Profiting Off Of Indianapolis' Non-Profit Corporations

This morning I present a sampling of the salaries Indianapolis non-profit corporations are paying. The information was gathered from looking at their most recent tax returns available. Those tax records are public record due to their non-profit status. I concentrated on picking out non-profit corporations which receive government support, in many cases substantial support.

Note the calculations include salary plus other contributions. They do not include expense accounts.

ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS, INC.

Greg Charleston, $170,391
President & CEO

David Lawrence, $116,344
Vice President

Note: From its website, the Arts Council appears to have 19 paid employees.

CENTRAL INDIANA CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP, INC.

Mark Miles, $382,133
President & CEO

CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF INDIANAPOLIS

Ron Carpenter, $178,298
President & CEO

Janice Klein, $114,168
Executive VP & COO,

Clara Anderson, $109,280
Executive VP & CAO

Susan Meyer, $104,566
Executive VP & CFO

Jon Bennett, $103,812
Executive Vice President

Note: The Children's Bureau, also listed nine other officers making between $77,000 and $65,000. The Bureau provides serves for at-risk youth and received over $11 million in government support in 2007.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS

Martha Boden, $119,622
Executive Director

Update: As David Horth, Board Chair of the Humane Society points out in the comment section, the Humane Society does not take taxpayer dollars. I double checked the tax return...he is correct. My apologies to the Humane Society for lumping them in with the other non-profits living on the public teat. Mr. Horth allso points out that the Executive Director of the Humane Society of Indianapolis is John Aleshire and his salary is $93,500.00. Boden is the former director and was the director whose salary was listed on the tax return. Unfortunately with regard to all these non-profits, the information is somewhat dated. That director's salary seems very reasonable, especially in light of what some of these other non-profits are paying.

INDIANA SPORTS CORPORATION

Susan Williams, $137,719
President & CEO

INDIANAPOLIS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

Jeffrey Patchen, $344,345
President

INDIANAPOLIS CONVENTION & VISITORS ASSOCIATION

Robert Bedell, $353,777
President & CEO

Matthew B. Carter, $142,343
V.P, Strategic Development

Alfred D. Bennett, $142,579
V.P, Sales

Mary K. Huggard, $144,637
V.P., Communication and Development

James E. Wallis, $136,858
V.P., Finance Administration and Technology

INDIANAPOLIS DOWNTOWN

Tamara Zahn, $198,284
President & CEO

Julia Watson, $108,000
Vice President, Marketing & Communications

INDIANAPOLIS MARION COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION

Danny R. Dean, $178,907
President

INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART

Maxwell Anderson, $394,209
President & CEO

Anne Munch, $150,938
Chief Financial Officer

INDIANAPOLIS PARKS FOUNDATION

Cindy Porteous, $112,219
Executive Director,

INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Simon Crookall, $250,224
President & CEO

METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Lloyd Wright, $180,451
President