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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nontoxic Certified Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473240230
NY · NTEE E70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Ziff, Executive Director / CEO ($83,334) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 129 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amy Ziff — reported title “President & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

129 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 129 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$114 total compensation of comparable organizations → $236,012 $83,334
$27,61110th
$59,25125th
$89,176Median
$118,12675th
$166,04490th
$83,334This org · 44th
p10$27,611
p25$59,251
p50$89,176
p75$118,126
p90$166,044
$83,334

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
Christ Community Health Coalition OK$421,816 Executive Director $120,000 $150,547 2023
Care To Share Smile MA$422,391 President $12,500 $12,431 2024
Get Healthy Utah UT$419,302 Executive Di $91,292 $103,400 2024
C & S Patient Education Foundation PA$426,917 Executive Director, Secret $123,466 $136,256 2024
Safe Havynn Education Center LA$416,538 Program Dire $118,943 $144,941 2024
Florida Association For Infant Mental Health Inc FL$427,546 Executive Director $94,497 $98,240 2024
Team Survivor Northwest WA$412,081 Executive Director $78,783 $80,363 2023
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Houston-galveston TX$446,300 Executive Director $22,863 $25,309 2024
Massachusetts Sickle Cell Associationinc MA$447,815 Executive Director $92,500 $91,987 2024
Healthy Island Project Inc ME$394,898 Executive Di $80,000 $88,651 2024
Peggy Lillis Foundation NY$393,876 Executive Director $110,000 $110,000 2024
Foundation For Community Impact & Health Equity SC$451,935 Ceo Founder $76,604 $88,440 2024
Abstinence Coalition ME$391,684 Exective Director $87,000 $96,408 2024
Women For Healthy Rural Living ME$391,371 Executive Dir. $37,440 $41,489 2024
Hpv Cancers Alliance NY$454,618 Executive Di $120,000 $120,000 2024
Athens Area Diaper Bank Inc GA$388,623 Executive Dir. $26,564 $29,558 2024
Immunize Kansas Coalition Inc KS$456,322 Former Exec Director $63,075 $73,466 2025
Lets Smile MN$457,806 Executive Director $74,250 $81,192 2024
Brain Support Network CA$458,964 President/ceo $103,667 $99,064 2024
New Mexico Chronic Disease NM$384,591 Executive Di $95,314 $116,800 2023
Lamalama Ka Ulu Inc HI$380,831 President $4,000 $4,080 2023
River Street Education Inc VA$379,457 Director $6,644 $7,309 2023
Pender Alliance For Total Health NC$378,664 Executive Director $80,000 $94,179 2023
Hill Country Mission For Health TX$378,290 Executive Director $98,010 $111,701 2023
Smiles Of Faith Inc OK$377,545 Executive Di $50,000 $60,929 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Amy Ziff) 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 129 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,334 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.