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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bumblebee Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452442151
CA · NTEE E86
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Heather S Donatini, Executive Director / CEO ($64,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 62 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Heather S Donatini — reported title “EX.DIR./SECR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

62 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 62 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,724 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,938 $64,500
$17,30810th
$56,09525th
$82,152Median
$106,27075th
$128,91290th
$64,500This org · 34th
p10$17,308
p25$56,095
p50$82,152
p75$106,270
p90$128,912
$64,500

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
Dream Day Foundation Inc LA$497,110 Executive Director $85,000 $108,392 2024
Game Day Memories CO$498,282 President $66,183 $75,664 2023
Healing Hoof Steps Corporation FL$487,946 Ceo $49,080 $53,395 2024
Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund PA$483,691 Executive Director $87,000 $100,474 2024
Care Fund AZ$483,071 Executive Di $114,045 $127,017 2024
Power For Parkinsons TX$480,850 Executive Director/ex-officio Board Chair $85,000 $101,376 2023
Blue Skies Ministries Inc GA$521,602 Director $120,960 $140,849 2024
Patrick Place-a Comfort Care Home Inc NY$465,622 House Director $43,182 $45,189 2024
Parents And Friends Of Children AR$465,334 Executive Director $114,680 $153,692 2023
Aunt Susie's Cancer Wellness Center OH$464,586 President & Ceo (Began Aug 2024) $5,292 $6,491 2024
Victory Gallop Inc OH$523,717 Co-exec. Dir $82,038 $100,626 2024
Brain Treatment Foundation TX$524,918 Chairman $72,917 $84,470 2024
Ronald Mcdonald House Trust Fund KY$457,279 Chief Executive Officer $31,964 $39,770 2024
Hospital Hospitality House Of MI$531,457 Executive Di $60,900 $72,796 2024
In The Pink Boutique Inc FL$455,848 Ceo & Direct $40,200 $43,734 2024
Kaitlyn's Cottage Inc OH$447,376 Trustee/ceo $14,012 $17,187 2024
Hanson House Foundation Inc CA$445,045 Executive Dir. $55,086 $56,713 2023
All Out Adventures Inc MA$548,035 Executive Director $102,467 $106,634 2024
Common Ground Society CA$438,922 $114,708 $111,751 2025
Sobriety Foundation UT$436,521 Advocate $12,734 $15,093 2024
Open Arts Alliance Inc CT$435,833 Executive Dir. $3,846 $4,069 2025
The Ashley Lauren Foundation Inc NJ$552,324 Executive Director $38,000 $39,291 2024
The Holiday Heroes Foundation Inc IL$433,342 Executive Di $82,500 $93,928 2024
Children Of Bellevue Inc NY$419,084 Executive Director Until 10/2024 $148,058 $154,938 2024
Neuroendocrine Cancer Foundation CA$418,963 Director, Executive Director, Treasurer $82,016 $82,016 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 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 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Heather S Donatini) 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 62 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E86), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,500 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.