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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of Down Syndrome

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263412890
TX · NTEE P60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gina Marie, Executive Director / CEO ($29,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 128 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Gina Marie — reported title “INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JUNE-DEC”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

128 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 128 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,133 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,994 $29,400
$17,32610th
$31,20525th
$53,619Median
$69,69175th
$90,05790th
$29,400This org · 23rd
p10$17,326
p25$31,205
p50$53,619
p75$69,691
p90$90,057
$29,400

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 TX 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
Herrin House Of Hope IL$498,258 Executive Dir. $52,424 $51,523 2024
Christian Information & Service Center TX$502,614 Executive Director $58,500 $58,500 2024
South Milwaukee Human Concerns Inc WI$502,658 Executive Director $73,290 $76,518 2024
Assisting The Community Together PA$496,264 Executive Di $42,120 $40,908 2025
Mustard Seed Furniture Bank Of Fort IN$496,220 Executive Di $81,131 $85,531 2024
Compassion And Love Compasion Y Amor Community Development Corporation FL$496,087 President $24,000 $23,205 2023
Family Promise Of Harrisburg PA$495,313 Executive Di $65,197 $64,996 2024
The Hpa Hope Foundation TX$504,993 Vice President $40,174 $40,174 2024
Light Of Hope Inc NY$508,197 Adviser $22,000 $20,461 2023
The Grateful Garment Project CA$488,990 Executive Director $69,750 $61,989 2023
Lutheran Community Services Inc OH$510,967 Executive Dir. $29,630 $31,373 2024
God's Outreach Madison County Food KY$488,610 President & $48,757 $53,913 2023
805 Undocufund CA$487,066 Executive Director $19,091 $16,967 2023
Seeds Of Faith Inc NH$482,919 Executive Director $56,000 $51,692 2024
Families For Families NJ$480,510 Exeecutive Director $50,000 $45,946 2023
Key Peninsula Community Services WA$520,921 Executive Director $47,292 $42,328 2024
Kaitlyns Kloset Mn MN$478,302 Executive Director $7,394 $7,519 2023
A Doorway To Hope Inc NC$522,540 Executive Director $86,840 $89,701 2024
Powder River Energy Corporationfoundation Inc WY$476,784 Executive Director $47,617 $50,973 2024
Family Promise Of Fulton GA$475,665 Executive Director $87,736 $88,190 2024
The Michael E Thornton Foundation TX$475,602 Vice President $77,000 $77,000 2024
Graffiti Community Ministriesinc NY$524,956 Director $111,254 $103,469 2023
Fenton Center Of Hope MI$470,277 Co-director $75,400 $77,801 2024
Community Outreach SD$530,051 Executive Di $25,673 $28,325 2024
Welcoming Home CA$465,368 Treasurer $22,501 $19,424 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Gina Marie) 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 128 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,400 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.