By Meghan Keneally Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law has been earning a six-figure salary from her role heading a charity intended to help women in political campaigns abroad. Marjorie Margolies, the mother of Chelsea's husband Marc Mezvinsky, is a Democrat currently running for Congress in Pennsylvania and the financial statements for her charity, Women's Campaign International (WCI), have come under scrutiny as such. As the charity has grown over the past decade, so has her salary as The Huffington Post reports it has steadily increased from $54,962 in 2002 to the highest point in 2011 when she took home $164,159. Connections: Marjorie Margolies, a former Congresswoman who is currently running to get back into politics, presented her daughter-in-law Chelsea Clinton with an award last month on behalf of her charity
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Marjorie Margolies is the mother of Marc Mezvinsky, who is married to Chelsea Clinton
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Ms Margolies is the founder of a charity called Women's Campaign International which helps empower women in Malawi, Liberia and Sri Lanka
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Over the past five years, she has given herself a six-figure salary which is higher than the average pay for heads of non-profits
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In 2013, however, she has not taken any salary as she is now running for the Congressional seat she once held
Adding to the fundraising climates in particular years, the @placeholder also receives grants- the budgets for which are at the whims of their own ties to the economy.