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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Griefcare Place Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311531471
OH · NTEE Z99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Costello Bulgrin, Executive Director / CEO ($4,248) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$288 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,430 $4,248
$4,62810th
$9,84425th
$26,471Median
$55,12675th
$74,21990th
$4,248This org · 11th
p10$4,628
p25$9,844
p50$26,471
p75$55,126
p90$74,219
$4,248

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 OH 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
Boardwalk Estates Inc KS$95,991 Exec Directo $5,992 $6,112 2024
Liberty Place Inc KS$95,020 Exec Directo $5,992 $6,112 2024
Seagoville Senior Citizens Home Inc TX$93,632 Secretary $29,238 $27,614 2024
The Tracking Project Inc NM$102,612 President $53,500 $54,329 2024
Whit Davis Memorial Center Inc AR$92,958 Executive Director $21,642 $23,646 2023
Dauphin Island Foundation AL$91,410 Assistant Sec.&trea. $14,560 $14,469 2025
Sjfb Foundation For Agricultural CA$104,648 Executive Director $10,482 $8,798 2023
Donnie Moore Ministries Inc CA$90,842 President $15,000 $12,590 2023
Astoria Senior Center OR$89,820 Executive Director $52,354 $45,904 2024
Hebrew Free Loan Of New Jersey Inc NJ$89,472 Assistant Treasurer $34,638 $30,061 2023
1010 Development Corporation CA$107,993 President & Ceo $150,000 $122,291 2024
Unfettered Mind CA$87,014 Executive Director $41,161 $33,558 2024
Columbia Arms Inc NJ$109,494 Chairman $66,600 $56,142 2024
Mennonite Bethesda Society Endowment Foundation Inc KS$82,800 Ceo/treas/sec $11,483 $11,713 2024
Eastern Morrison County 4 Wheeler Club Inc MN$82,610 Pres. $500 $466 2024
The Edward C Smith Civic Center Of NC$113,465 Executive Director $70,000 $66,529 2025
Twin Falls School District 411 ID$113,885 Executive Di $40,000 $40,175 2024
Shdc No 1 Inc HI$114,788 Exec. Director/asst. Secretary $12,721 $11,071 2023
Los Gatos Lions Charities Inc CA$114,953 Secretary/treas $3,000 $2,446 2024
Storyline Inc NY$115,579 Executive Di $85,000 $74,661 2023
Hospitality Maine Education ME$79,145 Secretary $18,774 $17,749 2024
Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra CA$77,408 Conductor & Music Director $11,050 $9,009 2024
A & M Sports Academy Inc NY$118,721 Director $23,000 $20,202 2023
Pathfinder Plaza Inc AR$76,877 Executive Director $21,642 $23,646 2023
Politics & Society Inc NC$76,484 Secretary $36,621 $34,805 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2024 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 OH 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Rebecca Costello Bulgrin) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,248 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.