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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wagging Tails Rescue

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464183063
NV · NTEE D99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jodi Simard, Executive Director / CEO ($72,230) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jodi Simard — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,794 total compensation of comparable organizations → $103,236 $72,230
$11,49810th
$16,80925th
$30,897Median
$73,05275th
$82,57590th
$72,230This org · 72nd
p10$11,498
p25$16,809
p50$30,897
p75$73,052
p90$82,575
$72,230

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 NV 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
Lucks Rescue Inc GA$326,475 President $10,385 $10,417 2024
Tailored Rides Equine Assisted Therapy Inc TX$327,165 Executive Director $18,950 $19,470 2023
Paws & Pals MO$329,954 Ceo $50,000 $54,393 2023
Hec Hooves Of Joy Inc WI$333,687 Treasurer $78,000 $83,668 2023
Animalluvr's Dream Rescue Inc FL$313,312 President $30,000 $30,133 2022
Norcal Bully Breed Rescue CA$309,542 President $103,670 $91,945 2023
Carson City Cares Inc NV$344,255 President $15,400 $15,855 2023
Connecticut For Animals Education Fund CT$300,593 Ceo $78,098 $73,052 2024
Petmatchmaker Rescue South TN$291,760 Director $19,210 $20,145 2024
Valley Animal Haven & Adoption Center CA$289,619 Mgr Kennel Opts $34,837 $30,897 2023
Michigan Doodle Rescue Connect MI$287,327 President $11,100 $11,768 2023
Fifty Shades Of Furr Inc MD$285,695 President $35,125 $32,761 2024
Ruth Steinert Memorial Spca PA$367,298 Shelter Mana $42,687 $42,468 2024
Cats Of San Bernardino CA$376,854 Vice President $86,565 $79,922 2022
Elder Pet Care CO$382,149 President $2,921 $2,794 2024
Palomacy Pigeon And Dove Adoptions CA$264,011 Executive Director $64,480 $55,547 2024
Vegan Hacktivists Inc MD$256,459 Treasurer/consultant $17,505 $16,809 2023
Mary Ann Morris Animal Society SC$255,671 President $58,615 $59,432 2025
Pawfect Life Rescue Inc MA$252,378 Vice Preside $33,114 $29,686 2024
4e Kennels Healing Hearts Inc NV$408,217 President $71,500 $73,612 2023
Hickory Nut Gap Farm Education Project Inc NC$240,127 Executive Director $15,000 $15,919 2023
The Bunny Museum CA$223,633 President $9,600 $8,270 2024
Humane Society Of Eastern Oregon OR$223,612 Executive Di $60,000 $55,587 2024
Nevada Wildlife Federation NV$221,756 Executive Dir. $84,480 $82,302 2025
Human-animal Alliance Inc FL$217,629 Exec Director; Treasurer & Secretary $80,000 $77,190 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Jodi Simard) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,230 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.