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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sunflower Adult Day Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472398695
KS · NTEE E50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lindsay Huenefeld, Executive Director / CEO ($70,421) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lindsay Huenefeld — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,533 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,866 $70,421
$17,52210th
$37,45025th
$53,688Median
$67,47775th
$82,45590th
$70,421This org · 75th
p10$17,522
p25$37,450
p50$53,688
p75$67,477
p90$82,455
$70,421

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 KS 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
Caring With Compassion Community WA$454,346 President $100,000 $80,495 2024
Cassidy's Cause Therapeutic Riding KY$453,099 Exec Dir/secretary $42,266 $40,826 2024
The Barn At Spring Brook Farm Inc PA$458,188 Vice Preside $1,710 $1,533 2024
Majestic Hills Ranch Foundation MN$451,868 Executive Di $57,885 $52,944 2023
Still Waters Equestrian Academy NE$459,592 Director $55,520 $53,688 2024
High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding NY$432,029 Executiver Director $76,767 $62,368 2024
Gaylord Farm Rehabilitation Center Inc CT$425,761 President & Ceo $20,785 $17,522 2024
Its My Life Inc PA$421,481 Ceo $31,384 $28,139 2024
Warrior Salute Veteran Services Inc NY$490,596 Chief Executive Officer $24,419 $19,838 2024
Natures Edge Therapy Center Inc WI$419,248 Secretary $10,000 $9,667 2023
Destination Rehab OR$496,199 Executive Di $73,218 $62,938 2023
Wood County Society Inc WV$497,760 Executive Director $78,221 $76,146 2024
Mind&melody Inc FL$504,885 President&ex $34,925 $29,498 2024
Timeslips Creative Storytelling Inc WI$506,747 Executive Director $76,245 $73,706 2023
Horses With Hope Inc PA$401,660 Executive Director $65,001 $58,279 2024
Spurs Therapeutic Riding Center Inc SD$401,581 Executive Director $53,000 $54,143 2023
North Texas Rehabilitation Services TX$509,562 President $80,043 $71,988 2024
Vip Neurorehabilitation Center CA$400,040 Executive Di $69,167 $55,284 2023
Warrior Ranch Foundation Inc NY$395,902 President $21,650 $17,589 2024
The Adaptive Learning Center For Infants GA$515,227 Executive Director $72,500 $67,477 2023
Leaps And Sounds Pediatric Rehabilitation OH$385,091 Voting Member $66,060 $62,907 2024
Cornerstone Pediatric Rehabilitation IN$527,138 Director $29,552 $28,847 2023
Believe It Foundation TX$528,209 Program Director $72,000 $66,667 2023
Therapy Dogs International Inc NJ$380,069 President $140,000 $115,702 2023
Arise At Marshall Farms Inc NY$380,033 Ceo $18,310 $15,315 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Lindsay Huenefeld) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,421 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.