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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dubuque County Right To Life Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421270933
IA · NTEE R62
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Augustine J Payne, Executive Director / CEO ($91,527) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Augustine J Payne — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$14,787 total compensation of comparable organizations → $72,993 $91,527
$24,10610th
$35,18225th
$49,064Median
$57,65775th
$66,20090th
$91,527This org · 100th
p10$24,106
p25$35,182
p50$49,064
p75$57,657
p90$66,200
$91,527

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 IA 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
Dayton Right To Life Foundation OH$422,168 Executive Di $28,926 $27,981 2024
Life Care Pregnancy Center Inc NC$430,518 Executive Director $53,469 $50,457 2024
Friends Of The Unborn Inc MA$430,699 President/ D $69,843 $57,320 2024
Family Life Services Of Washtenaw County MI$431,746 Executive Director $59,209 $57,464 2023
Minnesota Right To Life MN$435,073 Executive Director $44,500 $40,159 2024
Toccoa Life Inc GA$438,925 Ceo $49,155 $45,139 2024
Wedignify IL$443,561 Executive Director $73,903 $66,356 2024
Cleveland Right To Life OH$389,849 Executive Di $75,459 $72,993 2024
Cincinnati Right To Life Educational OH$372,490 Exec. Director $61,254 $59,252 2024
Foundation To Abolish Abortion TX$358,394 President $26,466 $24,893 2023
Sav-a-life Tennessee Valley Inc AL$357,005 Executive Di $49,727 $49,064 2024
Right To Life Services Inc RI$352,570 Executive Director $26,518 $23,909 2023
Pennsylvania Pro-life Federation PA$341,464 Executive Dir. $16,236 $14,787 2024
Foundation For Life OH$332,197 Executive Dir. $58,088 $57,850 2023
Birthright Lake Inc OH$328,201 Executive Di $35,467 $35,322 2023
Family Advancement Ministries Inc GA$516,223 Executive Director $60,562 $57,257 2023
First Choice Pregnancy Resource Center WI$307,962 Executive Director $38,289 $37,599 2023
Beginnings Care For Life Center MI$306,496 Executive Director $47,433 $44,714 2024
Westside Pregnancy Center TX$297,310 Executive Director $26,000 $23,753 2024
Birthright Of Memphis Inc TN$542,757 Director $55,125 $52,920 2024
Pregnancy Support Services Inc NC$570,317 Executive Di $72,043 $67,985 2024
Daybreak Inc SC$587,907 Executive Director $36,778 $35,042 2024
Human Life Services Inc PA$621,655 Executive Director $72,000 $65,575 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Augustine J 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,527 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.