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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Breeder Release Adoption Service

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272213217
CO · NTEE D20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Constance Bouchard, Executive Director / CEO ($14,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 416 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Constance Bouchard — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

416 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 416 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,408 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,433 $14,400
$9,91010th
$21,19325th
$39,549Median
$58,76175th
$76,26290th
$14,400This org · 17th
p10$9,910
p25$21,193
p50$39,549
p75$58,761
p90$76,262
$14,400

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 CO 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
Friends Of Normie Rescue CA$321,126 Managing Dir. $2,885 $2,523 2024
Wwwpilotsnpawsorg Inc SC$321,196 Executive Director $146,540 $159,433 2023
My Pit Bull Is Family MN$319,945 Executive Director $53,830 $55,471 2023
Kamins Farm Sanctuary IL$319,817 Executive Di $58,000 $57,760 2024
The Nancy A Shaw Foundation Inc GA$319,572 Executive Di $35,000 $36,701 2023
Pet Assistance League Store CO$322,134 Executive Dir. $34,570 $33,578 2024
Aruba Flight Volunteers Inc NY$319,071 President $49,980 $47,100 2023
Fur-angel Foundation HI$318,660 President $27,000 $25,210 2023
Thurston County Humane Society WA$318,563 Executive Director $68,863 $62,453 2024
A New Chance Animal Rescue Inc NY$318,086 President $65,000 $59,497 2024
Pet Assistance Foundation CA$323,505 Director $16,187 $14,159 2024
The Long Way Home Inc TX$316,953 Executive Director $61,500 $64,157 2023
Indigo Rescue Inc OR$316,578 Executive Dir. $69,018 $64,925 2024
Jay County Humane Society Inc IN$325,350 Consultant/director $33,846 $36,155 2024
Guayabo Animal Rescue Fdn Inc FL$325,962 Executive Di $48,000 $45,677 2024
The Mosby Foundation VA$325,983 Executive Di $42,000 $41,079 2024
Humane Society Of Southern Illinoisspca Inc IL$314,265 Shelter Manager $23,970 $23,871 2024
Sullivan County Humane Society NH$313,933 Vice President $4,628 $4,329 2024
Orcas Animal Protection Society WA$327,485 Executive Director $72,335 $65,602 2024
Here Today Adopted Tomorrow Animal MA$313,379 Director $2,725 $2,481 2024
No Time To Spare Animal Rescue & MO$328,202 President $34,397 $37,994 2023
Humane Society Of Whitley County I IN$328,503 Director $45,935 $50,519 2023
Pawsitive Restoration Animal Rescue CO$328,680 Executive Director $97,200 $94,411 2024
A Forever-home Rescue Foundation Inc VA$312,657 President $60,000 $60,417 2023
Happy Tails Rescue Foundation MN$312,524 Director $51,750 $51,797 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Constance Bouchard) 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 416 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,400 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.