ASA Director $382k A Year
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Anonymous
It’s not spin, it’s basic economics. They are a non profit. If they make $6m in revenue that they pay no taxes on and lower their expenses on top of that with basically subsidized cost field access, all so they can further reduce their net income by padding salaries and other fluff, yeah that comes out of your wallet whether you believe it or not. Astounding that in this area that actually needs to be said out loud. |
Anonymous
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Now, if I were someone who cares about such things in my community, I might actually demand that in exchange for that low cost access, that ASA provide an income-based youth program at young ages and commit to a certain amount of scholarship funds from that $6m in revenue instead of an exec director salary that is literally double the norm for this area. You might even suggest that spending that money might have knock on effects years down the line in terms of reduced costs for government services related to youth by way of special education, criminal justice services, etc.
But sure, why ask for such things from non profits using YOUR tax dollars. |
Anonymous
| As an alexandria resident, it drives me nuts that ASA pushes itself in the Alexandria Day of Giving charity things and generally wins things like the most individual donors, most money raised in certain time frames, etc so they win all these matching awards when most of the other non-profits in it are truly scraping by on the backs of volunteers. |
Anonymous
| Somebody is mad kid didnt make team or got cut lol.....funny how these post happen around this time every year.... |
Anonymous
PP here. Kid has previously gotten a first team offer from ASA and chose elsewhere having nothing to do with ASA which we have no problem with. Don’t wade into adult conversations about local government, non profits and taxes if all you have to offer is the standard DCUM braindead take. |
Anonymous
+1000 Honestly am shocked at the compensation for this person. I imagine many other Alexandrians would be as well. |
Anonymous
i Not one dollar of his ASA salary comes from taxpayer money. If you are concerned the city does not charge enough for field space that is an issue with the city. |
Anonymous
If you don't understand how relying on publicly funded fields and getting them at a discount helps ASA's bottom line to the point where they can then pay their director a huge sum, I'm not sure what to tell you. Is it a line item in the city's budget? No. Doesn't mean he's not directly benefiting from those tax dollars. Do me a favor and tell me how much it would cost ASA to buy the land and maintain the fields they practice on? And btw, nobody in this thread has argued that he should be working for free. An argument is easily made that ASA serves a public good. But nearly 400k is a huge sum, one that isn't comparable to others in the area, and feels like its taking advantage of people. |
Anonymous
How does this person's salary impact you in a tangible negative way? |
Anonymous
He/she may be underpaid. 🤷♂️ |
Anonymous
If you don’t know how happy the City of Alexandria would be if you started a proper non-profit soccer club that they can give the fields to, I don’t know what to tell you. Build a better mousetrap and then determine how much YOUR time is worth. |
Anonymous
| to put that in perspective, that salary is more than any pediatrician, primary care doctor and vast majority of emergency room physicians in this area |
Anonymous
For those located in West LoCo… Ryan Loudoun Soccer TD - $184K Adam at TSJ 250K VR$C went for-profit to hide these Numbers 🤷🏽♂️ |
Anonymous
Perhaps - let’s then lease ASA’s office space at Nannie Lee for fair market value instead of the $26k ASA pays, and then pay the Superintendent the difference. |
Anonymous
I can at least appreciate a for-profit model of business, the director is then accountable to a bottom line. |