+Anne Hindery, CEO of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands in Omaha, said that severance agreements are not unusual for CEOs in the corporate world and that large national-scale nonprofits at times provide them, too.
+The National Council of Nonprofits, in Washington, D.C., does not offer opinions on the appropriateness of specific compensation packages, and noted that the IRS simply requires nonprofit compensation to be “reasonable and not excessive.”
+The chief executive officer of the National Council of Nonprofits hopes the public understands that what happened at Goodwill Omaha is far from typical in the nonprofit world.
+Take a food bank, for example. If the goal is to end hunger, should an executive director be judged on the number of meals the organization serves? Or is it better for business when demand is low?
+And for many nonprofit groups, survival these days depends more on a savvy manager who can secure competitive grants and government contracts than on attracting small donors.
