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Compensation Comparability Determination

Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204031006
WI · NTEE D20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Reitz, Executive Director / CEO ($38,009) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 377 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amanda Reitz — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

377 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 377 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$105 total compensation of comparable organizations → $323,959 $38,009
$21,27210th
$40,15525th
$57,110Median
$76,48875th
$100,11190th
$38,009This org · 22nd
p10$21,272
p25$40,155
p50$57,110
p75$76,488
p90$100,111
$38,009

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 WI 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
Retrievers And Friends Of So Calif Inc CA$842,263 Secretary And Director $50,000 $40,155 2024
Friends Of San Francisco Animal Care CA$842,712 Dir Of Dev & Comm $103,000 $82,719 2024
Open Door Veterinary Collective OH$843,466 Employee $130,666 $128,714 2024
St Clair County Humane Society MI$831,771 Executive Director $50,115 $49,530 2023
Brevard Aid To Animals Medical Facilty Inc FL$831,471 President/director $91,282 $82,110 2023
🔒 372 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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:

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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.