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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Haines Animal Rescue Kennel

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311748166
AK · NTEE D20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stacey Clark, Executive Director / CEO ($44,710) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 131 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

131 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 131 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,524 total compensation of comparable organizations → $587,231 $44,710
$5,59410th
$11,35125th
$26,318Median
$42,08275th
$63,90090th
$44,710This org · 78th
p10$5,594
p25$11,351
p50$26,318
p75$42,082
p90$63,900
$44,710

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 AK 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
Ark Incorporated AL$143,433 Executive Director $6,202 $7,008 2023
Wolf Paws Inc TN$147,379 President / Director $45,000 $49,476 2023
Southport Oak Island Animal Rescue NC$141,617 Manager $33,943 $36,684 2023
Finding Shelter Inc PA$141,215 President $17,680 $18,442 2023
Rescued Pets Are Wonderful MN$149,734 Director/president $36,660 $36,802 2024
Last Chance For Arkansas Animals AR$138,931 Executive Director $3,400 $3,997 2023
Owl Moon Raptor Center Inc MD$138,761 Officer $33,600 $31,914 2024
League For Animal Protection Inc VA$152,059 Executive Director/cfo $66,152 $66,809 2023
Borderland Humane Society MN$138,141 Facility Man $7,353 $7,382 2024
Creative Acres Inc CO$138,016 President $3,800 $3,702 2024
Nevada County Pets In Need CA$153,566 Director $36,885 $32,359 2024
Medina Raptor Center OH$136,782 Exec Directo $35,513 $38,214 2024
Kentucky Lab Rescue Inc KY$136,780 President $5,400 $6,068 2023
Alley Animals Inc MD$136,481 President $17,225 $17,534 2022
Rowena Wildlife Clinic OR$136,292 President/secretary $6,260 $6,081 2023
Crawford County Humane Society IL$134,467 President $30,380 $30,343 2024
Because Animals Matter UT$134,071 Adoption Man $27,301 $29,226 2023
Therapy Dogs Of Santa Barbara Inc CA$133,863 $39,897 $35,001 2024
Humane Society Of Moab Valley UT$133,487 Executive Di $58,044 $60,355 2024
Divine Canines TX$133,127 Executive Director $62,877 $63,900 2024
Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund NC$132,488 Executive Director $9,280 $9,742 2024
Vets To Vets United Inc NC$158,379 Executive Di $38,502 $41,612 2023
Sixteen Hands Horse Sanctuary Inc FL$158,857 President $11,232 $10,720 2024
Animal Rescue Front Inc MA$131,104 Executive Director $58,600 $55,080 2023
Happy Paws Foundation TN$159,943 Director $29,664 $32,614 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AK 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 AK 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Stacey Clark) 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 131 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,710 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.