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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Loving All Animals Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263841119
CA · NTEE T23
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Phipps-russell, Executive Director / CEO ($70,029) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 821 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael Phipps-russell — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

821 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 821 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,897,823 $70,029
$14,09610th
$34,15625th
$66,148Median
$94,62575th
$131,99090th
$70,029This org · 53rd
p10$14,096
p25$34,156
p50$66,148
p75$94,625
p90$131,990
$70,029

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 CA 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
Kopernik Society Of Broome County NY$455,686 Vp/exec. Dir. $55,349 $57,921 2023
The Salvage Yard Inc TX$455,686 President $72,000 $83,407 2023
Soundcheck Prevention Network NC$455,375 Executive Di $96,200 $111,810 2024
Family Community Resource Center IL$456,093 Program Manager/ceo $75,126 $85,533 2023
Los Charros Foundation Inc AZ$456,609 Executive Director $27,000 $29,208 2024
Golden Heart Fund CA$456,623 Executive Director $170,000 $165,123 2024
Inspiring Communty Inc WI$454,344 Managing Dir $12,000 $14,513 2023
Greater Cedarburg Foundation Inc WI$454,322 Assistant Secretary $57,748 $69,843 2023
Red River Community Housing Development ND$457,148 Executive Director $93,285 $115,153 2024
Rescue Her Inc TX$457,182 Executive Director $45,000 $50,634 2024
Mighty Acorn Foundation IN$453,917 President $43,700 $51,838 2024
True Freedom Enterprises OH$457,594 President $65,526 $78,067 2024
Central Washington Catholic Foundation WA$457,811 Executive Director $87,846 $88,469 2024
Eastern Shore Of Virginia Community Foundation VA$457,885 Exec Dir $25,083 $27,242 2024
Fwrm Support Corporation IN$458,024 Ceo $40,226 $47,717 2024
Kansas Financial Empowerment Foundation KS$458,087 President $478 $581 2024
Academics In Motion Inc NJ$452,783 Executive Dir. $38,500 $38,666 2024
Cooke County United Way Inc TX$452,579 Executive Director $89,000 $100,143 2024
Black River United Way Inc SC$451,905 Ceo $77,098 $90,474 2024
Friends Of Lopez Island Pool WA$451,742 Executive Director $82,335 $85,368 2023
Austin Area Foundation MN$459,905 Executive Dir. $51,935 $59,430 2023
Goodwill Industries Foundation Of OH$459,918 President/ceo $22,151 $27,170 2023
Arf Charitable Foundation Inc NY$460,242 Cfo $26,320 $26,753 2024
Women And Girls Fund Of WI$460,365 Executive Di $95,621 $112,332 2024
118 East 111th Street Corporation NY$460,434 Ceo $18,651 $19,518 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Michael Phipps-russell) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 821 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,029 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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 13, 2026.