Reading through your article . Give your money to local shelters and be a greater part of your specific community. You people are batdhit crazy. Tags Animal welfare Earl Blumenauer farm bill Jared Huffman Puppy mills Steve King Vern Buchanan Facebook Cold hearted personal who use television to pull heart strings is a crime..I pray God bless the animals harmed by their deception., they are just as guilty as the dog fighters and puppy mill operators. Pay people to get donations to pay even more people. Author: Matt Bershadker. Your bunch should moonlight as a TV preacher. I dont want to pay exhorbitant salaries for people who work there. Matthew Bershadker was named President and CEO of the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) in June 2013. Reading this article is very depressing given the funding they receive for REALLY helping abused animals. Here is the link to Ravi stroking Joyce Meyer. A little less to CEO & other and more to the real cause the ANIMALS would be a good idea. I watch your ads and I cry for these animals and then to find out that the agency is a fraud outrageous!! How do you folks lay your heads on pillows under warm blankets and sleep at night, knowing youve barely helped any animals that day?? I will never donate another dime .because such blant disregard for truth in advertising and the uncaring regard for animals that could be helped is really cruel. And worse yet are the spokespersons who have to be aware of them as well. For a long time, he has been focused on his better half, Mrs. Nina M. Bershadker. This either needs to be stopped or exposed for what it is. This is an eye opener. Especially since many donations come from people who are just trying to make ends meet for his / her own survival. Mr Bershadker is leading a mission to convince local people to encourage penniless little cats. . Thinking that the ASPCA was a good organization, I allowed the monthly contributions to continue. Self advertising. training for other professionals, as well as advocacy for animal . He received his MBA from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School and his Bachelor's degree in Communications from Ohio University. Do yourself a favor, READ THE ACTUAL SCIENCE (PubMed and http://www.nutritionfacts.org) and dont rely on the uneducated and misinformed idiots making you tube videos as your education source. I just posted the updated info. American basic entitlements extremist Matthew Bershadker is the president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). According to tax returns, ASPCA CEO Matthew Bershadker received $852,231 in 2019 and the ASPCA had over $20 million in offshore accounts! Huh? sounds like my little stray cat backyard refuge has done more good than these people have done in the last 10 years, and it comes out of my pocket. I get we all have ti make a living and we all have bills but do these people need $100,000 bonus?!? Prior to joining the ASPCA, Bershadker worked for ICF Consulting, Share our Strength and Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Forbes Lists #68. All companies are still active. This means Bershadker's pay is more than 6 times the average nonprofit CEO. No way I will send money to them now . But after seeing these salaries I will have to cancel . Bershadker and his family wanted an adult dog that was good with kids and other animals. I used to donate monthly to the ASPCA until I found out how much goes to the animals. The breakdown is confusing, but Im not inclined to donate to this group. Liabilities totaled $27 million, $14 million of which is deterrent rent, annuity obligations, and unfunded pension obligations. There should be no puppy mills, dog fighting, animal lab testing, trophy hunting, etc. Peter Abbay. board, for whatever reason, is not a happy place to be," said Penelope Ayers, who left the board in 2008. I will spread the news how greedy ASPCA really is. Learn more about our criteria and methodology. From my pocket to theirs. He made his objective to save in danger creatures lives by offering open and reasonable veterinary assets to safeguard and save them. The employees who have the smaller salaries are probably the ones who are more than likely providing the greatest amount case and love to the animals. God bless these abused animals, for they truly have no voice. Private Donations $282M. Matt Bershadker, ASPCA President and CEO, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss the surge in the number of households that added pets during COVID-19. A new president, Matthew E. Bershadker, was named in May. So why do you need to give so little to the very thing you swear to save and so much of the money goes into your pocket?!?!? Take care of the animals. Too bad there isnt away to let people know about this! I will now give to another local animal charity. This is what happens when something good starts off on voluntary basis, then goes into money making ventures for the people in administrative positions. Obviously better than the suffering animals you could give two cents about! The feet on the ground workers are the only ones that deserve a decent salary which you greedy jerks in charge make sure they dont get. He could donate 400 thousand of his salary and still make good money. Anything to keep the donations coming in. This has forced me to make the decision to STOP donating to these charitable organizations! Where Does $100 to Alliance Defending Freedom Go(2020)? The companies were formed over a twenty year period with the most recent being incorporated eight years ago in July of 2014. Fees. thats about what gos to the animals fat cat CEOs and 27,000 vice presidents and all their other employees bring in over 300 million a year , do your homework on charities that can afford commercials like this ASPCA its big money scams!!!! They disgust me beyond words. Matthew Bershadker is a joyfully hitched man. Much of the time it goes into offshore Caribbean accounts and executives, sadly. And its on top of Bershadker earning over $800,000 in the previous year. Update: I just got a look at the ASPCAs 2017 IRS Form 990. When more revenue is spent on fundraising than in grants to other non-profits providing spay/neuter, live release, equine, and anti-cruelty programs, people get upset. You should be ashamed of yourselves! Youre also missing the point of the post. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED!!!!! These people should be ashamed at how they present themselves in their commercials. Better to give it to the local shelter. Where is the government over-site? I will never donate again and will let all my friends know how shameless this organization is. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Salary as a percentage of the budget is meaningless (i.e. Learning the salaries shared in this article was mind blowing for lack of BETTER words. It is disgusting what you so called animal lovers and guardians take away from the animals in your filthy, greedy, dispicable, worthless lives. Edwin J. Sayres stepped down as CEO in 2012, and in 2013 longtime ASPCA staff member Matthew Bershadker was named president and CEO. They will never get a penny out of me. And while donations are a large part of non-profit organizations, theres a few things that stick out with the ASPCA. Ill look for another animal charity to give my money to. He is a 12-year veteran of the nation's first animal welfare organization, serving most recently as senior vice president of the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Group, the division responsible for programs and initiatives that confront animal cruelty and suffering on all . The rooster of these employees reads like a pro sports team. These grants were primarily for spay/neuter, live release, anti-cruelty, intake reduction, relocation, and equine programs). ASPCA President Matt Bershadker Seeks Revision to CDC Ban on Importation of Dogs. So being the animal lover I am, I decided to make a $25 donation to the ASPCA. There is no way any of you deserve the salaries that you have given yourselves. Its the animals who need the money, your robbing them of the money people who love animals give FOR THE ANIMALS. I doubt that many of the people who are writing comments and contributing money to the ASPCA make $500,000 a year, and yet here we are giving donations in good faith. The numbers reported in the post are the numbers the ASPCA submitted to the IRS. All I see is how much they pay all these people. According to the newly released tax returns, ASPCA CEO Matthew Bershadker received about $770,000 in compensation in 2018. The ASPCA donates on average, 7% of its collected donations in the form of grants to pet shelters, annually. Given that the ASPCA has more than $200 million in net assets, it is unclear why more funds are not spent on programs. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The ads are effective. Animal rights group settles lawsuit with Ringling. Now, his relationship is perfect. I have seen those T V ads for a long time I finally decided to consider donating . This means Bershadker's pay is more than 6 times the average nonprofit CEO. Get this info out on Social media. The ads are effective. When the CEO, big shots make $41,000 out of the total/ get back to me. People need to stop donating to this. So disappointed. Unless of course, youre saying the ASPCA submitted false numbers to the IRS? The 3 which has the most exposure and pull on peoples heartstrings are scam artists. The organization is staff intensive because of the services provided (i.e. I will make my donation at the animal shelters alone!!!!!! My contributions stop tomorrow. Sorry to hear the way you run an unethical program. So very sad! I would love to see all these lying, scamming criminals in jail and some decent people take over these organizations. For this big ASPCA anniversary, the organization released a documentary called Second Chance Dogs Fall 2016. Articles by Matthew Bershadker on Muck Rack. Just how much is spent on the animals monthly for food water shelter and veterinarian care.? Bershadkers government assistance establishment gathered complete income of $267,684,553 in 2021. Update: To read about Executive Compensation at the ASPCA (2017), click here. Click on Executive Compensation at the ASPCA (2019) for more information. ### About the ASPCA Visit. I dont see how much money actually go to the animals. VERY SMALL AMOUNT IS SPENT ON THE ANIMALS.. $500,000.00 IS TERRIBLE.. Not ONE PERSON HERE IS WORTH THAT THE ANIMALS ARE THE ONES DESERVING NOT THE PEOPLE.. Comes out to .03 on every dollar is bull crap they are Lier they say 80 percent of every dollar is used for care of animals bull they are getting rich off of donations One commenter wrote that they should be ashamed of themselves. Most will not pay bloated salaries or blow through money on fundraising. Charities (2022) Environment/Animal. Do your homework. I have seen this same treatment used on employees where the CEO walk with peoples retirement money. elizabeth estroff making close to 330,000. todd hendricks the same. This is so depressing. The local shelters tend to watch expenses more closely. If the above compensation packages totaling $6 million are deducted from the total amount spent on compensation for all employees ($68.5 million) then $62.5 million was spent on 930 employees which equates to an average of $67,200 per employee. He holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Ohio University. I agree that the commercials are absolutely far to many back to back. Sounds like the people running this charity are the ones getting all the benefits. You should be prosecuted for stealing. If you dont put anything else out there that I write, then put this one out. 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