Nice letter AA
As simplepeddler touched upon, don't lump all charitable or nonprofit organizations into the same category. Nonprofits such as DU, Delta Waterfowl, CCA, etc. have a much higher percentage of projects vs 'overhead'. In order to raise money, you have to spend money to fundraise, you have to have some secretaries, got to pay the light bills, gas bills, benefits, and yes salaries
. These organizations have to compete with the private sector for employees, so they have to offer competetive salaries. If you want the best or at least a good staff, you have to pay them or else they will just leave and go into the private sector and make more money. When an organization can say that 60% or even 75% of funds raised goes to on the ground conservation, they are doing very well with what they have.
not defending Wounded Warriors as I have no idea about them, just conservation nonprofits