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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Priest River Animal Rescue Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431955620
ID · NTEE D20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Barbara Grover, Executive Director / CEO ($16,103) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 425 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Barbara Grover — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

425 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 425 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,307 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,954 $16,103
$9,30010th
$20,05725th
$37,863Median
$55,60875th
$72,39390th
$16,103This org · 20th
p10$9,300
p25$20,057
p50$37,863
p75$55,608
p90$72,393
$16,103

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 ID 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
Atlanta Animal Rescue Friends Inc GA$332,991 Executive Director / Ceo $58,900 $57,316 2023
Wags & Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc FL$333,600 President $28,400 $25,080 2024
Minnesota Humane Society MN$333,757 Executive Di $60,000 $57,378 2023
Help The Animals Inc IN$333,988 Director Ex $34,100 $33,804 2024
New England Old English Sheepdog Rescue MA$331,686 Treasurer $3,062 $2,587 2024
Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society IL$331,630 President $63,635 $60,547 2023
People For Pets IA$331,196 Executive Dir. $43,741 $45,022 2024
Dog Orphans Inc MA$336,929 Manager $66,662 $56,312 2024
Pawsitive Restoration Animal Rescue CO$328,680 Executive Director $97,200 $87,614 2024
Ruff House Rescue Inc NY$337,422 President $117,300 $99,640 2024
Humane Society Of Whitley County I IN$328,503 Director $45,935 $46,882 2023
Humane Society Serving Crawford OH$337,579 Shelter Dire $52,888 $54,213 2023
Ayres Memorial Animal Shelter Inc NY$337,638 Treasurer $2,400 $2,099 2023
Prattvilleautauga Humane Shelter AL$337,825 Executive Director $27,663 $28,093 2024
No Time To Spare Animal Rescue & MO$328,202 President $34,397 $35,259 2023
Free Flight CA$337,862 Executive Dir. $25,184 $20,442 2024
Second Chance Farm TX$338,118 President $36,000 $33,852 2024
Orcas Animal Protection Society WA$327,485 Executive Director $72,335 $60,879 2024
Down The Stretch Ranch WA$338,727 Executive Director $72,573 $62,883 2023
Committed Alliance To Strays Inc OR$338,821 Executive Director $39,520 $35,519 2023
The Mosby Foundation VA$325,983 Executive Di $42,000 $38,121 2024
Guayabo Animal Rescue Fdn Inc FL$325,962 Executive Di $48,000 $42,388 2024
Jay County Humane Society Inc IN$325,350 Consultant/director $33,846 $33,552 2024
Crooked Tail Cat Rescue NC$342,013 President $47,966 $46,590 2024
Pet Assistance Foundation CA$323,505 Director $16,187 $13,139 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Barbara Grover) 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 425 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,103 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.