what one star (*) out of five means:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/content.view/catid/2/cpid/43.htm
* Poor Fails to meet industry standards and performs well below most charities in its Cause.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=484#119
Why is the CEO's salary greater than the amount the charity spends on administrative expenses?
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GJ - Don't forget the Gift Store. Yes, a business hiding in a charity.
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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Lazy Pastors Do Not Study, Do Not Visit, Do Not Pr...":
Robert Flieschmann seems to live in this nice wooded court with palatial houses:
Satellite view:
Beechwood Ct, Hartford, WI
http://g.co/maps/6dexh
Nearest streetview of neighborhood:
http://g.co/maps/c66uu
Robert R Fleischmann Jr:
http://www.whitepages.com/name/Robert-Fleischmann/Wisconsin
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http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=9509
bruce-church (http://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Lazy Pastors Do Not Study, Do Not Visit, Do Not Pr...":
Guidestar has a free registration feature like Charity Navigator does. It allows one to see the latest IRS 990 Forms.
Guidestar doesn't really rate the charity using a star system like Charity Navigator does, nor does it really indicate whether it follows good NPO practices, but only gives "tools" to compare NPOs so the user can come to his or her own conclusions. By contrast, Charity Navigator has everything Guidestar lacks, and does everything Guidestar doesn't do, i.e., it actually rates the charities, and even shows all this at the free registration level. It seems Guidestar, even at the premium level, is just an informational database. Nevertheless, Christian Life Resources has shied away from giving either GuideStar or Charity Navigator complete and up-to-date information about itself:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=9509
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