patients and the last people running this charity want to do is answer questions. don t turn your camera on me, okay? reporter: across the country, in mesa, arizona, another outpost of the conglomerate. it s called the breast cancer society. its ceo and executive director? the man escaping in the truck james reynolds jr. excuse me, sir, mr. reynolds. excuse me, mr. reynolds, right here, buddy. mr. reynolds, hi, hi, can you stop for a second? where you going, mr. reynolds? mr. reynolds? back in knoxville, there s another cancer charity, the children s cancer fund of america. and this one run by yet another member of the family. rose perkens. hi, is rose perkins in? she s unavailable and she s not doing any interviews at all. reporter: why wouldn t she give us an interview? she s running a charity for kids with cancer, it seems like a good idea. it does. i ve been told to tell you she s not doing any interviews.
reporter: okay. my question . rose perkins did e-mail us and tell us her charity has a clear conscience because we feel we are making a good difference in people s lives. but also told us an interview is not something we can consider. that may be because of the questions we d like to ask her and the other members of her extended family who are essentially making a living on your donations. rose perkins, the ceo of the children s cancer fund, is paid $227,442 a year. her ex-husband, james reynolds sr., is president and ceo of cancer fund of america. he gets paid $236,815. james reynolds jr., president and ceo of the breast cancer society, has a salary of $261,609. it s money that comes from
instead generates six figure salaries for charity operators and feeds a multi billion dollar solicitation industry that only cares about profit. here is drew griffin, a cnn special investigations unit reporter. reporter: drive down these country roads outside knoxville, tennessee, and into this small industrial park and you ll find the headquarters of a family conglomerate of cancer charities that return lavish salaries to their owners but according to their own tax records donate very little to dying cancer patients. and the last thing the people running this charity want to do is answer questions. don t turn your camera on me. okay? reporter: across the country in mesa, arizona another outpost of the conglomerate. it s called the breast cancer society. its ceo and executive director? the man escaping in the truck, james reynolds jr. excuse me, sir. mr. reynolds? hey, excuse me. mr. reynolds, right here, buddy.
cancer fund of american. he gets paid $236,815. james reynolds jr., president and ceo of the breast cancer society, has a salary of $261,609. it s money that comes from donors like you, who in 2011 sent these three charities $26 million in cash. how much of those donations went to helping cancer patients. according to the charity s own tax records, about 2% in cash. example, the cancer fund of america, raised $6 million through its fundraising campaign in 2011 and gave away just $14,94 o in cash. that is not what you would hear from the telemarketers hired by the cancer fund of america run by james reynolds sr. how much of my $10 will go to
reporter: across the country, in may so, arizona, another outpost of the conglomerate, the breast cancer society, its ceo and executive director, the man escaping in the truck, james reynolds jr. reporter: excuse me, sir. mr. reynolds, excuse me, mr. reynolds, right here, buddy. mr. reynolds, hi, hi, can you stop a second? where are you going, mr. reynolds? back in knoxville, another cancer charity, the children s cancer fund of america. this one run by yet another member of the family. rose perkins. reporter: is rose perkins in? she is not available and she is not doing any interviews. reporter: why wouldn t she do any interviews. she is running a charity for kids with cancer. it seems like a good idea. that s what i have been told to tell you. she is not doing interviews. reporter: can you tell us what you guys do, any positive things you do? you can send your questions to her e-mail? reporter: what s that e-mail?