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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Firefly Sisterhood

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464874051
MN · NTEE G32
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Gallagher, Executive Director / CEO ($88,933) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 344 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

344 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 344 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$737 total compensation of comparable organizations → $328,437 $88,933
$16,04410th
$33,62825th
$63,889Median
$82,42375th
$108,91890th
$88,933This org · 82nd
p10$16,044
p25$33,628
p50$63,889
p75$82,423
p90$108,918
$88,933

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
Parkinson Association Of Central Florida Inc FL$295,008 Executive Director $75,000 $69,258 2024
Autism Care Today CA$294,338 Director $64,498 $56,364 2023
Race Cancer Foundation Inc MA$293,645 President And Director $45,000 $40,924 2023
Hemophilia And Bleeding Disorders Of Alabama Inc AL$297,938 Executive Director $84,231 $92,093 2023
Hemophilia Association Of The VA$292,950 Executive Director $76,378 $74,634 2023
Hope In View Inc IN$298,684 Coordinator $62,000 $64,271 2024
Louvenia D Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia Foundatio SC$298,707 Community Engagement Coordinator $46,693 $47,883 2024
International Association Of Oral And IL$291,999 Executive Director $26,531 $26,397 2023
The Cancer Care Fund Of CT$291,325 Executive Dir. $6,522 $6,011 2024
Sisters' Hope Foundation PA$300,085 President $66,412 $65,102 2024
Montana Youth Diabetes Alliance Inc MT$290,742 Executive Director $18,876 $20,001 2024
Rock From The Heart MN$290,379 President $2,000 $1,943 2024
Beth C Wright Cancer Resource ME$289,375 Executive Di $66,000 $64,964 2024
Shwachman-diamond Syndrome Alliance Inc MA$288,814 President $80,000 $72,754 2023
Vision Outreach International Inc MI$303,002 Executive Director $89,898 $93,906 2023
Stroke Awareness Foundation CA$287,276 Executive Dir. $137,105 $116,377 2024
North Carolina Neurological Society NC$303,787 Executive Director $5,137 $5,372 2023
The Nightbirde Foundation OH$286,921 Ceo & Chairman $103,847 $111,313 2023
Ovarcome Non-profit Inc TX$286,812 President & Founder $82,500 $81,122 2024
Georgia Vascular Society Inc NY$305,000 Executive Director $50,000 $44,414 2024
The Isaac Foundation WA$285,953 Executive Dir. $48,479 $42,665 2024
Fellows Forum Inc FL$285,404 Chairman $2,000 $1,901 2023
Cancer Navigators Inc GA$284,637 Foundation D $19,534 $19,308 2024
Community For Autism And Motor Planning AZ$306,925 Interim Executive Director $23,111 $22,494 2023
Camp Rising Sun Inc CT$307,278 Executive Dir. $31,979 $30,345 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 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 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Amy Gallagher) 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 344 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,933 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.