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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Dream Catcher Foundationinc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204996410
CA · NTEE P70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pamela Norris, Executive Director / CEO ($12,621) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 158 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Pamela Norris — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

158 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 158 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$397 total compensation of comparable organizations → $315,717 $12,621
$3,99610th
$12,54025th
$27,700Median
$53,17275th
$86,15090th
$12,621This org · 26th
p10$3,996
p25$12,540
p50$27,700
p75$53,172
p90$86,150
$12,621

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 CA 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
Family And Community Services Of OH$41,263 Exec Director $2,132 $2,615 2024
Northeast Care Center Inc OH$41,200 Executive Director $19,128 $24,155 2023
Presbyterian Homes And Services KY$41,085 President/ceo $2,126 $2,724 2023
American Outreach Foundation CA$42,434 President $8,213 $8,213 2024
Polack Adult Day Center WA$42,466 Ceo $65,540 $67,954 2024
Union Towers Senior Citizens Inc MA$40,791 Executive Director $18,937 $19,707 2024
Dorothys Daugther CA$40,698 Ceo $32,400 $32,400 2024
Positive Circle TX$42,753 Co-exe Director $24,640 $28,544 2024
Edinburgh Usa Pro-am Foundation MN$40,648 Chairman/gambling Manager $13,500 $15,448 2024
Olean-bradford Ymca Foundation Inc NY$40,552 Ceo, Secretary $9,047 $9,747 2023
The Roo Crew SC$40,507 Director $17,760 $22,091 2023
Center For Justice & Freedom Inc NY$40,462 President $291,667 $305,220 2024
The Esther Jeanette Shumpert Walker SC$40,413 Ceo/presiden $193,204 $240,315 2023
Arapahoe Senior Center NE$43,062 Secretary/treasurer $18,498 $23,041 2024
Community Home Health & Hospice WA$43,063 Co - Exec Dir. $22,500 $23,329 2024
Illinois Masonic Outreach Services IL$43,260 Grand Secretary $8,542 $9,725 2024
Altruisity Foundation Inc FL$40,173 Executive Director / Secretary $96,000 $104,441 2024
Furnished By Grace Inc TX$43,411 President $3,600 $4,293 2023
Friendship First Inc NY$43,429 Executive Director $38,992 $42,009 2023
Artemis Endeavor Inc NY$40,002 Executive Director $24,980 $26,141 2024
Learning For Success Inc FL$39,790 Board Member $1,500 $1,589 2025
The Jimmy Carroll Foundation NC$39,679 Executive Di $65,000 $80,076 2023
Gods Storehouse MI$43,817 President $10,800 $12,577 2025
National Association Of Police Organizations Relief Fund VA$39,512 Executive Direcor And General Counsel $64,655 $74,431 2023
Athletes Services Network America TX$39,192 Commissioner $25,200 $29,193 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Pamela Norris) 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 158 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,621 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.