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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Organization For The Responsible

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232250613
PA · NTEE D200
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dore Photis, Executive Director / CEO ($1,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 413 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

413 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 413 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,431 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,005 $1,900
$10,36510th
$22,57225th
$42,320Median
$61,14375th
$77,63590th
$1,900This org · 0th
p10$10,365
p25$22,572
p50$42,320
p75$61,143
p90$77,635
$1,900

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 PA 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
Bailing Out Benji IA$363,212 President $70,751 $79,738 2024
Hoovers Hause All Dog Rescue MS$363,464 Key Employee $58,100 $66,605 2024
Vegas Roots Rescue NV$363,855 President $4,500 $4,643 2024
Brookings Regional Humane Society Inc SD$363,863 Executive Dir. $68,006 $77,253 2024
East Greenwich Animal Protection League Inc RI$364,684 Executive Director $62,661 $63,672 2023
Happy Compromise Farm And Sanctuary NY$360,070 President $15,600 $14,939 2023
Social Tees Animal Rescue Foundation In NY$366,592 Executive Director $111,240 $103,465 2024
Dogs On Deployment CA$359,911 President, Ceo $59,236 $52,649 2024
Lakes Area Humane Society Inc MN$359,779 Executive Director $65,553 $66,672 2024
Sugarland Ranch Inc NV$366,813 President $21,375 $22,054 2024
Freedom Ride Rescue NC$359,014 Executive Director $23,400 $25,623 2023
Animal Rescue And Foster Program Inc NC$367,729 Executive Director $56,000 $61,318 2023
Delta Animal Shelter MI$369,806 Trustee/part $42,570 $46,563 2023
Bonapartes Retreat TN$356,353 Vice Presidenttreasurer $20,043 $21,685 2024
Elfaro De Los Animales Inc PR$355,982 Executive Director $40,022 $41,081 2024
Omega Horse Rescue And Rehabilitation PA$371,753 Executive Director $35,100 $35,100 2025
Greenmore Farm Animal Rescue Inc PA$354,282 President $136,631 $136,631 2025
St Francis Pet Care Inc FL$354,167 President $43,254 $43,060 2023
Remarkable Resques Inc FL$372,550 Vice President $39,000 $37,711 2024
Animal Shelter Of St Lucie County FL$353,501 President $44,775 $44,574 2023
Bettertogether Forever CA$353,316 Executive Director $79,792 $73,014 2023
Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary MO$373,701 Executive Dir. $19,188 $20,919 2024
South Pacific County Humane Society WA$352,781 Shelter Manager $48,192 $45,723 2023
Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue WY$351,477 Director $23,846 $27,059 2023
Paws And Claws Rescue Inc IL$375,174 Cat Care Manager $45,000 $46,882 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA cost of living and 2025 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 PA 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted2nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Dore Photis) 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 413 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,900 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.