A brief word about methods seems in order.

In total, I reviewed well over 100 charities in putting all of this together. For the sections on CEO salary, fundraising efficiency, program expenses, and administrative expenses I chose the 57 three or four star Charity Navigator rated cancer organizations that had research as a major portion of objectives. The organization did not have to be solely focussed on research, but that had to be one component of the mission.

Foolishly, when I thought i had all the major organizations covered, I began to write the piece

on CEO salaries. But as I continued to do research I found charities I did not expect to have high paying executives did. That led to a revision of that piece yesterday afternoon. Then i got a real shocker as I was finishing my research this morning. There is one executive salary that is higher than any of those I had covered in the original piece. There were also some other CEOs who were making more than I expected and changed where some of the CEOs of lager charities ended up.

As a result I am withdrawing Part 6 until I can make some revisions to it.

I will also be adding a second post to accompany each section that will show where each of the 57 ended up in each

category.