I always check out CharityNavigator.org - they tell you how the charity spends its money and how much the top guy or gal makes. You can bet I am not supporting some charity where the CEO makes a bundle of money. Why should I support some fat cat?
I would bet the Salvation Army upper levels do not make that much. All in all, however, the Army in the US gets about 2 BILLION dollars in donations each year. With which they do a lot of good.
I refuse to donate to PBS - I figure as long as they have enough money to run Lawrence Welk over and over they don't need anything from me. Just glorified elevator music IMHO.
.I miss the old days when they had really good programming - symphonies, ballets, operas, plays, independent films. Now all they have practically is old people singing doo-wop. They have figured out exactly what the people who give the most money want to see, and that is what they show.