Concacaf president’s earnings exposed in astounding reveal, making $3m a year for five hours’ work per week.
According to the most recent tax filing submitted to the Internal Revenue Service, Concacaf president Victor Montagliani receives nearly $3 million annually for what the organisation claims is only five hours of labour per week.
The Canadian received $2.1 million in base pay and an additional $893,750 in undefined bonus and incentive compensation for the 2024 tax year, according to publicly accessible filings that were initially made public by ProPublica. $15,780 more in retirement or deferred compensation was given.
The document states that Montagliani is the highest paid Concacaf official. The general secretary, Phillipe Mogglio, received basic pay of $1,569,600; bonuses and other payments increased his annual income from Concacaf to more than $2.4 million. According to Concacaf, the 2026 FIFA World Cup host confederation, Mogglio puts in 40 hours a week on average.
Concacaf is classified as a 501(c)(6), a non-profit trade organisation exempt from paying any applicable corporate tax under US tax law. The National Association of Manufacturers and the American Medical Association are comparable groups. Miami is home to Concacaf’s headquarters.
After reviewing the results, Richard Schmalbeck, a professor of law at Duke University who specialises in taxes and nonprofit organisations, conjectured that Montagliani’s working hours were listed as “inaccurate.”
“If it’s really five hours then he is extremely well paid but I doubt it is the case,” he said. “I think this is something they just routinely plug in. I have been on boards because I teach non-profit law and I don’t think I have ever been asked by the organization’s accounting firm how many hours I have spent [at work].”
“[Montagliani] didn’t sign the return. Someone else signed the return. It was not circulated to the board members for their review. In my experience, it is not the practice of the accountants to ask these questions. They should ask them but they generally don’t.”