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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rezq Dogs

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264207289
MT · NTEE D20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anita Wilke, Executive Director / CEO ($42,715) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 330 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

330 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 330 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,253 total compensation of comparable organizations → $520,828 $42,715
$7,95410th
$16,73025th
$30,714Median
$47,75475th
$63,69290th
$42,715This org · 69th
p10$7,954
p25$16,730
p50$30,714
p75$47,754
p90$63,692
$42,715

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 MT 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
The Oh Foundation OH$236,513 Secretary $90,000 $85,894 2024
The Kibble Kitchen Pet Pantry Inc IN$236,512 Organizer $31,116 $29,567 2024
Speak For Animals SC$236,332 President $7,262 $7,028 2023
Luna's House Inc MD$236,166 President $26,460 $22,291 2024
Northern Oklahoma Humane Society OK$236,125 Executive Di $24,902 $25,438 2023
Hope Animal Shelter AZ$236,021 President & Ceo $50,000 $44,609 2023
Resilient Hearts Animal Sanctuary WA$238,040 Executive Director $37,430 $31,088 2023
Operation Spot Inc MO$238,274 Executive Dir. $41,083 $39,209 2024
Dharamsala Animal Rescue CA$235,102 Chairman $120,000 $93,370 2024
Start Over Rover NE$238,528 Program Director $55,000 $53,304 2024
Oconto Area Humane Society & Animal Shelter Inc WI$238,590 Director $48,355 $46,849 2023
Vintage Racers For Rescues Inc NC$234,877 President $26,000 $24,922 2023
Canopy Cat Rescue WA$234,586 Founder/cat Rescuer $80,400 $66,778 2023
Paws For Life Animal League WY$239,356 Manager $37,440 $35,194 2025
Purr Partners NC$239,549 Employee $17,737 $17,002 2023
The Wright Ranch Rescue Inc FL$239,553 President $19,200 $16,253 2024
Friends Of Camden Animal Shelter NJ$233,628 Former Executive Director $5,048 $4,061 2024
Hawkins County Humane Society Inc TN$240,409 Secretary $28,880 $28,162 2023
Beaverhead Animal Shelter MT$233,176 Executive Dir. $22,100 $22,100 2023
Blooper Animal Rescue & Transport Incorporated FL$233,145 Executive Director $29,966 $25,366 2024
Humane Society Of Greene County Inc PA$232,935 Executive Director $53,790 $48,335 2024
Paws Of Grays Harbor WA$240,779 Executive Director $59,378 $47,902 2024
Red Lake Rosie's Rescue Inc MN$240,921 Treasurer $15,800 $14,483 2023
Misfits Of Oz Farm Sanctuary NM$240,982 Executive Dir. $27,691 $26,837 2024
Rocco's Heartland Rescue Inc SC$241,020 President $7,500 $7,051 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Anita Wilke) 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 330 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,715 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.