The group’s financial statements show more than half the biomedical dollars ($921 million) went to employee wages and benefits.Īnd what about McGovern? How is she paid?
Selling donated blood is standard practice, according to a Slate article called "The Business of Blood." Most charities that collect blood will sell it to cover some of their costs. About $667 million went to disaster relief services, according to the annual report. Most of that money, about $1.74 billion, went to what the Red Cross labeled "biomedical services." That’s the part of the charity that collects donated blood and sells it to hospitals and health-care providers. It reported spending 88% (about $2.7 billion) of its $3 billion budget on “program services.” The most recent data for the Red Cross comes from its fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. Nonprofit groups in the United States have to publicly report what they earn and where they spend it. So, how does the charity spend its money? USA TODAY has reached out to Totman for comment. Gail McGovern is the Red Cross’ current CEO. It goes on to state her alleged salary and explain how the nonprofit spends its money.Įvans left the nonprofit in 2005. The viral post, shared in April 2018 by Mike Totman, shows a woman who is identified as Marsha Evans and claims she is the president and CEO of the American Red Cross. The claim has been floating around on social media and in email forwards for years, but it recently started gaining traction again on Facebook.
Time The claim: American Red Cross pays its CEO nearly $652,000 while spending $0.09 of every dollar it collects on “people in need.”
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