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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alliance For Contraception In Cats & Dogs

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 412185841
MI · NTEE D20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gary Evans, Executive Director / CEO ($110,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 420 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

420 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 420 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$125 total compensation of comparable organizations → $337,468 $110,000
$11,82110th
$24,73525th
$44,484Median
$61,37475th
$78,96090th
$110,000This org · 97th
p10$11,821
p25$24,735
p50$44,484
p75$61,374
p90$78,960
$110,000

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 MI 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
Friends Of Metro Animal Services Inc KY$453,895 Executive Director $42,294 $44,023 2024
Little Guild Of St Francis CT$452,636 Executive Director $110,000 $99,923 2024
Pet Central Helps IL$452,430 President $53,000 $58,435 2021
Thompson River Animal Care Shelter MT$452,210 Manager $39,540 $41,293 2024
Union County Humane Society OH$455,085 Director $64,615 $68,263 2023
Carver Scott County Humane Society MN$455,164 Former Executive Director $83,244 $79,691 2024
North Country Spca Inc NY$455,725 Executive Dir. $83,572 $73,164 2024
Bradys K9 Fund OH$451,323 President $49,410 $50,702 2024
Helping Hands Humane Society KS$450,922 Trustee $9,523 $10,262 2023
Merwin Memorial Free Clinic For MA$450,427 Treasurer $36,868 $32,098 2024
Progressive Animal Welfare Society WA$456,867 Executive Director $18,250 $16,298 2023
Catio Cat Lounge Inc TN$457,428 Secretary $6,133 $6,246 2024
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Inc MN$449,715 Executive Director $71,744 $68,682 2024
French Bulldog Rescue Network MA$449,069 Treasurer $5,000 $4,353 2024
Humane Animal Care Coalition Inc FL$458,692 President $11,000 $10,012 2024
Potters Angels Rescue Inc VT$448,227 Executive Dir. $2,500 $2,438 2024
Ric Obarrys Dolphin Project FL$447,609 President $60,300 $56,503 2023
Strength Of Shadow Dog Rescue Inc CA$447,518 Ceo $10,803 $9,038 2024
Peace 4 Animals TX$447,109 President & $150,000 $145,370 2024
Handover Rover AZ$446,799 Director $51,877 $48,336 2024
Bright Promises Foundation IL$461,402 Executive Director $109,992 $104,765 2024
Humane Society Of Moultrie And GA$445,336 Director Of $41,916 $40,832 2024
Barrio Dogs Inc TX$445,165 President $64,668 $62,672 2024
Cove Animal Rescue Corporation NY$444,436 Executive Director $26,612 $23,298 2024
Rawley Project OR$462,900 Executive Dir. $76,388 $68,727 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Gary Evans) 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 420 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $110,000 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.