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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Canines With A Cause

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274402344
UT · NTEE D20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cathy King, Executive Director / CEO ($84,984) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 408 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Cathy King — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

408 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 408 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,319 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,370 $84,984
$9,29810th
$19,47825th
$36,364Median
$54,74075th
$70,72390th
$84,984This org · 94th
p10$9,298
p25$19,478
p50$36,364
p75$54,740
p90$70,723
$84,984

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 UT 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
Silicon Valley Pet Project CA$308,572 Ceo $45,198 $37,039 2024
Dharma Voices For Animals CA$308,479 President $67,550 $55,356 2024
Russell Rescue Inc TN$310,926 President $22,998 $22,942 2024
Cats Meow WA$307,110 Executive Director $66,184 $57,896 2023
United Friends Of Homeless Animals Inc NY$306,784 Manager $12,707 $11,219 2023
Mccook Humane Society Inc NE$306,770 Consultant $19,400 $20,387 2023
Releash Atlanta Inc GA$311,821 Operations Manager $13,526 $12,907 2024
Happy Tails Rescue Foundation MN$312,524 Director $51,750 $48,528 2024
A Forever-home Rescue Foundation Inc VA$312,657 President $60,000 $56,604 2023
Misplaced Mutts NC$305,275 Executive Di $41,315 $40,514 2024
Here Today Adopted Tomorrow Animal MA$313,379 Director $2,725 $2,324 2024
For The Love Of Primates OH$304,798 Executive Director $20,000 $20,103 2024
Sullivan County Humane Society NH$313,933 Vice President $4,628 $4,055 2024
Humane Society Of Southern Illinoisspca Inc IL$314,265 Shelter Manager $23,970 $22,364 2024
Spay Neuter Assistance Program Of North NC$303,397 President $19,927 $19,540 2024
Hillsborough County Pet FL$303,119 Executive Director $77,308 $67,146 2025
Alliance For Humane Action (Aha) IL$302,982 President $40,560 $38,961 2023
Chicago French Bulldog Rescue Inc Nfp IL$302,658 Director/president $30,000 $28,817 2023
Indigo Rescue Inc OR$316,578 Executive Dir. $69,018 $60,827 2024
Wellington Humane Society Inc KS$301,538 Operations D $48,600 $49,829 2024
The Long Way Home Inc TX$316,953 Executive Director $61,500 $60,108 2023
Spay Montana MT$301,153 Executive Director $50,000 $52,661 2023
Langlade County Humane Society Inc WI$301,068 Treasurer $1,366 $1,319 2025
Puget Sound Goat Rescue And Adoption WA$300,712 Executive Director $45,554 $38,706 2024
A New Chance Animal Rescue Inc NY$318,086 President $65,000 $55,742 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Cathy King) 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 408 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,984 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.