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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Freedom Dogs

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 432106405
CA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Margaret R Poore, Executive Director / CEO ($133,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 287 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Margaret R Poore — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

287 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 287 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$721 total compensation of comparable organizations → $450,478 $133,900
$22,09410th
$47,66825th
$71,400Median
$94,43475th
$116,51790th
$133,900This org · 94th
p10$22,094
p25$47,668
p50$71,400
p75$94,434
p90$116,517
$133,900

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 CA 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
Jubilee Academy Inc SC$414,754 Executive Director $56,250 $71,818 2023
Snowbasin Adaptive Sports Education UT$415,071 Executive Di $77,561 $94,362 2024
Central Valley Community Resources Inc CA$413,385 Ceo $17,500 $18,494 2023
Working Against Violence For AK$413,255 Former Exec $41,499 $47,162 2024
Independent Connection Inc KS$412,810 Executive Director $90,196 $115,830 2024
Mission Working Dogs ME$416,336 Treasurer $54,000 $64,277 2024
Respite Care Foundation AL$412,457 Executive Direc $31,400 $40,325 2024
Refuge City TX$416,586 Ceo, Board M $113,750 $135,259 2024
My Sisters Closet Of Monroe County IN$412,234 Executive Dir. $41,867 $54,033 2023
I-58 Mission Inc GA$419,527 Executive Di $47,905 $58,949 2023
Independence 1st Owner Corp NY$419,699 Ceo $81,429 $87,467 2024
Inas Usa Cisl NY$408,646 Manager $155,017 $171,430 2023
Haase Community Connections Inc WI$407,275 Executive Di $61,009 $77,977 2023
Handi-dogs Inc AZ$407,188 President & Ceo $82,112 $96,644 2023
2nd Mile Ministries Inc FL$423,112 Executive Dir. $50,018 $55,855 2024
Dallas Hearing Foundation Inc TX$424,486 Development Director $105,600 $125,568 2024
Gotta Be Me Inc NE$425,775 Executive Dir. $66,000 $84,383 2024
Homeownership Center Inc WV$402,735 Executive Director $38,702 $49,812 2024
The Statewide Independent Living Council IL$402,673 Executive Director $65,140 $74,163 2025
Family Promise Of Southwest New Jersey NJ$401,491 Executive Dir. $68,654 $75,017 2023
Build Missouri Health MO$428,014 President & Ceo $24,284 $30,575 2024
Providence Village Of Rhode Island RI$428,180 Executive Dir. $83,204 $97,640 2023
Friends Of Transitions Guatemala CA$428,236 Chief Financial Officer $2,000 $2,053 2024
Bit Of Hope Ranch Inc NC$428,244 Executive Dir. $45,240 $55,566 2024
Widows And Orphans Of God Inc VA$400,299 Executive Dir. $21,300 $24,448 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2025 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 CA 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)96th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Margaret R Poore) 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 287 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $133,900 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.