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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chris Norton Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460831711
IA · NTEE E128
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Norton, Executive Director / CEO ($14,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,360 total compensation of comparable organizations → $135,366 $14,400
$10,88310th
$24,49725th
$50,018Median
$65,55475th
$91,52590th
$14,400This org · 14th
p10$10,883
p25$24,497
p50$50,018
p75$65,554
p90$91,525
$14,400

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
Indian River County Medical Society FL$259,400 Executive Di $64,958 $55,732 2024
Hillcrest Health Foundation TX$250,580 Dir/interim Pres/ceo (Thru 1/5) $35,499 $32,431 2024
Richmond Community Services NY$276,866 President/ceo $63,618 $52,503 2024
Wheel To Walk Foundation OR$276,972 Vp $59,000 $50,040 2024
The Yaya Foundation For 4h Leukodystophy MN$284,117 Executive Director $150,000 $135,366 2024
Unspoken Treasure Society Inc FL$285,484 President $82,214 $70,537 2024
Hospice Help Foundation NH$230,554 Executive Di $63,748 $53,759 2024
Giving Is A Family Tradition MO$292,945 Executive Di $42,000 $40,627 2024
Westfields Hospital Foundation Inc MN$293,816 Director & President $64,799 $60,204 2023
The Julie Fund Inc MA$293,973 Executive Di $60,000 $49,242 2024
Newberry County Hospital Foundation Inc SC$224,812 Vice-chair $9,645 $9,190 2024
Adams County Medical Foundation Inc OH$222,998 Exec Director $79,558 $76,958 2024
Center For Healthy Development VA$298,921 Ceo/president/treasurer $92,232 $81,333 2024
Anderson Hospital Foundation IL$303,645 Director $54,685 $49,100 2024
The Parachute Foundation MN$216,984 President $26,366 $24,497 2023
Bridge To A Cure Foundation Inc FL$216,743 Executive Director $14,000 $12,012 2024
Stroke Awareness Oregon OR$216,611 Executive Director $44,897 $39,203 2023
Imperial Valley Wellness Foundation CA$314,537 Executive Director $128,140 $98,450 2025
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-nampa ID$317,603 Development Officer $15,885 $15,889 2023
The Chandler Project Inc AR$320,872 President $70,500 $74,512 2023
Van Sciver Corporation NJ$200,632 President & Ceo $59,580 $50,018 2023
District 7 Hospital Emergency Planning IN$197,219 Non-voting Treasurer/fisca $54,158 $52,161 2024
Lawndale Christian Supporting IL$194,660 President $17,947 $16,114 2024
Beacon Hill Foundation MI$330,185 President & Ceo & Trustee $24,270 $22,879 2024
Tsf Incorporated DE$183,778 President $44,200 $40,694 2023

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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Terry Norton) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,400 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.