Goodwill means good wages for thousands of Canadian charity workers.
An analysis of tax filings by The Canadian Press has found salaries often run well into six figures -- raising questions about how money raised in the name of charity is being spent.
The Canada Revenue Agency keeps a database of all the country's registered charities, which now number around 85,000. Charities must disclose how much their 10 highest-paid workers take home.
There are around a million charity workers in Canada. The agency's database shows more than 6,000 of them earned above $120,000 last year. A few hundred made over $350,000.
Another 12,000 workers made between $80,000 and $120,000. And about 163,000 earned less than that.
It's likely the number of charity workers making six-figure salaries is actually greater since organizations must only disclose their Top 10 earners.
Charities defend the high pay by saying they have to pay top dollar for the brightest talent.
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