Salaries for several leaders of Christian nonprofit ministries reached into the six- and seven-figure range from 2019 to 2021, according to a study released Thursday by MinistryWatch, a transparency and accountability advocacy group.
Warren Cole Smith, the group’s executive director, said listing the salaries — based on data reported to the Internal Revenue Service and released to the public — can help donors decide whether a given charity is a worthy donation recipient.
The survey revealed former lawmaker J.C. Watts Jr., a four-term Republican member of Congress from Oklahoma, received $1.8 million in 2019 from Feed The Children, a Christian nonprofit in Oklahoma City.