I am neither for or against anything here but as far as 501s go they are all set up differently. I am on the board for one and president of a chapter as well. We decided that our time was free, meaning we do not pay ourselves for what we do. If you gave me 20 bucks it would go to the costs incurred in putting on our wounded warrior fishing events. It is extremely hard to raise money, advertise, etc. and hold down a full time job. Once a charity grows to a point it almost has to pay its members to survive...then your 100% to the charity begins to fall. Example here would be that if our foundation spent 5k on a car and then members on FABO came together and made it pretty to raffle or auction. Everyone donated time, skills, and parts. I give you a receipt for your costs, mileage, expenses, parts..not your time...not tax deductible. The car auctions at say, Rockingham, for 15k. ALL of it goes back into our bank account for the next go round and covers the costs of advertising, registration and title fees, etc. Does that make sense? Now if we paid ourselves, whatever those salaries were would come out before the money went to the bank. This is the reason why big charities have smaller percents of what you give that actually make it to the intended target. IMO involve yourself in the charity and then reach for your wallet..hope that helps