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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fuse Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454765019
AL · NTEE P12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ann-brooks Morrissette, Executive Director / CEO ($67,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ann-brooks Morrissette — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$515 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,512 $67,500
$16,20510th
$26,19025th
$56,600Median
$89,56575th
$120,55990th
$67,500This org · 59th
p10$16,205
p25$26,190
p50$56,600
p75$89,565
p90$120,559
$67,500

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 AL 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
Chicago Foundlings Home IL$473,561 Program Director $12,000 $11,242 2023
F3 Foundation Inc NC$465,968 Executive Di $176,277 $168,596 2024
Just Heart Foundation Inc GA$483,662 President $75,528 $72,371 2023
Foundation For Essential Needs MN$456,604 Executive Director $91,843 $84,003 2024
Inspired Hearts And Hands Inc PA$489,376 President $56,100 $53,314 2023
Wayne County Children's Advocacy OH$489,972 Executive Director $73,028 $71,596 2024
Scott J Beigel Memorial Fund Inc NY$453,343 Secretary $25,000 $20,911 2024
De Frente Al Alzheimer Inc PR$448,603 Executive Director $56,600 $56,600 2024
Freedom House Housing Development Fund NY$448,117 Cpo Through 12/22 Ceo Effective 1/23 $33,041 $28,453 2023
Operation Hope Inc NY$446,019 Executive Director $40,916 $34,223 2024
Saturate WA$445,270 Executive D $210,396 $179,512 2023
El Portal De Belen Foundation NY$440,877 Treasurer $16,350 $14,080 2023
Village2village Project Inc IN$505,317 Executive Director $99,090 $96,726 2024
Georgia's Own Foundation Inc GA$431,364 Executive $30,785 $28,652 2024
Soar Special Needs KS$430,497 Executive Director $500 $515 2023
Strike Force 421 Inc FL$426,176 Program Director $18,750 $16,304 2024
Hcso Charities Inc FL$425,105 President $51,968 $48,431 2022
Bra Couture Kc MO$525,972 Executive Director $90,000 $88,235 2024
Staffserve PA$415,353 Executive Director $18,430 $17,012 2024
Jack Trottier Foundation Inc MA$535,098 Executive Dir. $70,000 $58,226 2024
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc MA$406,582 President/director $5,000 $4,282 2023
Hoh Share Inc WV$401,586 Executive Di $32,000 $32,071 2024
True Justice International Inc NC$543,209 Executive Director $87,012 $83,221 2024
Flockfest Events Inc FL$394,952 President $65,000 $56,522 2024
Adk Spay And Neuter Corp NY$549,513 Exec Dir / Pres $140,000 $120,559 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Ann-brooks Morrissette) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,500 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.