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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Honoring Our Veterans

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263266790
WY · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sandy Sandberg, Executive Director / CEO ($50,003) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 213 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

213 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 213 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$566 total compensation of comparable organizations → $91,706 $50,003
$10,95110th
$26,13725th
$47,481Median
$62,43175th
$75,72990th
$50,003This org · 55th
p10$10,951
p25$26,137
p50$47,481
p75$62,431
p90$75,729
$50,003

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 WY 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
Assumption Community Services Inc MN$235,205 Director Of Finance (Jan-nov) $27,512 $26,137 2023
Launch Uganda OR$234,976 President $37,921 $32,887 2024
Farm To Fork CA$233,962 Esterline $33,001 $26,612 2024
The Penguin Project Foundation Inc IL$233,841 Ceo $33,500 $29,963 2025
Friends With Disabilities MI$233,467 President $29,520 $28,455 2024
Paws And Affection Inc PA$236,764 Executive Director $30,000 $27,938 2024
Dig Furniture Bank PA$236,840 Executive Director $18,000 $17,259 2023
Eastside Friends Of Seniors WA$237,997 Executive Dir $80,792 $67,550 2024
Keep The Change Incorporated VA$239,371 President/ceo/director $57,050 $55,132 2022
The Home Program Inc NY$228,605 Executive Di $65,579 $55,340 2024
Southside Senior Services Inc CA$242,246 Executive Director $50,175 $41,656 2023
Yokyworks Foundation WA$227,334 Secretary $11,925 $10,265 2023
New Start Inc MD$243,184 Admin Specialist $10,939 $9,551 2024
Azul - Fashion Art Design Inc FL$243,747 Founder & Ce $64,500 $56,586 2024
The Erika Whitmore Godwin Foundation CA$243,885 Founder & Ceo $101,246 $84,056 2023
The People Center Inc MI$243,932 Executive Di $53,663 $53,254 2023
American Therapeutic Riding Center OK$225,730 Executive Director $62,400 $66,062 2023
Austin Pregnancy Resource Center TX$244,589 Ceo $84,000 $80,787 2023
Specialized Equine Services And IL$225,579 Executive Director $21,700 $20,511 2023
Life Has No Boundaries Co IN$225,462 Executive Director $60,000 $60,834 2023
Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Inc NY$244,799 Ceo $90,792 $76,616 2024
Highland Manor Apartments Inc NC$244,812 President $15,432 $14,891 2024
Autism Health Insurance Project Inc CA$225,306 President/program Director $91,250 $75,757 2023
Girls Growing Ii Women MI$245,156 President $54,100 $52,147 2024
Asi - Stillwater Inc MN$224,910 President/tr $68,006 $61,136 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 WY 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Sandy Sandberg) 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 213 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,003 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.