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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Animal Placement Agency Of The Windsors

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237121844
NJ · NTEE D200
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephanie Brocksbank, Executive Director / CEO ($27,484) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,574 total compensation of comparable organizations → $91,518 $27,484
$5,78510th
$8,73325th
$25,225Median
$38,38175th
$59,24990th
$27,484This org · 54th
p10$5,785
p25$8,733
p50$25,225
p75$38,381
p90$59,249
$27,484

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 NJ 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
Jessica's Haven And Rescue CA$95,823 Secretary/coo/director $51,840 $48,698 2024
Paws For Life Inc MD$92,903 Secretary/treasurer $9,150 $9,306 2024
Sophie Kerrigan For The Love Of OH$92,564 Executive Di $25,000 $29,657 2023
Contented Critters MN$92,288 Animal Rescue Director $36,540 $40,439 2023
Feline Rescue Network CO$99,540 Secretary $6,901 $7,199 2024
Mayor's Alliance For Nyc's Animals Inc NY$88,630 President/chairman $15,700 $15,434 2024
Pawsitive Beings Rescue Inc FL$87,943 President $7,079 $7,235 2024
Puddy Tat Protectors Inc TN$101,133 President $48,100 $55,003 2024
Second Chance Rescue And Adoption Inc NJ$87,873 President $7,750 $7,750 2023
Arm Sanctuary Inc FL$101,520 Vice Preside $13,200 $13,889 2023
Happy Paws Mobile Vet Clinic Inc CO$86,062 Vice President $44,800 $46,734 2024
Valley Shore Animal Welfare League CT$103,295 Treasurer $3,044 $3,197 2023
Country Roads Animal Rescue Society OK$103,547 Founder $5,000 $5,990 2024
Francis Halbrook Hensley Animal Shelter TN$103,574 Shelter Director $25,635 $29,315 2024
Animal Rescue And Care Fund Inc OR$84,424 President $58,000 $60,327 2023
Pet Rescue Pilots CA$105,089 Executive Director $36,000 $34,817 2023
Leaders For Ethics Animals & The CA$106,134 Secretary & $100,000 $91,518 2025
Pets Return Home AZ$82,718 President $24,110 $25,225 2024
Community Partnership For Pets Inc NC$80,686 Founder/pres $50,000 $56,204 2024
Baby Kitten Rescue CA$108,397 Director, Ce $12,000 $11,273 2024
Harry A Biszantz Memorial Center CA$108,711 President $30,000 $28,182 2024
Chance Shelter AZ$108,815 President & $10,800 $11,299 2024
American Horse Protection Association Inc VA$80,085 Executive Director $72,000 $75,629 2024
Seniors Pet Assistance Network TX$110,496 Executive Director $33,337 $36,279 2024
Rescue K9-1-1 Inc AL$111,394 President $12,000 $14,104 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Stephanie Brocksbank) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,484 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.