CNN Anderson Cooper 360 June 18, 2013 02:04:00
Extended family who are essentially making a living on your donations. rose perkins the ceo of the children's cancer fund is paid $227,442 a year. her ex-husband james reynolds senior is president and ceo of cancer funds of america. he gets paid $236,815. and james reynolds, jr., president and ceo of the breast cancer society has a salary of $261,609. it's money that comes from donors like you who in 2011 sent these three charities $26 million in cash. how much of those donations went to helping cancer patients? according to the charities' own tax records, about 2% in cash.