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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connecticut Coalition For Organ And

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 061346099
CT · NTEE G99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lindsay Vigue, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,084 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,049 $70,000
$9,93010th
$19,83925th
$45,030Median
$61,39275th
$77,16990th
$70,000This org · 86th
p10$9,930
p25$19,839
p50$45,030
p75$61,392
p90$77,169
$70,000

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 CT 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
Trisomy 18 Support Inc MI$90,139 Executive Director $50,160 $53,795 2025
Cleveland-rutherford Kidney Association NC$91,389 Controller $59,500 $65,570 2024
Austens Autistic Adventures TX$91,730 Director $18,725 $19,977 2024
Melanoma Education Foundation Inc MA$88,728 President $14,000 $13,418 2024
Spina Bifida Association Of Arizona AZ$86,223 Executive Director $47,846 $49,076 2024
Alcanzando Inc FL$95,659 Chief Exec O $45,750 $45,838 2024
Bakes For Breast Cancer Inc MA$85,248 President $6,000 $5,750 2024
Spina Bifida Assocation Of FL$97,737 Executive Di $37,921 $37,015 2025
Mattie J T Stepanek Foundation Inc MD$98,461 President $26,000 $26,691 2023
Heart Disease Research Institute AZ$82,826 President $26,175 $26,848 2024
Central Coast Autism Spectrum CA$82,229 Executive Director $24,200 $22,287 2024
Mercy Outreach Ministries Inc OH$81,579 Executive Director $16,318 $18,978 2023
Songs & Smiles TX$81,482 Executive Director $46,800 $48,643 2025
The Myasthenia Gravis Association PA$79,181 Ed/ Director $44,992 $49,267 2023
Hope For Tomorrow Community HI$76,896 Cfo $16,739 $16,455 2023
Massachusetts Health Information MA$105,006 Administrative Director/cl $66,928 $64,144 2024
Livlyme Foundation CO$105,282 Director $48,000 $52,611 2022
Global Cancer Institute Inc NJ$75,946 Executive Director $151,891 $148,910 2023
Virginia Association Of Workers For The VA$106,184 Director $9,600 $9,632 2025
Cirs Project CO$73,000 President $10,000 $10,227 2024
Friends Of Trtf TX$72,116 Chairman And Ceo $19,586 $20,896 2024
American Council Of The Blind OH$109,566 Executive Di $43,000 $48,574 2024
Vlr Foundation MN$71,744 Ceo Vision L $11,352 $11,963 2024
Shattuck Partners Inc MA$109,761 Executive Director $35,949 $35,472 2023
St Louis Society For The Blind MO$71,200 President An $156,732 $177,049 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Lindsay Vigue) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.