*Rev. Al Sharpton reportedly earned $1,046,948 from his own charity last year, according to National Action Network’s latest tax filings.
Via foxnews.com:
Sharpton got a $324,000 salary — 32% higher than his 2017 pay — in addition to a $159,596 bonus and $563,352 in “other compensation.”
The Harlem-based nonprofit — which Sharpton controls as president and CEO — said the extra cash was to make up for the years from 2004 to 2017 when he didn’t get his full pay.
NAN said it hired an executive compensation firm that determined the good reverend was owed $1.252 million — but he was generously willing to take $500,000 less.
Sharpton and the nonprofit’s board also agreed “he has now been fully compensated for all the years he was underpaid and received no bonus,” the NAN statement said.
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Sharpton announced that the “We Shall Not Be Moved” march in Washington will be held on January 14, 2017 commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. and “to give notice that a collective body of Americans are dedicated and fully committed to moving the legacy and mission Dr. King forward.” / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Sharpton said he deserved the 2018 raise.
“It’s a six-day-a-week job and several hours a day and when [the compensation firm] compared it to other companies, other nonprofits, that’s the salary that they would get,” he said.
In related news, the legendary comedy club will roast the 65-year-old civil rights activist on June 5, 2020 at the New York Hilton’s Grand Ballroom.
“I’m prepared — the Friars Club is the Friars Club,” Sharpton told the Daily News Thursday.
Sharpton expects roasters to make fun of his weight loss and his feuds with Trump.
“Once you decide to go in the frying pan you can’t decide what kind of preparations (or if) they’re going to put salt and pepper on,” he said.
“At the Friars, we like to say, ‘we only roast the ones we love.’ This time, we’re roasting one we adore – a national hero, the Reverend Al Sharpton,” Friars Club Executive Director, Michael Gyure said in a statement. “The stars are turning out to show their respect by being hilariously disrespectful to the Rev… and then he gets to give it right back to them!”
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