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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wallingford Rescue Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030275796
VT · NTEE E63Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gregory Ricketts, Executive Director / CEO ($60) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 635 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Gregory Ricketts — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

635 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 635 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$164 total compensation of comparable organizations → $979,417 $60
$9,81010th
$23,69025th
$45,179Median
$70,40075th
$101,25990th
$60This org · 0th
p10$9,810
p25$23,690
p50$45,179
p75$70,400
p90$101,259
$60

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to VT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Heart Mountain Volunteer Med Clini WY$169,204 Executive Di $42,481 $45,195 2024
Grant Avenue Community Center CO$169,756 Executive Di $37,102 $35,346 2024
Good Hope Inc MA$168,787 President $15,600 $14,339 2023
Aaf Community Health Foundation TX$169,890 President & Ceo $47,205 $48,299 2023
Presence Health Partners Services MO$168,408 Director (End 12/2022) $49,417 $53,537 2023
Consolata Healthcare Foundation TX$168,088 Executive Dir. $17,500 $17,906 2023
Camelot Center OH$170,877 Program Director $44,775 $47,116 2024
Americans For Homeopathy Choice Fou DC$170,989 Ceo $61,200 $53,357 2024
Lending Hearts PA$167,473 President $99,037 $98,123 2024
Rome Memorial Properties Inc NY$167,287 Ceo $12,528 $11,247 2024
The Patient Safety Organization FL$171,386 President $246,159 $229,748 2024
St Luke Hospital Foundation KS$171,388 Exec Dir - T $328 $352 2024
Mercy Kansas Communities KS$166,856 President $84,648 $93,539 2023
Teamfund Inc VA$171,926 Managing Partner $406,825 $390,261 2024
Healthnet Foundation Inc IN$166,626 Board Member $22,934 $24,738 2023
Integrity Unlimited Community NC$172,029 Vice Preside $22,320 $23,589 2023
Pcc Foundation IL$166,555 Director, Started Oct 2024 $4,456 $4,240 2025
Travelers Education Group TX$166,468 Member $30,000 $29,815 2024
Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc OH$166,331 Director / Ceo - Nch $70,206 $73,877 2024
Blood Bank Real Property Inc HI$172,476 Vice President/director $13,676 $12,165 2024
Arizona Public Health Association AZ$165,875 Executive Director $64,329 $59,881 2025
Medical Loan Closet Of Henderson NC$172,846 Executive Di $30,500 $31,310 2024
A Thousand Joys Inc CA$172,864 Ceo $100,000 $85,790 2024
Minnesota Rural Health Association MN$172,873 Exec Director $35,400 $35,779 2023
Healthy Homeworks ME$172,895 Executive Director $76,502 $76,108 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to VT cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Gregory Ricketts) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 635 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60 is reasonable (approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.