| Sabtu, 13 Maret 2010 |
| Boys & Girls' Club CEO Roxanne Spillett's |
The Boys and Girls Club of America, a nationwide charity that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer aid, is under fire for paying out high salaries to executives such as CEO Roxanne Spillett at a time when the organization is closing clubs around the country.
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A group of Republican senators, led by the Senate Finance Committee's ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter Thursday criticizing the non-profit organization's use of tens of millions of dollars in federal funds that it receives every year. The lawmakers are concerned the money is getting spent on perks, retirement plans, lobbying expenses and high salaries.
"It appears that such funds are not reaching the intended beneficiaries, in this case, the youth of the country," Grassley and Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Jon Kyl, R-Ariz, and John Cornyn, R-Texas, said in a letter sent to Robert Bach, chairman of the board at the Boys and Girls Club of America.
The letter specifically cited Spillett, who is also the organization's president, for raking in $988,591 in total compensation in 2008, according to IRS filings. |
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