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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Paws 4 Liberty Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 412171368
FL · NTEE P86
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donna Rainey, Executive Director / CEO ($41,318) against the 2000 closest of 3,936 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

3,936 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$275 total compensation of comparable organizations → $407,060 $41,318
$20,69710th
$44,92225th
$66,996Median
$90,53075th
$118,12290th
$41,318This org · 22nd
p10$20,697
p25$44,922
p50$66,996
p75$90,530
p90$118,122
$41,318

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 FL 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
Caring Counseling Ministries IL$498,355 Executive Dir. $57,713 $58,840 2025
Encore Studio For The Performing Arts Inc WI$498,463 Ceo $86,048 $95,660 2024
Herrin House Of Hope IL$498,258 Executive Dir. $52,424 $54,862 2024
Compassus Living Foundation Inc TN$498,227 Executive Director $60,955 $70,218 2023
The Thrift Shop Of Boston Inc MA$498,525 Manager $69,352 $66,339 2024
Cherishability OR$498,540 Executive Director $84,000 $85,490 2023
Uniting Communities Qalicb WA$498,552 Executive Dir. $4,385 $4,179 2024
The Clubs Thrift Store Inc MN$498,598 Manager $50,609 $53,232 2024
Community Spring Inc FL$497,960 Executive Director $68,500 $66,734 2025
Fox Families Care PA$497,906 Executive Dir. $54,600 $57,960 2024
Silicon Valley Jiaren Association CA$497,896 President $80,329 $76,018 2023
Infinite Possibilities Inc NC$498,893 Executive Director $94,584 $104,032 2024
Esteamed Coffee Inc NC$498,918 Executive Di $71,800 $78,972 2024
Essential Resource Consultants NV$497,758 Director $24,000 $25,608 2024
We Are One New Jersey Inc NJ$497,755 Trustee $6,300 $5,988 2024
People Of All Colors Succeed Organization MO$499,014 Executive Director - Founder $162,306 $188,397 2023
La Puerta Abierta Inc PA$497,590 Executive Di $79,000 $83,862 2024
Community Childrens Center CT$497,579 Executive Director $20,713 $20,140 2025
Maranatha Carlisle PA$499,268 President/ce $51,783 $54,970 2024
Neighborhood Outreach Connection SC$497,448 Executive Director $69,167 $76,811 2024
Victory Transformation Inc NY$497,444 Member $51,450 $50,952 2023
Starkville Pregnancy Care Center MS$497,435 Executive Director $70,987 $84,160 2024
Crush Athletics OR$497,327 Chief Exec Officer $4,000 $4,071 2023
Renew Recovery Cafe Inc FL$497,288 Executive Director $48,125 $48,125 2024
Project Sankofa Inc CA$497,251 Executive Dir. $128,565 $118,175 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Donna Rainey) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,318 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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 13, 2026.