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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Canine Cancer Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030581083
AZ · NTEE H30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sara Nice, Executive Director / CEO ($40,728) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 121 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sara Nice — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

121 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 121 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,135 total compensation of comparable organizations → $493,661 $40,728
$23,03910th
$37,63825th
$57,470Median
$95,61075th
$137,21490th
$40,728This org · 30th
p10$23,039
p25$37,638
p50$57,470
p75$95,610
p90$137,214
$40,728

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 AZ 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
National Bone Marrow Transplant Link MI$290,191 Executive Director $84,103 $87,937 2025
Foundation For Cardiovascular Medicine And Research CA$289,213 Ceo/president $34,150 $30,662 2024
Albie Aware Inc CA$288,875 Executive Director $111,546 $103,112 2023
Caroline Symmes Inc IN$290,676 President $8,333 $9,137 2024
Conquering Congenital Heart Disease WI$291,957 Former Executive Director $38,461 $43,000 2023
International Biomedical Research DC$292,601 President $140,000 $127,744 2024
The Ros1ders Inc CA$286,612 Executive Dir. $9,361 $8,653 2023
Carol M Baldwin Breast Cancer Research NY$286,034 Executive Director $103,504 $100,124 2023
National Autism Association Inc RI$285,344 President $65,000 $66,722 2023
The Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer AL$284,799 Executive Director $79,417 $91,847 2023
Asxl Rare Research Endowment Foundation ME$283,786 Executive Director $105,900 $113,519 2023
The Andrew Levitt Center For CA$297,232 Grant Mgr/ex Di $100,146 $89,918 2024
Animal Cancer Foundation NY$301,771 Executive Director $74,000 $69,530 2024
National Task Group On Intellectual ME$302,342 Director Of Operations $56,028 $60,059 2023
Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation CA$302,891 Executive Director $96,000 $86,195 2024
Medical Staff Of Regional Medical Center CA$275,354 President $120,000 $110,926 2023
Aspen Rhoads Research Foundation Inc MD$275,117 Chief Executive Officer $23,700 $23,039 2024
Neuro-optometric Rehabitation Asc Inc TX$273,821 Executive Director $62,883 $65,406 2024
Sickle Cell Foundation Of Arizona Inc AZ$272,255 President $50,000 $51,477 2023
The Pubpeer Foundation CA$308,324 President $42,000 $37,710 2024
The Jed Ian Taxel Foundation For UT$309,100 President/ceo $40,000 $42,568 2024
Larry Burkett Foundation Inc GA$309,567 Ceo $36,000 $37,638 2024
The Hpv And Anal Cancer Foundation NY$309,639 Executive Director $61,165 $57,470 2024
Childrens Airway First Foundation TX$267,498 Director And President $40,000 $42,833 2023
International Alliance For Phytobiomes WI$265,426 Executive Director $60,602 $67,753 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Sara Nice) 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 121 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,728 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.