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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Apbd Research Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203609790
NY · NTEE H480
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Natacha Pires, Executive Director / CEO ($120,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 139 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Natacha Pires — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

139 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 139 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$473 total compensation of comparable organizations → $525,400 $120,000
$21,87410th
$40,90525th
$66,143Median
$105,42775th
$153,72490th
$120,000This org · 82nd
p10$21,874
p25$40,905
p50$66,143
p75$105,427
p90$153,724
$120,000

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 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
Doctor Marnie Rose Foundation Inc TX$363,289 Executive Director To 8/23 $47,098 $53,677 2023
Federation Of Associations In Behavioral DC$360,706 Exec Dir/ex-officio $200,916 $200,877 2023
Sierra Veterans Research And Education Foundation NV$359,581 Executive Director $63,786 $72,846 2023
Team Bright Side Inc IL$368,815 Vice President $27,000 $30,243 2023
Emily Whitehead Foundation PA$369,089 President $12,000 $13,634 2023
Biohouston Inc TX$357,470 Chief Executive Officer $224,653 $248,690 2024
Neurotech Institute Inc OH$352,623 Vp Development $267,482 $313,519 2024
Clinical Research Foundation KY$375,042 Executive Dir. $60,391 $71,802 2024
Research Advocacy Network Inc TX$352,090 President $66,000 $75,219 2023
Mircore MI$376,476 President And Director $27,200 $31,986 2023
North Texas Alzheimers Pro-am Inc TX$376,694 Secretary $38,000 $42,066 2024
Tissue Bank Asbestos Research Charitable MD$350,375 Trustee $52,431 $54,246 2024
Brain Center Of Green Bay Inc WI$349,668 Executive Director $117,700 $140,050 2023
Championship Hearts Foundation TX$349,433 Executive Director $55,000 $60,885 2024
Northwest Association For Biomedical WA$379,697 Executive Director $17,063 $16,906 2024
Pierone Research Institute- A Wfhc FL$347,247 Vice Chair/d $31,220 $31,620 2025
John Paul Ii Medical Research Institute IA$347,088 President $69,392 $86,567 2023
Salisbury Foundation For Research And Education Inc NC$380,895 Executive Director $47,394 $54,193 2024
International Society For Therapeutic Ultrasound Inc WA$381,153 Executive Director $47,500 $48,453 2023
Autism Discovery And Treatment Foundation Inc AZ$344,947 Employee $31,260 $33,270 2024
Connecticut United For Research CT$344,203 President & $302,557 $313,936 2024
Accreditation For Cardiovascular Excellence Inc VA$339,930 Chief Medical Officer $20,259 $22,286 2023
Rock County Cancer Coalition Inc WI$388,662 Executive Di $73,148 $84,541 2024
Isthmus Project Inc WI$388,813 President/chief Innovation Officer $34,380 $40,908 2023
Alaska Cardiovascular Research AK$336,332 Executive Director $53,862 $58,670 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
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 (Natacha Pires) 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 139 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $120,000 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.