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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Natures Edge Therapy Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 392036389
WI · NTEE E50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Becky Payne, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 62 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Becky Payne — reported title “Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

62 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 62 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$246 total compensation of comparable organizations → $119,688 $10,000
$15,99610th
$30,71925th
$55,339Median
$65,12375th
$78,19490th
$10,000This org · 6th
p10$15,996
p25$30,719
p50$55,339
p75$65,123
p90$78,194
$10,000

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 WI 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
Its My Life Inc PA$421,481 Ceo $31,384 $29,108 2024
Gaylord Farm Rehabilitation Center Inc CT$425,761 President & Ceo $20,785 $18,125 2024
High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding NY$432,029 Executiver Director $76,767 $64,517 2024
Horses With Hope Inc PA$401,660 Executive Director $65,001 $60,287 2024
Spurs Therapeutic Riding Center Inc SD$401,581 Executive Director $53,000 $56,008 2023
Vip Neurorehabilitation Center CA$400,040 Executive Di $69,167 $57,189 2023
Warrior Ranch Foundation Inc NY$395,902 President $21,650 $18,195 2024
Majestic Hills Ranch Foundation MN$451,868 Executive Di $57,885 $54,767 2023
Cassidy's Cause Therapeutic Riding KY$453,099 Exec Dir/secretary $42,266 $42,232 2024
Leaps And Sounds Pediatric Rehabilitation OH$385,091 Voting Member $66,060 $65,074 2024
Caring With Compassion Community WA$454,346 President $100,000 $83,268 2024
Sunflower Adult Day Services Inc KS$455,518 Executive Di $70,421 $72,847 2023
The Barn At Spring Brook Farm Inc PA$458,188 Vice Preside $1,710 $1,586 2024
Therapy Dogs International Inc NJ$380,069 President $140,000 $119,688 2023
Arise At Marshall Farms Inc NY$380,033 Ceo $18,310 $15,843 2023
Still Waters Equestrian Academy NE$459,592 Director $55,520 $55,538 2024
Association Of Occupational And DC$378,399 Executive Director $79,185 $64,626 2024
Hope To Walk Inc VA$376,619 Executive Di $49,718 $44,647 2024
Carrusel En La Sebastiana Corp PR$369,010 Executive Director $41,900 $41,900 2023
Easter Seals Southwest Florida FL$361,813 President & Ceo $15,453 $13,502 2024
Windhorse Equine Learning MT$358,139 Executive Director $55,000 $55,140 2024
The Arc Of Whatcom County WA$357,296 Executive Director $63,711 $54,618 2023
Warrior Salute Veteran Services Inc NY$490,596 Chief Executive Officer $24,419 $20,522 2024
Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project UT$347,236 Executive Dir. $62,500 $59,493 2024
Therapy And Counseling Services PA$346,088 Treasurer/clinical Director $41,769 $38,740 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Becky Payne) 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 62 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.