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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Paws And Affection Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463358115
PA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laura O'kane, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 217 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Laura O'kane — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

217 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 217 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$608 total compensation of comparable organizations → $98,473 $30,000
$11,82210th
$28,06625th
$51,157Median
$67,03775th
$82,49990th
$30,000This org · 27th
p10$11,822
p25$28,066
p50$51,157
p75$67,037
p90$82,499
$30,000

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 PA 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
Dig Furniture Bank PA$236,840 Executive Director $18,000 $18,532 2023
Eastside Friends Of Seniors WA$237,997 Executive Dir $80,792 $72,534 2024
Assumption Community Services Inc MN$235,205 Director Of Finance (Jan-nov) $27,512 $28,066 2023
Honoring Our Veterans WY$235,094 Executive Director $50,003 $53,693 2024
Launch Uganda OR$234,976 President $37,921 $35,313 2024
Keep The Change Incorporated VA$239,371 President/ceo/director $57,050 $59,200 2022
Farm To Fork CA$233,962 Esterline $33,001 $28,575 2024
The Penguin Project Foundation Inc IL$233,841 Ceo $33,500 $32,174 2025
Friends With Disabilities MI$233,467 President $29,520 $30,554 2024
Southside Senior Services Inc CA$242,246 Executive Director $50,175 $44,730 2023
New Start Inc MD$243,184 Admin Specialist $10,939 $10,255 2024
Azul - Fashion Art Design Inc FL$243,747 Founder & Ce $64,500 $60,761 2024
The Erika Whitmore Godwin Foundation CA$243,885 Founder & Ceo $101,246 $90,259 2023
The People Center Inc MI$243,932 Executive Di $53,663 $57,183 2023
Austin Pregnancy Resource Center TX$244,589 Ceo $84,000 $86,748 2023
Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Inc NY$244,799 Ceo $90,792 $82,270 2024
Highland Manor Apartments Inc NC$244,812 President $15,432 $15,990 2024
The Home Program Inc NY$228,605 Executive Di $65,579 $59,423 2024
Girls Growing Ii Women MI$245,156 President $54,100 $55,995 2024
Answer Scholarship Inc NC$245,334 Executive Dir. $37,433 $38,786 2024
Yokyworks Foundation WA$227,334 Secretary $11,925 $11,022 2023
Rock Haus Foundation TX$246,930 Admin Director $44,683 $46,145 2023
Harlem Pride Incorporated NY$246,990 President & Ceo $18,792 $17,531 2023
Elite Women Of Excellence GA$247,207 Executive Director/ceo $49,979 $51,881 2023
American Therapeutic Riding Center OK$225,730 Executive Director $62,400 $70,936 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Laura O'kane) 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 217 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.