New York Road Runners, Organizers Of New York City Marathon, Paid Only $494,000 To Charity Last Year

New York Marathon Donated Less Than 1 Percent To Charity Last Year
Runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Runners cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

So much for charity.

Organizers of the New York City Marathon, who routinely crow about all the money the race raises for good causes, doled out only $494,000 in direct aid last year — less than what they paid their CEO, Mary Wittenberg, records show.

New York Road Runners Inc., the nonprofit host of the marathon, raked in $53.8 million in revenue in 2011 and handed over the bulk of its direct charitable contribution, $208,340, to support its own kids programs.

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