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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Staten Island Heart Society Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200269367
NY · NTEE H43
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rachel Volpe, Executive Director / CEO ($104,673) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 100 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

100 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 100 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,207 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,027 $104,673
$21,44710th
$34,63125th
$57,688Median
$91,41775th
$126,16590th
$104,673This org · 81st
p10$21,447
p25$34,631
p50$57,688
p75$91,417
p90$126,165
$104,673

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 NY 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
International Consensus Meeting On PA$226,032 Secretary, Director $2,000 $2,207 2023
Physicians Research Network Inc NY$225,246 President $120,000 $116,557 2024
Good Friend Inc WI$225,181 Executive Director $36,500 $42,185 2023
National Behavioral Consortium Inc FL$230,000 Coexecutive $50,000 $50,490 2024
Cody Dieruf Foundation MT$224,998 Exec. Director $59,965 $69,481 2024
Massachusetts Coalition For The MA$222,792 Executive Director $181,865 $175,667 2024
China Aids Fund Inc NY$222,007 Secretary $61,538 $59,772 2024
Virginia Cardiac Services Quality Initiative VA$233,175 Executive Director $92,500 $98,838 2023
The Foregut Research Foundation CO$234,701 President $32,692 $34,691 2023
Society Of Metabolic Health TX$235,971 President/board $60,000 $64,515 2024
Reed Gastrointestinal Oncology Research AL$236,157 Executive Director $75,000 $89,667 2023
Ryan Hill Research Foundation WA$217,477 Executive Dir. $10,800 $10,701 2023
Intl Soc For Cardiovascular Tran Res AZ$214,457 Chairman $4,799 $5,317 2022
Brain Health Initiative Inc NH$214,410 Executive Dir. $81,500 $83,280 2023
Nbia Disorders Association TX$241,251 President $23,333 $25,089 2024
The Dyslexia Foundation Inc MA$213,235 Former President $58,636 $60,702 2022
Neurospring Inc CA$242,650 Bus Mgr/trea $135,221 $125,510 2024
Jastreboff Hearing Disorders Foundation CT$242,804 Founder And Ceo $34,184 $34,452 2024
The Mauli Ola Foundation CA$243,078 Executive Dir. $61,101 $58,388 2023
Erase Ptsd Now IL$243,859 Executive Di $95,000 $103,357 2023
Alliance For Community Research IL$211,062 Co-chief Executive Officer $30,873 $33,589 2023
The Biomedical Research Institute Of CA$208,249 President And Ceo $34,683 $33,143 2023
Cancer Biology Training Consortium NC$208,168 Asst Secretary-treasurer $26,391 $31,414 2022
National Shingles Foundation NY$247,230 President, D $86,143 $86,143 2023
Have A Ball Foundation Inc CA$207,433 President $70,500 $65,436 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2023 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 NY 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Rachel Volpe) 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 100 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $104,673 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.