Records: Salaries and expenses of San Antonio nonprofits and their CEOs

Here are the budget breakdowns — including executive salaries and total expenses — for local nonprofits, in order from the least to the highest-paid leaders.



All data was found using GuideStar’s database and 990 Forms and is current as of the noted date. less Here are the budget breakdowns — including executive salaries and total expenses — for local nonprofits, in order from the least to the highest-paid leaders.



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With holidays and lower temperatures just around the corner, we are entering the season of giving back, and you may feel the tug to donate money or goods to local charities with a noble cause.

While donating to any nonprofit foundation will give you plenty of warm fuzzies, it's still good to know how those organizations are spending your money.

Staff salaries, revenues and expenses for more than 8,000 charities in San Antonio are published on GuideStar for “transparency” and to help donors “make better decisions,” according to the group's website.

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We ran the names of some of the city’s biggest foundations through GuideStar’s database to find each CEO or executive director’s salary and the group's total expenses, as well as the percentage of expenses used for administration costs and program services.

While many directors earn below the $100,000 mark, others are earning as much as $300,000 per year.

Click through the gallery above to see executive salaries, expenses and budget breakdowns for San Antonio nonprofits and charities, in order from least to highest-paid executives.

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