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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Irelands Dream Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474573126
MI · NTEE E20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Megan Strauchman, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 356 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

356 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 356 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$59 total compensation of comparable organizations → $955,084 $12,000
$5,64610th
$18,30725th
$36,816Median
$59,06375th
$90,52890th
$12,000This org · 17th
p10$5,646
p25$18,307
p50$36,816
p75$59,063
p90$90,528
$12,000

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 MI 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
Community Health Clinic Inc KY$126,853 Executive Di $45,113 $48,345 2023
Academy Of Medicine Education Foundation OH$126,484 Executive Director $4,050 $4,156 2024
Riverwood Medical Properties Llc MN$126,412 Cfo $61,181 $58,570 2024
Honoring Choices Virginia Inc VA$127,137 Executive Of $26,546 $24,833 2024
Kalanis View Inc CA$127,188 Director $21,930 $18,889 2023
Random Acts Of Flowers TN$127,488 Executive Director $28,558 $29,942 2023
Licking Memorial Twigs OH$127,568 Hospital Liaison $21,529 $22,092 2024
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center NM$127,709 President $44,463 $46,332 2024
Sisters Of St Joseph Of St Mark OH$127,740 President $7,500 $7,696 2024
Legacy Donor Foundation LA$128,010 Executive Director $70,000 $74,677 2024
Brown County Womens Health Llc OH$128,104 Secretary $27,694 $28,418 2024
Multicare Rehabilitation Specialists Pc WA$128,567 Chair,secretary,phys.-exec $78,826 $68,374 2024
Southeastern Massachusetts Emergenc MA$129,000 Medical Dire $4,500 $3,918 2024
North Central Ohio Family Care Center OH$124,379 President/ceo $16,835 $17,785 2023
Cherrybell Holdings Inc AZ$124,352 Ceo $50,792 $48,723 2023
Impact Ulysses Inc KS$129,575 Executive Director $22,750 $23,812 2024
Frederick County 4-h Therapeutic Riding Program MD$123,812 President $49,602 $44,928 2024
Central Mn Life Care Center Inc MN$123,752 Executive Di $17,060 $16,814 2023
Manasquan First Aid Squad NJ$123,706 Corr. Secre. $500 $433 2024
St Mary Emergency Medical Services PA$123,561 Smmc President Thru 7/22 $326,765 $325,031 2023
R Frank Jones Society Inc MI$123,527 Member $2,000 $2,059 2023
Healing Horses Therapeutic Riding Progam MO$130,161 Executive Dir. $18,854 $19,918 2023
Chris Hope Foundation TN$130,187 President $5,500 $5,601 2024
Beyond Pink Spokane Inc WA$123,107 Executive Di $65,533 $56,844 2024
Bigfork Valley Foundation MN$123,080 Executive Dir. $19,875 $19,589 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Megan Strauchman) 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 356 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.