Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire LaPierre received a base salary of $1.3 million, plus a bonus of $455,000 and “other repor

I'd be interested to hear how he got the job in the first place.

Thats ridiculous. Wayne should get a hefty salary for all the crap he catches, but that's wayyyyyyyy over 'hefty'....

Appears we have some swamp_age goin on........

I have little idea as to the actual merits of the case but when the public image of this organization becomes as sleazy as it has, such that even longtime donors are leaving, its time for LaPierre to take a severance package and step down.

Surely there must be a qualified individual financially secure enough that they don’t NEED to derive their primary income from the NRA (sorta like President Trump in the WH).

Me either.

Not until I see some financial responsibility.

Probably need to drain that swamp, as well.

There seems to be a huge swamp around the DC area. Guess the NRA bureaucracy is affected. LOTS of money, big temptations.

DF

Got a call from the NRA a couple years ago. After hearing the same complaint about money needed for this or that. I said to the caller " every time a liberal farts in congress or the senate you call looking for more money, No!" Caller "so what does that mean?"

Two mil for running a non-profit? This is why they are dunning poor and middle-class folks every two weeks for money.

Time for you to step up and become NRA Prez Rene, everyone and his brother would contribute.

They'll not see another nickel from me, either, until I see sweeping changes made to what essentially amounts to debauchery.

The media is doing a spectacular job of sowing dissension in the ranks of what has been and continues to be the most effective organization out there for gun rights. It's not hard, really. They start throwing out there some of the salaries and costs incurred by operating at top levels in fields of endeavor little understood or experienced by the largely blue-collar membership and they immediately have them in an uproar. It's the same way the left tears down successful institutions of all kind that are not philosophically aligned with them. At the same time, many of the people all indignant about what Wayne LaPierre is making have not problem supporting, through their patronage, entertainers who make obscene amounts of money playing children's games with balls. It's a shame everyone is not so worked up over the politicians of all stripes who, somehow, on salaries comparable to what a lot of us here make, end up with multimillion dollar homes and millions in the bank. People are funny.

Last solicitation i told the " paid member" no more until they clean house. She said she gets that a lot. I am sick od the calls and junk mail
Gun club requires membership. I like rifleman mag mostly, and they are the big name in the game.
Selick may get on my list too. Quigley rifle?
That Heston rifle made a photo op, but it reminds me of the italian rifle jokes. Give me a rifle and i will add patina

I support the SAF. NRA has become a sham.

Common people with only a couple million a year there is no way he could fund his own retirement. Poor basssstard. Let’s all chip in for a better plan for him. Ed k

I guess it depends on who’s looking at salaries.
17 Charity CEO Salaries Over $1-Million - Listed 2016



It's that time of year again when people tend to give more to charities. Considering that their ads often give the impression that money you send to them will be used to help poor and suffering people, the following salaries seem excessive and may even be considered unethical. I was unable to locate a comprehensive 2017 salary chart for CEO salaries, but Charity Watch lists 25 excessively paid charity CEOs, with the first 17 names on the list receiving over $1-million per year in annual salaries, as their most recent 2016 summary. This coincides with increasingly dramatic income inequality in society. I'd like to add a caveat that this is merely pointing out what is listed on other sites, and I cannot vouch for the reliability of these.

17 Charity CEO Salaries Over $1-Million

1. Craig B. Thompson, M.D. President/CEO Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $2,925,426 12/31/2014
2. Robert W. Stone President/CEO City of Hope $1,765,025 09/30/2015
3. Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D. President/CEO Dana-Farber Cancer Institute $1,539,789 09/30/2015
4. Nancy Brown CEO American Heart Association $1,443,427 06/30/2015
5. John R. Seffrin Past CEO American Cancer Society $1,404,269 12/31/2014
6. Wayne Brock Past Chief Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America ( BSA National Office) $1,351,724 12/31/2015
7. Yitzhak Gershon Past National Director/CEO Friends of the Israel Defense Forces $1,282,949 12/31/2014 Includes $631,251 bonus and incentive compensation.
8. Rupert W. Scofield President/CEO FINCA International $1,281,285 12/31/2014 Includes $339,574 one-time vested retirement benefits and $493,615 tax gross-up to cover related taxes.
9. Cristian Samper President/CEO Wildlife Conservation Society $1,190,755 06/30/2015
10. Jonathan W. Simons, M.D. President/CEO Prostate Cancer Foundation $1,182,091 12/31/2015
11. Brian Gallagher President/CEO United Way Worldwide $1,166,454 12/31/2015
12. James W. DeMint President Heritage Foundation $1,132,367 12/31/2015
13. Larry Hausner Past CEO American Diabetes Association $1,125,689 12/31/2014 Includes $210,833 severance.
14. Robert J. Beall Past President/CEO Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $1,100,581 12/31/2014 15 Arthur Brooks President American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research $1,075,493 06/30/2015
16. Harry Johns President/CEO Alzheimer's Association (National Office) $1,062,149 06/30/2015
17. James R. Downing President/CEO St. Jude Children's Research Hospital $1,042,217 06/30/2015

I tend to agree. I don’t think the salary is out of line for a ceo of an organization that size, but when you pay a man $2 million a year he should be able to buy his own clothes and house. Something about LaPierre has always been off putting to me. Not sure what it is, but to me he just seems untrustworthy

Maybe they should impeach him?

But, But Other public owned Corp.s are audit by an independent Co,. and all the members get a copy of the "audit" if they wish that is the difference. No more till changes are made. Cheers NC

The only things that matter are financial gain or financial loss. In such system one takes all they can get. As long as people keep sending in the money I don't see a problem with what he is doing.

Chui,

I have to ask a question. This is a job that takes a dedicated, talented, and very, very strong pro 2A leader. It must be somebody who knows the ins and outs of Washington lobbying, has to be an extremely strong fundraiser, and has to be nimble in front of reporters and the camera not to trapped with inane questions. Diplomacy is crucial in front of the Press.

So how big is that pool of candidates, and what kind of cash does it take to hire them on? I will tell you that when it comes to big time corporate management, 6 figures ain't gonna get you the talent you need. When you get into the world of Washington lobbying, the passionate 2A people get really scarce.

Busting balls about his salary is like bitching about the cost of dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak house. A prime steak, sides and couple of drinks for two is $200. people can think that's ridiculous, but Prime meat is costly, professional waitstaff is costly. a nice decor is costly, and not crowding tables butt to butt cuts down on the number of people you can seat.

Homer and Earl can sit around in their overall as go "Hell Earl, I can get all you can eat ribs and free drink refills at the BBQ joint for $14.99. Phouc Ruth!". Yeah, Homer and Earl can, but the result is plain to see. You get Eugenia, the high school girl serving, and Mable the tooth lady at the cash register. Fine hard working people, but if you wanted Prime Steak, that ain't it.

My point is that WHOMEVER we want to run the NRA needs to better than good to hold off the gun grabbers. The NRA is the single biggest reason the gun grabber haven't gotten further along in their agenda. Whomever runs the NRA is going demand a good salary that is in the ballpark of what they can make in the private sector. If you are fortunate to get a Charlton Heston type ho might even volunteer, you still need an expert in Washington lobbying to work with him and that dude will need to be PAID. there is no way around it.

Who do y'all thin helps the conservative pro 2A draft legislation to protect gun rights? It's largely the brain trust, lawyers etc. in the NRA. The write it up, submit it to whichever Congressman they are working with and then their staff takes it from their. DOn't believe for a moment that bills and legislation are whipped by people like AOC who couldn't hard boil an egg. That's what lobbyist do.

Respectfully Yours,

Hat

In my opinion ALL non-profits should have an across the board cap on total yearly compensation for everyone from the CEO/CFO on down the line to the lowest paid “charity” workers.

“Non-profits” and charities have become a vehicle for the well to do and the well connected to make ridiculous money through untaxed back door dealings and a “one stop shop” for their consolidation of power, influence and favoritism. Using a charity to enrich a few well connected power mongers while incessantly begging for donations from blue collar Americans really pisses me off. When the CEO has more money “invested” suits than most people have invested in their homes it highlights and underscores the abuse that’s become endemic with “non-profits”.

Charities enjoy a number of advantages, not the least of which is the tax free nature of their financial foundation. As such it’s not unreasonable to set a salary and compensation ceiling for ALL charities and non-profits. The mission of non-profits should NOT be to create millionaires from the misappropriation of charitable donations but rather to benefit those that the donations were intended for. I don’t care if it’s a 501, 502, 503, etc. if your non-profit enjoys the tax exemptions and feeds itself off of the donations of others because you produce nothing, service nothing and generally don’t do anything except redistribute the money then you should be restricted on how much of the donated money you get to pocket.

Just look at the Clinton Foundation or Soros and his Open Society foundation for the unabashed abuse of the non-profit system.