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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ellyn Satter Institute Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260641249
WI · NTEE H80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anne Blocker, Executive Director / CEO ($60,306) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Anne Blocker — reported title “EXEC. DIR. &”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,966 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,672 $60,306
$16,04910th
$26,22925th
$49,609Median
$77,74075th
$110,34490th
$60,306This org · 65th
p10$16,049
p25$26,229
p50$49,609
p75$77,740
p90$110,344
$60,306

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
Hope 365 MI$171,372 Director $53,595 $54,534 2023
The Center For Neurosciences Foundation AZ$171,746 Director Of Fundraising And Operations $63,025 $58,038 2024
Seneca Diabetes Foundation NY$167,496 Secretary/tr $48,989 $43,639 2023
Rory David Deutsch Foundation IL$167,230 Vice President $25,540 $24,042 2024
Balanced Budget Now VA$172,594 President $54,300 $50,202 2024
International Neuroethics Society DC$166,640 Executive Director $79,718 $66,983 2024
Qigong Sensory Training Institute OR$166,373 President/ceo Board Chair $48,476 $43,105 2024
Cardiac Surgery Clinical Research Center IL$173,860 Researcher $136,000 $128,024 2024
Faculty Student Association Of The State NY$177,373 Chief Executive Officer $235,690 $198,672 2025
Harlan E Moore Heart Research Foundation IL$178,150 President/treasurer $81,250 $78,744 2023
Hawaii Medical Foundation HI$157,240 Executive Administrator $2,822 $2,490 2023
Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation Inc NJ$156,880 President $30,345 $25,942 2024
Breast Cancer Research And Assistance Fund AZ$155,484 President $29,590 $27,249 2024
The Alliance For Longevity Initiatives VA$155,110 President $12,750 $11,788 2024
Humanology & Health Science Inc CA$184,661 President $150,000 $127,687 2023
Rampy Ms Research Foundation AR$154,261 President/ex $65,000 $72,026 2023
Karmanos Cancer Foundation MI$186,501 Board Member/president Kcc $38,067 $37,622 2024
Mcdougall Research & Education CA$153,036 President $25,000 $21,281 2023
Partnership For Achieving Total LA$152,961 Executive Director/board $25,330 $26,018 2025
Parent's Guide To Cord Blood MD$152,063 Executive Director $103,885 $92,997 2024
Sleep Education Consortium TX$188,166 Director $5,000 $4,789 2024
Prostate Action Inc NY$150,921 Secretary $11,250 $10,021 2023
The Wunderglo Foundation CA$191,435 President/exec. $60,000 $49,609 2024
Movement Disorders Foundation CO$147,641 Executive Director $55,750 $52,699 2023
Dayton Veterans Affairs Research & Educa OH$147,034 Executive Director $22,275 $23,258 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Anne Blocker) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,306 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.