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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Team Up For Down Syndrome

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232998494
KS · NTEE G12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tammy L Giltner, Executive Director / CEO ($4,491) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 102 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tammy L Giltner — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

102 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 102 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,616 total compensation of comparable organizations → $114,047 $4,491
$10,89410th
$22,56925th
$40,354Median
$56,55475th
$71,41390th
$4,491This org · 4th
p10$10,894
p25$22,569
p50$40,354
p75$56,554
p90$71,413
$4,491

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 KS 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
Caring Ambassadors Program Inc OR$128,601 Executive Director $74,923 $64,404 2023
Oklahaven Childrens Chiropractic Ce OK$128,347 President And Chiropractor $70,000 $71,348 2023
Multiple Sclerosis Society Of Colorado CO$128,133 President $42,000 $37,278 2023
The Lily Pad Foundation MS$132,852 Executive Director $50,000 $50,068 2024
Starlight Therapeutic Riding Center Inc TX$127,182 Executive Director $56,683 $50,979 2024
Partners To The World Inc GA$133,500 President $51,151 $46,241 2024
Breast Cancer Aid & Research Institute AZ$125,675 President $4,593 $3,971 2024
Be A Tiger Foundation NJ$125,481 Director $12,000 $9,917 2023
Advocates For Alzheimer's Care Inc GA$135,795 Executive Director $21,392 $19,338 2024
Big Hearts To Little Hearts NJ$136,094 President $21,883 $17,566 2024
Epilepsy Services Foundation Inc FL$122,900 Executive Director $59,213 $50,012 2024
Resurrecting Lives Foundation OH$137,305 Founder/executive Director $45,000 $42,852 2024
Federation Of The Blind Of Sc SC$138,297 Executive Director $23,940 $24,065 2022
Ryan Mcelroy Childrens Cancer NY$121,548 Executive Di $20,000 $16,249 2024
Greater Detroit Agency For The Blind And MI$121,510 Executive Director $103,000 $93,120 2025
Connect Thru Cancer PA$138,775 Executive Director $64,650 $57,965 2024
Brave Men Inc OH$139,108 Executive Director $36,022 $33,419 2025
Fund A Mom Inc NY$119,065 Executive Director $38,368 $31,171 2024
Affect Change Inc TX$141,202 Executive Di $48,000 $43,169 2024
Snis Foundation VA$117,124 Executive Director Snis $22,155 $19,232 2024
The Medical Staff Of The California CA$143,209 President $30,000 $23,979 2023
Louisiana Health Information LA$116,893 Ceo $34,500 $33,275 2025
Macular Degeneration Foundation Inc NV$116,476 President Ceo $62,000 $57,526 2023
Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance Inc NC$143,916 Program Director $90,617 $86,669 2023
Early Alzheimers Foundation Inc NY$116,073 President $78,144 $65,362 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Tammy L Giltner) 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 102 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,491 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.