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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ric Obarrys Dolphin Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471665067
FL · NTEE D20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard O'barry, Executive Director / CEO ($60,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Richard O'barry — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,585 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,000 $60,300
$7,40510th
$13,32325th
$39,075Median
$47,75575th
$69,79990th
$60,300This org · 83rd
p10$7,405
p25$13,323
p50$39,075
p75$47,755
p90$69,799
$60,300

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 FL 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
Humane Animal Care Coalition Inc FL$458,692 President $11,000 $10,684 2024
Suncoast Primate Sanctuary Foundation Inc FL$431,256 Director $5,000 $4,857 2024
Horse Protection Association Of FL$465,948 President & $140,000 $140,000 2023
Florida Urgent Rescue FL$401,223 Executive Director $36,000 $36,000 2023
Humane Society At Lakewood Ranch Inc FL$494,430 Shelter Director $48,757 $47,358 2024
600 Million Stray Dogs FL$498,330 Ceo, President $43,030 $41,795 2024
Leesburg Humane Society FL$505,514 Executive Director $51,100 $51,100 2023
Miami Animal Rescue Inc FL$386,286 President $12,000 $12,000 2023
National Greyhound Foundation Inc FL$511,095 Vice Preside $4,720 $4,585 2024
Dreamcatcher Ranch Horse Rescue Inc FL$382,581 President $13,789 $13,393 2024
Remarkable Resques Inc FL$372,550 Vice President $39,000 $37,881 2024
Rags To Riches Animal Rescue Inc FL$530,568 President $6,000 $6,000 2023
Edgewater Animal Shelter Inc FL$533,452 President $13,500 $13,113 2024
St Francis Pet Care Inc FL$354,167 President $43,254 $43,254 2023
Animal Shelter Of St Lucie County FL$353,501 President $44,775 $44,775 2023
Nalas New Life Rescue Inc FL$350,560 Executive Dir. $33,600 $33,600 2023
Humane Society Of Lake County Inc FL$347,950 Executive Dir. $50,390 $48,944 2024
Wags & Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc FL$333,600 President $28,400 $27,585 2024
Florida Humane Society Inc FL$567,105 President $24,000 $23,311 2024
Guayabo Animal Rescue Fdn Inc FL$325,962 Executive Di $48,000 $46,623 2024
Hillsborough County Pet FL$303,119 Executive Director $77,308 $73,154 2025
First Ladies Farm FL$594,793 Director, President $87,362 $84,856 2024
About Pets Inc FL$647,895 President $40,269 $40,269 2023
Paws 4 You Rescue Inc FL$649,186 President $63,800 $61,970 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Richard O'barry) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,300 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.