9/11 Museum Paid Nearly $1.4-Million to Four Leaders

The nonprofit organization behind the planned memorial at Ground Zero paid $320,000 or more to its four top executives in 2009 and a total of $170,000-plus to seven other ranking staff members, writes the New York Post.

The four leaders of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum received a combined $1.38-million, according to the organization’s most recent tax filings, led by $371,307 for its president, Joseph Daniels. Mr. Daniels received raises of 28 percent, 12 percent, and 6 percent, respectively, in the previous three years.

The foundation has raised about $700-million from government and private sources to construct a memorial and 100,000-square-foot underground museum to open next year at the former World Trade Center site.

A Charity Navigator spokeswoman said the foundation’s CEO pay was more than double that for comparably sized organizations. But Tom Roger, a memorial board member whose daughter died in the 2001 terrorist attacks, said realizing the project required more than “your typical, well-meaning nonprofit person off the street” and that salaries would come down once the museum is open.