Splash said:if the CO gets this each week from the congregations he visits, that's a very useful $26k salary he's got there!
The $500.00 goes directly to the society for the CO arrangement. But it is not unrealistic to surmise that COs receive 500.00 from all the green handshakes. When I was a kid my folks always gave an envelope with money to any visiting circuit overseer and their wives and so did many in the congregation. Today I see the same thing.