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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cross Keys Equine Therapy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 275014098
VA · NTEE E60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alicia Burns, Executive Director / CEO ($13,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alicia Burns — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,750 total compensation of comparable organizations → $327,487 $13,000
$14,56610th
$31,70325th
$53,594Median
$85,00875th
$118,74590th
$13,000This org · 8th
p10$14,566
p25$31,703
p50$53,594
p75$85,008
p90$118,745
$13,000

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 VA 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
Erle And Emma White Hospice Endowment Trust TX$217,002 Trustee $6,228 $6,452 2023
Oregon Community Brokerages OR$217,743 Executive Director $114,852 $104,529 2025
Allpaths Family Building Inc MA$218,148 Executive Director $74,700 $69,522 2023
Dermatology Manager's Association GA$220,061 President $22,575 $22,834 2024
Dc Breastfeeding Coalition DC$220,372 President $4,500 $3,973 2024
Pharmacy For The Public Good Inc NY$220,847 Executive Di $16,500 $14,999 2024
Lowcountry Equine-assisted Psychotherapy SC$208,547 Executive Director $102,375 $110,613 2023
Vermont Donor Milk Center Inc VT$203,515 Executive Di $13,000 $13,552 2023
Keralty Compassionate Communities Inc FL$203,000 General Manager $147,674 $139,557 2024
Als United Inc OR$201,910 President $170,004 $154,724 2025
Danville Neca-ibew Electrical Jatc IL$228,990 Training Director $63,333 $64,486 2023
Fringe Public Health MD$200,125 Executive Dir. $15,600 $15,105 2023
Multiple Sclerosis Resources Of Central NY$229,479 Executive Director $76,059 $69,140 2024
Cek Rn Consulting Inc NY$231,720 Executive Director $101,900 $95,366 2023
Lansing Syringe Access Inc MI$233,783 President $4,583 $4,759 2024
Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona Inc AZ$195,195 Executive Director $36,504 $36,360 2023
Shade Of The Tree Gigstad IA$235,100 Ceopresident $72,400 $79,747 2024
E4 Project Inc CO$190,089 Cofounder/pr $67,000 $66,537 2023
Earl Youngs Team TX$239,567 Director $17,000 $17,107 2024
Columbus Regional Diagnostics NC$241,477 Ceo $51,560 $53,594 2024
Thriving4life Inc TN$183,897 President $85,000 $89,880 2024
Panhandle Forensic Nurse Specialists FL$246,282 Secretary $1,852 $1,750 2024
The Institute For Poetic Medicine CA$182,926 President/ceo $43,830 $38,074 2024
Wyoming Health Resources Network Inc WY$182,881 Executive Director $22,500 $24,237 2024
The Partnership For A Healthier Carroll MD$247,288 Director/exec Dir/president $10,737 $10,396 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Alicia Burns) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,000 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.