The ADL: More about the “monitors” — Jan 2005

Index to the Traditional Enemies of Free Speech May 11, 2003 [The May 11, 2003 issue of the [New York] Daily News has an article on heads of non-profit organizations who are still being paid high salaries at a time when their organizations are begging for money. Article is online at: http://www.nydailynews.com/05-11-2003/news/local/story/82547p-75569c.html However, the online version does not have the accompanying table that appeared in the print version, which also includes Abe Foxman's salary. We reproduce that table below.] New York's high-priced culture club Nonprofit institution Employee Annual compensation Metropolitan Opera Association Joseph Volpe, general manager $1.06 million American Museum of Natural History Ellen Futter, president $470,362 (plus $440,000 from four corporate boards) New York Philharmonic Zarin Mehta, executive director $750,000 Metropolitan Museum of Art Philippe de Montebello,director and CEO $866,583, including $253,963 for housing allowance Metropolitan Museum of Art David McKinney, president $601,905, including $126,984 for housing allowance Greater New York Hospital Assn. & affiliates Kenneth Raske, president $849,421 New York Public Library Paul LeClerc, president $587,295, including $120,000 for housing allowance Sesame Workshop / Children's TV Workshop Gary Knell, president and CEO $576,170 Museum of Television & Radio Robert Batscha, president $554,995 Carnegie Hall Dennis O'Connell, stagehand $388,325 Museum of Modern Art Glenn Lowry, director $571,072 Vivian Beaumont Theater Boyd Gaines, actor $702,486 Vivian Beaumont Theater Karen Ziemba, actress $599,062 Website note: Abraham Foxman , wealthy and controversial chief of the Anti Defamation League, likes to refer to himself as a "Holocaust survivor."

As a biography on this website shows, he was not even born when Hitler invaded his native Poland, and he was looked after by Polish Catholics throughout the war; his parents also "survived". Vivian Beaumont Theater Bernard Gersten, executive producer $380,460 Anti-Defamation League & affiliates Abraham Foxman, national director $405,609 Phoenix House & affiliates Mitchell Rosenthal, president $565,485 Brooklyn Museum of Art Arnold Lehman, director $461,912 Brooklyn Academy of Music Karen Brooks Hopkins, president $210,800 Whitney Museum of American Art Maxwell Anderson, director $572,426 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art Thomas Krens, director $556,141, including $75,000 foregone interest on housing loan Frick Collection Samuel Sachs, director $555,293 Manhattan Theater Club Barry Grove, executive producer $427,514 Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Lt. Gen.

Martin Steele, retired, president and CEO $306,024 Planned Parenthood Federation of America Gloria Feldt, president $433,536 WNYC Radio Laura Walker, president and CEO $361,119 New York Botanical Garden Gregory Long, president $267,982 Brooklyn Botanic Garden Judith Zuk, president and CEO $190,363 Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival George Wolfe, president $229,831 American Ballet Theater Louis Spisto, executive director $352,687 Natural Resources Defense Council John Adams, president $335,342 New York Academy of Medicine Jeremiah Barondess, president $513,171 New York City Opera Paul Kellogg, general and artistic director $339,000 Source: IRS Form 990s for tax-exempt organizations for fiscal years 2001 or 2002. Dossier on the Anti-Defamation League The above news item is reproduced without editing other than typographical Register your name and address to go on the Mailing List to receive 2003