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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Believe In Dreams

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471382653
OH · NTEE T12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Eichenauer, Executive Director / CEO ($53,623) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 52 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

52 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 52 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,285 total compensation of comparable organizations → $359,532 $53,623
$9,95410th
$29,78925th
$57,266Median
$84,00675th
$110,57790th
$53,623This org · 46th
p10$9,954
p25$29,789
p50$57,266
p75$84,006
p90$110,577
$53,623

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 OH 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
Sam's Fans OH$489,907 Executive Di $32,917 $32,917 2024
Dan And Ellen Zelman Family Foundation OH$491,873 Treasurer Thru 11/18/2022 $40,331 $41,522 2023
Simama International CA$498,098 Director $48,500 $40,709 2023
The Vecna Cares Charitable Trust MA$480,181 Executive Director $127,167 $111,079 2023
Dan Pastorini Charity TX$463,541 Executive Director $80,875 $76,382 2024
Walking For Kids Foundation MS$461,650 President $30,000 $31,546 2024
The Reece Foundation Corp NY$461,599 Executive Director $49,020 $43,057 2023
Goodwill Industries Foundation Of OH$459,918 President/ceo $22,151 $22,805 2023
Central Washington Catholic Foundation WA$457,811 Executive Director $87,846 $74,257 2024
Los Charros Foundation Inc AZ$456,609 Executive Director $27,000 $24,516 2024
Warwick Education Foundation PA$527,086 Executive Director $35,000 $33,927 2023
The Link Of Northern Kandiyohi County MN$449,690 Executive Dir. $60,000 $55,976 2024
Action For Autism MO$530,494 Executive Di $58,000 $59,713 2023
Curegrin Foundation CO$538,540 Ceo $80,000 $72,426 2024
Little Warrior Foundation Inc WI$436,622 Secretary $9,000 $8,874 2024
Vibrant Places Inc FL$428,506 Dir., Secretary $143,473 $127,254 2024
The Jordan Porco Foundation CT$427,562 Executive Director (Until 8/2024) $104,149 $92,197 2024
Russian Leadership Ministries IL$425,671 President $51,100 $48,832 2023
Avenues For Autism OH$422,752 Executive Di $100,000 $100,000 2024
Hopkins Education Foundation MN$421,739 Executive Director $59,000 $53,624 2025
Nehemiah Charitable Fund CA$419,513 Ceo $103,320 $84,234 2024
Sobel Family Supporting Foundation Inc NJ$418,402 Treasurer/assistant Secretary $49,655 $43,095 2023
Urban Family Sports Inc FL$568,493 Executive Director $100,000 $88,696 2024
Down Syndrome Alliance Of The Midlands NE$569,042 Executive Director $80,279 $83,930 2023
Jacobs Well Inc IN$408,480 Director $14,000 $13,939 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Katie Eichenauer) 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 52 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,623 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.