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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Global Cancer Institute Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461708378
NJ · NTEE G30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carolyn Ricci, Executive Director / CEO ($151,891) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 43 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

43 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 43 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,126 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,593 $151,891
$10,78510th
$20,09625th
$36,182Median
$58,35075th
$85,00390th
$151,891This org · 95th
p10$10,785
p25$20,096
p50$36,182
p75$58,350
p90$85,003
$151,891

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 NJ 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
Hope For Tomorrow Community HI$76,896 Cfo $16,739 $16,785 2023
Cirs Project CO$73,000 President $10,000 $10,431 2024
The Myasthenia Gravis Association PA$79,181 Ed/ Director $44,992 $50,253 2023
Friends Of Trtf TX$72,116 Chairman And Ceo $19,586 $21,314 2024
Vlr Foundation MN$71,744 Ceo Vision L $11,352 $12,203 2024
St Louis Society For The Blind MO$71,200 President An $156,732 $180,593 2024
Survive A Stroke Foundation WA$70,472 Director $6,580 $6,409 2024
Songs & Smiles TX$81,482 Executive Director $46,800 $49,617 2025
Mercy Outreach Ministries Inc OH$81,579 Executive Director $16,318 $19,358 2023
Central Coast Autism Spectrum CA$82,229 Executive Director $24,200 $22,734 2024
Heart Disease Research Institute AZ$82,826 President $26,175 $27,385 2024
Bakes For Breast Cancer Inc MA$85,248 President $6,000 $5,866 2024
Spina Bifida Association Of Arizona AZ$86,223 Executive Director $47,846 $50,058 2024
Melanoma Education Foundation Inc MA$88,728 President $14,000 $13,686 2024
Trisomy 18 Support Inc MI$90,139 Executive Director $50,160 $54,872 2025
Connecticut Coalition For Organ And CT$90,661 Executive Director $70,000 $71,401 2024
Kidneys Quest Foundation Inc CA$61,198 President $20,488 $19,815 2023
Cleveland-rutherford Kidney Association NC$91,389 Controller $59,500 $66,883 2024
Austens Autistic Adventures TX$91,730 Director $18,725 $20,377 2024
Institute For Basic And MN$60,120 Executive Director $90,000 $99,604 2023
Autism-aspergers Support Inc IN$58,180 Secretary/tr $17,266 $19,809 2024
Vista Del Sol CA$58,076 Executive Director $26,967 $26,081 2023
Kidney Foundation Of Ohio - Group Return OH$58,008 Executive Director $24,194 $28,701 2023
Hand-n-hand Of Northeast Wi WI$57,977 President/tr $28,999 $32,947 2024
Neurorecovery Learning Inc KY$57,728 Director $74,152 $86,669 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ cost of living and 2023 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 NJ 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Carolyn Ricci) 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 43 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $151,891 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.