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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pawsitivity

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471446634
MN · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Coleman, Executive Director / CEO ($31,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 201 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Julie Coleman — reported title “Acting Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

201 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 201 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$614 total compensation of comparable organizations → $99,382 $31,400
$11,35510th
$27,18425th
$50,152Median
$66,48675th
$78,76090th
$31,400This org · 31st
p10$11,355
p25$27,184
p50$50,152
p75$66,486
p90$78,760
$31,400

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
Asi Boise Inc MN$218,621 President/treasurer $68,006 $68,006 2024
Family Promise Of Cobb County GA$219,831 Executive Director $55,254 $57,886 2023
In His Light Inc OH$220,081 President $89,670 $98,956 2023
Nami Geauga County OH$220,116 Exec Dir -Ex $58,096 $62,273 2024
The Meeting Place One Inc NC$217,177 Executive Director $59,917 $64,506 2023
Women Of Hope Resource Center Inc NJ$216,954 Acting Treasurer $60,060 $55,872 2023
The No Woman No Girl Initiative NC$220,833 Executive Di $49,000 $52,752 2023
Journey To Adult Success Inc WI$221,178 Executive Di $48,050 $50,785 2024
Bethany Place Inc GA$221,413 President $24,000 $24,422 2024
Jeremiah's Crossing Inc WI$221,533 Exec. Dir./s $2,250 $2,448 2023
Greek Orthodox Housing Corporation CA$222,266 Chief Executive Officer $1,500 $1,311 2024
Wisconsibs Inc WI$222,412 Former Ed $73,478 $77,661 2024
Cook Inclusive Company CO$222,735 Founder/executive Director $39,385 $39,348 2023
A Place To Belong MN$223,096 Executive Director $52,660 $54,215 2023
Sli Mclaughlin House Inc MA$223,334 President $30,225 $26,779 2025
K9 Care Montana Inc MT$214,069 President $72,000 $78,545 2024
Northern California Peoples Advocate CA$223,661 President $66,000 $59,380 2023
After Military Service TX$223,677 Founder, President And Ceo $48,000 $50,028 2023
Erikas Closet NC$213,804 President $47,021 $49,170 2024
Pawsitive Perspectives MN$224,142 Exec. Dir/se $73,399 $71,507 2025
Teen Talking Circles WA$213,038 Executive Director $92,367 $83,692 2024
Girls Incorporated Foundation Trust NY$224,516 Executive Di $16,316 $14,921 2024
Asi - Stillwater Inc MN$224,910 President/tr $68,006 $66,253 2025
Autism Health Insurance Project Inc CA$225,306 President/program Director $91,250 $82,098 2023
Life Has No Boundaries Co IN$225,462 Executive Director $60,000 $65,926 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 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 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Julie Coleman) 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 201 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,400 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.