yes and no
Jweil,
I agree with you in part that as donors it is our responsibility to ensure the efficient delivery of charitable services. As others have noted on this thread, there are many resources which rate and benchmark charities based on such criteria. I have been referring to them for assistance for years.
I do take exception, however, to the notion that workers in the charitable sector need to be self-sacrificing saints. One of my sons has worked in the charitable sector for over a decade, and he could easily make more in the private sector. While I am sure there are some salaries that are out of scale, the figures you use for a guideline for CEOs is extremely low compared to what these people could make doing similar things outside of the charitable sector. I am not sure why someone who has chosen that line of work should be boxed into lower salaries then they could make elsewhere. Your contention that "personal satisfaction" from working for a good cause should be part of their compensation doesn't wash with me. Shouldn't we all get personal satisfaction from designing safe bridges for the public, providing relevant, unbiased news, keeping our streets safe, educating our children, or developing software that helps people do any of the above?
