I've spent years working in sub-Saharan Africa with defense, security, oil firms etc. and have spent a fair amount of time interacting with non-profit, NGO, microfinance orgs. Not only do they operate with the weakest of reporting requirements, taxation burdens and investigatory/compliance statutes, but the people they employ are usually doing so out of a desire to help people, often taking seriously sub-standard salaries for similar work. So the top brass at these orgs are killing it and raking in money, while most of the grunt work is done by hapless bleeding hearts who are seriously underpaid for the work they do. It's a win at both ends for management.
