A Jewish newspaper recently posted a list of the 2009 salaries of heads of 74 Jewish federations and other institutions across the country. Their findings: None of them are suffering, but one local boss is faring particularly well.
Stephen Hoffman, president of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, topped the list of all 19 federation bosses with an eye-popping annual salary of $687,043. He made more than all but one of the executives ranked and nearly $100,000 more than the next-closest federation chief.
Hoffman, who has been with the federation since 1974, was also one of only five execs who took home more than half a mil in 2009. Not even the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America came within $100K of Hoffman. Heads of federations in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, meanwhile, all pulled in roughly $450,000.
And what are good citizens getting for their $687K? Mediocrity, it appears. According to Charity Navigator, a group that rates the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations in managing their resources, Cleveland’s Jewish Federation earned two out of a possible four stars.
This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2010.
i always find it amazing that someone who has been loyally at it for years and their salary rises as they progress are compared to others who may not have been at their jobs as long. To hell with loyalty!
I bet the US President does not make half of 687K. I wonder if that salary is worthy what he is doing for the Jewish Community or Israel.
It is inappropriate for a non profit executive to be making such a high salary in the face of cutbacks. I bet the contributors to the Jewish Federation aren’t even aware of such an excess.
Unfair and Outrageous! Especially during such difficult times both here and in Israel.
Rest assured I will be stopping all donations to the JCF. I can barely pay all my bills and I still find some money to scrape up for several worthy causes. It makes you consider where your money really goes once donated somewhere. At least I know now.
i hope he is saving the world and CLEVELAND with that kind of money!!! where do these money come from anyway? I hope it’s not our tax dollar. if so, i wanna it to serve all of clevelanders. it’s only fair!! FOR ALL, TO ALL.