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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Camp Companion Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 320165702
MN · NTEE D20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michele Quandt, Executive Director / CEO ($53,669) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 424 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

424 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 424 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$128 total compensation of comparable organizations → $342,401 $53,669
$12,15310th
$26,70425th
$45,732Median
$62,86475th
$80,32790th
$53,669This org · 63rd
p10$12,153
p25$26,704
p50$45,732
p75$62,864
p90$80,327
$53,669

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 MN 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
Almost Home Animal Rescue League MI$476,413 President $55,900 $58,392 2023
Sunny Skys Animal Rescue And Hospital WA$475,506 President $27,942 $24,591 2024
Animal Refuge Foundation TX$475,195 Secretary $37,520 $36,894 2024
The Humane Society Of East Texas TX$479,258 Executive Di $1,500 $1,475 2024
Denkai Animal Sanctuary CO$480,162 President $34,747 $33,719 2023
All About Equine Animal Rescue Inc CA$473,172 President $18,000 $15,730 2023
Progressive Animal Welfare Society OH$481,137 Op. Man. Non $28,288 $29,451 2024
Macoupin County Adopt A Pet IL$472,529 Vp & Executive Director $23,400 $22,614 2024
Freedom For Great Apes Inc OR$472,184 Secretary $26,618 $25,016 2023
S Nipped OR$471,924 Vet Assist $39,076 $35,671 2024
Companion Animal Protection Society CA$471,804 President And Chair $52,176 $44,288 2024
Mustang Heritage Foundation TN$483,027 Interim Executive Director $88,747 $91,699 2024
Chequamegon Humane Association WI$470,331 Executive Di $47,898 $49,173 2024
Marion County Humane Society WV$484,308 Shelter Director $38,547 $39,969 2025
The Ferndale Cat Shelter MI$484,446 Executive Di $48,836 $49,550 2024
Second Chance Shelter AL$468,378 President $11,769 $12,867 2023
Primates Peru CA$485,879 Executive Director $128,154 $108,779 2024
Pennsylvania State Animal Response Team PA$467,730 Executive Director $44,508 $43,630 2024
Cozy Cat Cottage Adoption Center OH$486,692 Executive Di $51,950 $55,685 2023
New England Equine Rescue - North Inc MA$487,105 President $52,091 $46,014 2024
Alive Rescue Nfp IL$487,183 President $63,846 $63,523 2023
Horse Protection Association Of FL$465,948 President & $140,000 $133,101 2023
Sanaga-yong Chimpanzee Rescue OR$488,181 Exec Director/pres. $73,958 $67,513 2024
Alliance For The Earth NM$465,141 President $63,824 $67,479 2024
Karma Rescue CA$464,824 Executive Director $87,166 $76,173 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Michele Quandt) 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 424 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,669 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.