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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Bee Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471133312
PA · NTEE H12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erin Kreszl, Executive Director / CEO ($48,333) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Erin Kreszl — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,786 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,698 $48,333
$27,40410th
$45,13225th
$64,573Median
$96,43375th
$134,55490th
$48,333This org · 32nd
p10$27,404
p25$45,132
p50$64,573
p75$96,433
p90$134,554
$48,333

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
Jb's Keys To Dmd Inc MA$415,859 President $48,000 $43,253 2024
The Broach Foundation For Brain Cancer Research TX$428,451 Executive Director $52,000 $52,160 2024
All Sports Foundation Inc AZ$405,009 Ceo $88,962 $85,794 2024
Gootter-jensen Foundation AZ$439,555 Vice President $6,000 $5,786 2024
Foundation For Physical Medicine IL$398,965 Executive Director $27,886 $27,491 2024
Dubai Harvard Foundation For MA$447,941 Executive Director $69,603 $64,573 2023
Rock County Cancer Coalition Inc WI$388,662 Executive Di $73,148 $76,605 2024
Emily Whitehead Foundation PA$369,089 President $12,000 $12,354 2023
Team Bright Side Inc IL$368,815 Vice President $27,000 $27,404 2023
St Louis Life Sciences Project MO$479,877 President/secretary/treasu $201,834 $220,698 2023
Knox Martin Foundation GA$488,266 President/ce $90,000 $93,425 2023
Solving Kids' Cancer Inc NY$333,401 Former Exec $157,018 $142,279 2024
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Inc CA$332,179 President $120,000 $103,908 2024
The Ryan Anthony Foundation TX$331,591 Exec. Dir./p $48,000 $49,571 2023
Childrens Skin Disease Foundation CA$331,103 Executive Dir. $54,966 $47,595 2024
New England Parkinsons Ride NH$330,154 Executive Director $108,500 $100,463 2024
Dragonheart Vermont Inc VT$516,116 Former Exec Dir $30,973 $31,262 2024
Larry Burkett Foundation Inc GA$309,567 Ceo $36,000 $36,298 2024
Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation CA$302,891 Executive Director $96,000 $83,126 2024
Light Of Day Foundation Inc NJ$538,469 Executive Director $51,000 $47,010 2023
Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation Inc NY$543,625 Executive Director $60,000 $55,974 2023
Caroline Symmes Inc IN$290,676 President $8,333 $8,812 2024
Connecticut Challenge Inc CT$549,831 Ceo $193,963 $187,753 2023
Albie Aware Inc CA$288,875 Executive Director $111,546 $99,440 2023
The Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer AL$284,799 Executive Director $79,417 $88,577 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Erin Kreszl) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (H12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,333 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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 10, 2026.