Roxanne Spillett: Boys and Girls Club CEO Paid $1 Million Dollars

by Michael Small | March 12, 2010 at 09:37 am

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Questions Raised About Boys and Girls Club Spending as Local Chapters Close

Republican senators are looking into the spending habits of the Boys and Girls Club of America, as questions are being raised about how the club can be closing local chapters due to a lack of funding, yet millions of dollars are being spent on questionable decisions.

CEO Roxanne Spillett collected nearly $1 million dollars in 2008, and the club spent $4.6 million dollars on travel, $1.6 million dollars on conferences and nearly half a million dollars in lobbying fees.

The four senators said they were concerned that the chief executive of a charity that has been closing local clubs for lack of funding was compensated nearly $1 million in 2008. They also questioned why in the same year officials spent $4.3 million on travel, $1.6 million on conferences, conventions and meetings, and $544,000 in lobbying fees.

The investigation comes at an awkward time for the Boys and Girls Club, as a bill is being passed through Senate that would award the club $425 million dollars of federal money in the next five years.

A representative for the Boys and Girls club was quick to point out that Spillett's base salary hasn't changed since 2006, and even thought there are chapters closing, since Spillett became CEO in 1996, local chapters have increased dramatically, growing from 1,850 to 4,360.

The Boys and Girls club had revenue of $107 million dollars in 2008, and the average salary for CEO's of charities at that time was $462,000. Spillett's base salary in 2008 was $360,774, and she made up the $394,665 dollars from bonuses and compensation.

The investigation could hurt the reputation of the popular club, and senators say the $425 million dollar bill won't be passed until the investigation is complete.