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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Oh Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474417479
OH · NTEE D20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Zitiello, Executive Director / CEO ($90,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 330 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Mary Zitiello — reported title “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

330 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 330 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,312 total compensation of comparable organizations → $545,724 $90,000
$8,33410th
$17,52925th
$32,182Median
$49,53475th
$66,03190th
$90,000This org · 97th
p10$8,334
p25$17,529
p50$32,182
p75$49,534
p90$66,031
$90,000

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 OH 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
The Kibble Kitchen Pet Pantry Inc IN$236,512 Organizer $31,116 $30,981 2024
Speak For Animals SC$236,332 President $7,262 $7,364 2023
Rezq Dogs MT$236,801 Shelter Director $42,715 $44,757 2023
Luna's House Inc MD$236,166 President $26,460 $23,356 2024
Northern Oklahoma Humane Society OK$236,125 Executive Di $24,902 $26,654 2023
Hope Animal Shelter AZ$236,021 President & Ceo $50,000 $46,742 2023
Dharamsala Animal Rescue CA$235,102 Chairman $120,000 $97,833 2024
Resilient Hearts Animal Sanctuary WA$238,040 Executive Director $37,430 $32,575 2023
Vintage Racers For Rescues Inc NC$234,877 President $26,000 $26,114 2023
Operation Spot Inc MO$238,274 Executive Dir. $41,083 $41,083 2024
Canopy Cat Rescue WA$234,586 Founder/cat Rescuer $80,400 $69,970 2023
Start Over Rover NE$238,528 Program Director $55,000 $55,852 2024
Oconto Area Humane Society & Animal Shelter Inc WI$238,590 Director $48,355 $49,088 2023
Paws For Life Animal League WY$239,356 Manager $37,440 $36,877 2025
Friends Of Camden Animal Shelter NJ$233,628 Former Executive Director $5,048 $4,255 2024
Purr Partners NC$239,549 Employee $17,737 $17,815 2023
The Wright Ranch Rescue Inc FL$239,553 President $19,200 $17,030 2024
Beaverhead Animal Shelter MT$233,176 Executive Dir. $22,100 $23,157 2023
Blooper Animal Rescue & Transport Incorporated FL$233,145 Executive Director $29,966 $26,579 2024
Humane Society Of Greene County Inc PA$232,935 Executive Director $53,790 $50,645 2024
Hawkins County Humane Society Inc TN$240,409 Secretary $28,880 $29,508 2023
Friends Of Ncvma Foundation Inc NC$232,527 Secretary/treasurer $1,970 $1,922 2024
Cheshire Abbey MS$232,269 Exect Director $72,000 $75,711 2024
Paws Of Grays Harbor WA$240,779 Executive Director $59,378 $50,192 2024
Red Lake Rosie's Rescue Inc MN$240,921 Treasurer $15,800 $15,176 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Mary Zitiello) 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 330 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,000 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.