Income inequality at Obama Foundation

The beleaguered Obama Foundation has an income inequality problem: While half of its employees earn six-figure salaries, led by CEO Valerie Jarrett at $771,000, dozens at the other end of the scale are fighting for union representation.

The workplace disparity comes to light just as Fox News Digital reported that the long-delayed Obama Presidential Center's price tag hit $1 billion — nearly triple the original estimate for the Chicago facility. The Obama Foundation, former President Barack Obama's private nonprofit, reported 172 employees receiving more than $100,000 in salary in its 2025 tax filing — roughly half its 342 reported employees. READ MORE

Big-Bucks Compensation Reignites Wage Gap Debate As L.A. Nonprofit Pushes For “Overpaid CEO Tax”

The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy is gathering signatures for the Overpaid CEO Tax Ordinance, a ballot initiative that would progressively tax large businesses whose CEOs make more than 50 times what their median worker makes, with higher taxes as the gap grows more extreme. It hopes to get the measure on the November ballot.

“Extreme income inequality is one of the most pressing issues impacting the health and welfare of Los Angeles residents,” the proposal reads, echoing protests by investors and social justice advocates nationally as details of the last 2025 pay packages for public company executives trickled in last week. READ MORE