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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Griffin's Guardians Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472289048
NY · NTEE E86
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erin Engle, Executive Director / CEO ($61,462) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 64 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

64 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 64 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,559 total compensation of comparable organizations → $148,058 $61,462
$22,12510th
$43,06725th
$70,782Median
$96,04975th
$120,96490th
$61,462This org · 42nd
p10$22,125
p25$43,067
p50$70,782
p75$96,049
p90$120,964
$61,462

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 NY 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
Domus Pacis Family Respite Inc CO$399,822 Executive Director $92,000 $100,508 2023
Chelsea Hicks Foundation OR$415,127 Ceo $78,090 $80,253 2024
Radiant Hope PA$391,173 Executive Director $59,500 $65,664 2024
Neuroendocrine Cancer Foundation CA$418,963 Director, Executive Director, Treasurer $82,016 $78,374 2024
Children Of Bellevue Inc NY$419,084 Executive Director Until 10/2024 $148,058 $148,058 2024
Veterans2veterans Group NH$389,519 President $3,383 $3,559 2023
Claire's Place Foundation Inc CA$378,719 Ed And Board Secretary $86,500 $82,659 2024
The Holiday Heroes Foundation Inc IL$433,342 Executive Di $82,500 $89,757 2024
Verdecares Inc AZ$374,099 Executive Director $49,647 $54,399 2023
Open Arts Alliance Inc CT$435,833 Executive Dir. $3,846 $3,888 2025
Sobriety Foundation UT$436,521 Advocate $12,734 $14,423 2024
Young Adult Survivors United PA$371,993 Executive Director $75,000 $82,769 2024
Common Ground Society CA$438,922 $114,708 $106,789 2025
Friends Of Patients At The Nih Inc MD$368,164 Chief Executive Officer $120,518 $128,373 2023
Hunter Hospitality House Inc MI$365,651 Executive Director $53,531 $62,952 2023
His Kids Inc IL$365,319 Secretary $12,000 $13,992 2022
Hanson House Foundation Inc CA$445,045 Executive Dir. $55,086 $54,195 2023
Kaitlyn's Cottage Inc OH$447,376 Trustee/ceo $14,012 $16,424 2024
Parkinson's Body And Mind Inc CT$359,945 Executive Director $118,917 $123,389 2024
Doula Program To Accompany And Comfort NY$358,318 Executive Dir. $120,000 $120,000 2024
Melodic Caring Project WA$357,898 President/ceo $80,000 $81,605 2023
In The Pink Boutique Inc FL$455,848 Ceo & Direct $40,200 $41,792 2024
Ronald Mcdonald House Trust Fund KY$457,279 Chief Executive Officer $31,964 $38,004 2024
Restoring Hope Transplant House WI$350,781 Executive Director $66,085 $78,634 2023
Our Promise Cancer Resources AR$348,767 Executive Director $60,000 $74,636 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 Engle) 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 64 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E86), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,462 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.