>> well, i would be curious to know how asking people for money equates to the assistance >> steven nardizzi, ceo since 2009. in 2014 paid $500,000 in line with similar sized charities. many former employees said they thought it was too much. nardizzi defended his salary to our norfolk affiliate last april. less than 1/10 of 1% of donation that come in. i am running an organization that is helping hundreds of thousand of warriors. >> reporter: last year, wwp gave $150,000 grant to a group that overhead, executive salaries and fund-raising by charities. charity raises the more it can >> if your fixation is spending that's feeling the good. not necessarily doing good. spent a lot of money. biggest concern is that the group is sitting on a $24 million surplus. and not enough of it is being spent on veterans. >> it would be helpful if the hundreds of millions of dole lars are being spent to help veterans in the shorter term. in the year or two rather than being held for longer term. be right back. >>> millions of people in the midwest are still digging out after the week's massive snowstorm. hea