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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Amphibian Ark

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461453272
MN · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Brunner, Executive Director / CEO ($58,711) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 199 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rebecca Brunner — reported title “PROGRAM OFFICER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

199 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 199 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$784 total compensation of comparable organizations → $299,888 $58,711
$6,33710th
$22,34225th
$39,019Median
$64,37575th
$96,31690th
$58,711This org · 69th
p10$6,337
p25$22,342
p50$39,019
p75$64,375
p90$96,316
$58,711

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 MN 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
Illinois Counseling Association Foundation IL$235,273 Executive Director $64,375 $64,050 2024
Sfi Foundation Inc PA$234,767 President/ceo $31,382 $31,672 2024
My Brother's Keeper International TN$234,449 President $35,627 $39,019 2023
Building Blocks Foundation OH$233,269 Executive Director $39,134 $41,948 2024
First Responders 1st NC$233,020 Executive Director $120,708 $126,224 2024
Velocity Entrepreneurial Drive CA$239,741 Executive Di $110,000 $98,967 2023
The Sumner Station Foundation NJ$240,014 President & Treasurer $135,147 $122,116 2024
Full Circle Fund CA$232,350 Executive Dir. $54,687 $49,202 2023
Infinite Family NY$232,148 President And Ceo $87,921 $82,779 2023
The Jadyn Fred Fund MT$240,925 Executive Director $26,532 $29,799 2023
Freedom Project Network MS$231,398 Executive Director $39,230 $44,218 2024
Ted Lindsay Foundation MI$242,028 President $24,000 $25,070 2024
Hamblen County Foundation For TN$230,307 Executive Director $30,000 $31,914 2024
70x7 Foundation Inc GA$242,895 Executive Dir. $51,667 $52,575 2024
Creating Caring Communities CA$229,516 Executive Director $22,953 $20,058 2024
Blaze Credit Union Foundation MN$244,151 Ceo - Credit Union $47,218 $47,218 2024
Biletnikoff Foundation CA$244,689 Executive Direc $73,500 $64,231 2024
Light Of Life Performing Arts PA$245,294 Board Chair $30,105 $30,383 2024
Saving Grace K9s NC$245,382 Director $24,000 $25,838 2023
South Carolina Federal Credit Union SC$246,692 Executive Director $58,801 $63,916 2023
Virgil Abloh Foundation NY$225,540 Executive Director $53,125 $48,583 2024
The Woody Foundation Inc FL$248,584 Vice President $28,498 $27,094 2024
Families Matter Food Pantry Inc PA$223,699 Board Member $21,600 $22,443 2023
Vision Hudson Valley NY$223,450 Director $80,000 $75,321 2023
Tibetan Children's Education Foundation MT$249,530 Executive Director $48,000 $53,911 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Rebecca Brunner) 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 199 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,711 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.