Who says you can't find anything at Good Will stores?

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Same is true of almost every large non-profit unfortunately. Of course why would you take a massive job like that in a non-profit WITHOUT big compensation when you could take a similar job in the private for profit sector and make a lot more. Welcome to capitalism. The Non-profits don't have much choice in executive compensation unless they can find saints or morons, neither of whom is qualified to run a large-scale enterprise. However calling Goodwill a for-profit enterprise is simply factually wrong.

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Love it or hate it, there's really no way around it. Qualified leadership doesn't come cheap.

Although all things considered, with incentive pay including stock options and other benefits, for-profit leaders often still make a lot more. It's usually just not necessarily straight cash. Non-profits don't have the same ability to offer equity compensation that way, so they're stuck with handing out cash.