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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sickle Cell 101

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464141467
CA · NTEE G01
FY ending 2023-11-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cassandra Trimnell Ehrlich, Executive Director / CEO ($38,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 352 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

352 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 352 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$843 total compensation of comparable organizations → $375,834 $38,800
$21,51910th
$44,22525th
$75,559Median
$100,34575th
$129,93090th
$38,800This org · 22nd
p10$21,519
p25$44,225
p50$75,559
p75$100,345
p90$129,930
$38,800

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 CA 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
Fatty Liver Foundation ID$349,373 Executive Director $112,000 $134,020 2024
Autism Project Inc MD$348,170 Director $95,723 $103,639 2023
Society For Education In Anesthesia WI$350,940 Director (Thru Nov 2023) $1,000 $1,209 2023
Sarah's House Of Maine ME$351,019 Executive Di $64,500 $74,796 2023
Better Vision Better Hope TX$347,733 President $30,000 $33,756 2024
Oral Cancer Foundation Hill NM$347,299 President $70,000 $84,689 2024
Michigan Institute Of Urology Men's MI$347,122 Executive Director $75,000 $89,650 2023
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis KY$352,401 Co-founder Executive Director $71,000 $85,804 2024
Fxb Usa Inc NY$346,549 Program Strategy & Innovation $120,000 $121,973 2024
The National Witness Project Inc NY$352,895 Executive Director $70,000 $73,253 2023
Servants For Sight SC$353,090 Executive Director $65,000 $76,277 2024
Well Being Development MN$345,334 Executive Director $28,700 $31,900 2024
Medical Fitness Education Foundation CA$344,102 Ceo $100,000 $97,131 2024
Sawyers Wish OH$343,750 Director Of Developement $81,571 $100,053 2023
Down For Dance CA$355,570 Artistic Director/board Member $63,898 $62,065 2024
Mcore Foundation OH$342,160 Executive Di $75,338 $92,408 2023
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative Inc CT$357,422 Executive Dir. $81,089 $85,523 2024
Family Dental Care UT$357,530 President/treasurer $27,684 $32,813 2023
Tdiforaccess Inc DE$357,908 Ceo (July-de $89,249 $101,203 2023
Chautauqua Blind Association Inc NY$340,650 Executive Director $73,548 $74,758 2024
Habilitation Information Vocation KY$340,605 President & Ceo $34,877 $42,148 2024
Legacy Of Hope PA$340,430 President $62,500 $75,138 2022
Houses With Hope Inc NM$358,792 President $35,346 $42,763 2024
Epilepsy Support Network CA$359,228 Executive Director $63,786 $63,786 2023
United Cerebral Palsy Of Central Florida FL$339,669 Director $8,927 $9,190 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Cassandra Trimnell Ehrlich) 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 352 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,800 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.