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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Margaux's Miracle Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043643503
FL · NTEE E12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rochelle Ruttenberg, Executive Director / CEO ($63,312) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rochelle Ruttenberg — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $463,281 $63,312
$17,30510th
$35,32525th
$59,759Median
$90,08375th
$134,87090th
$63,312This org · 56th
p10$17,305
p25$35,325
p50$59,759
p75$90,083
p90$134,870
$63,312

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 FL 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
Beacon Hill Foundation MI$330,185 President & Ceo & Trustee $24,270 $26,666 2024
Erie Cancer And Wellness Foundation PA$352,673 Executive Dir. $5,885 $6,247 2024
The Chandler Project Inc AR$320,872 President $70,500 $86,847 2023
The Transcend Foundation Inc MI$361,083 Secretary $125,875 $142,387 2023
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-nampa ID$317,603 Development Officer $15,885 $18,519 2023
Imperial Valley Wellness Foundation CA$314,537 Executive Director $128,140 $114,748 2025
Anderson Hospital Foundation IL$303,645 Director $54,685 $57,228 2024
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation KS$376,412 Executive Director $7,099 $8,405 2023
Augustana Care Foundation MN$376,914 President/ceo $108,350 $117,332 2023
Pink Warrior Advocates TX$379,157 Director Of Programs $48,000 $52,621 2023
Center For Healthy Development VA$298,921 Ceo/president/treasurer $92,232 $94,797 2024
The Julie Fund Inc MA$293,973 Executive Di $60,000 $57,394 2024
Westfields Hospital Foundation Inc MN$293,816 Director & President $64,799 $70,171 2023
Giving Is A Family Tradition MO$292,945 Executive Di $42,000 $47,353 2024
Unspoken Treasure Society Inc FL$285,484 President $82,214 $82,214 2024
The Yaya Foundation For 4h Leukodystophy MN$284,117 Executive Director $150,000 $157,774 2024
Elevator Constructors Local 5 Charitable PA$400,476 Trustee $96,558 $105,528 2023
Wheel To Walk Foundation OR$276,972 Vp $59,000 $58,324 2024
Richmond Community Services NY$276,866 President/ceo $63,618 $61,194 2024
Operation Enduring Support Inc TX$404,507 Executive Director $63,500 $67,616 2024
Chris Norton Foundation IA$260,949 Executive Director $14,400 $16,784 2024
Indian River County Medical Society FL$259,400 Executive Di $64,958 $64,958 2024
Montana Consortium For Urban Indian MT$425,000 Executive Director $9,600 $11,341 2023
Hillcrest Health Foundation TX$250,580 Dir/interim Pres/ceo (Thru 1/5) $35,499 $37,800 2024
Women's Cancer Research Foundation CA$431,240 President $185,371 $170,390 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Rochelle Ruttenberg) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,312 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.