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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gulf Coast Cares Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475550256
FL · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Sandra E Braham, Executive Director / CEO ($24,866) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 175 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Sandra E Braham — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

175 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 175 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$800 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,499 $24,866
$7,21410th
$22,82625th
$42,119Median
$64,22875th
$98,69290th
$24,866This org · 27th
p10$7,214
p25$22,826
p50$42,119
p75$64,228
p90$98,692
$24,866

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 FL 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
Sam Foundation Inc AL$203,483 Executive Di $40,000 $44,680 2024
American Charitable Trust Inc AZ$204,431 Director And Chief Financial Officer $2,595 $2,514 2025
Heads Hearts & Hands Of Heartland Inc FL$205,501 Ceo/executive Director $24,500 $25,504 2022
Foundation For Dubuque Public Schools IA$205,992 Exec. Director As Of Jun 2023 $32,939 $38,392 2023
Anthony F Cordeiro Charitable MA$201,258 Director $6,000 $5,739 2023
Tallahassee Action Grants FL$207,411 Executive Director $40,000 $38,852 2024
Hillsborough Consortium For Technology And Education Inc FL$199,659 Executive Director $24,240 $23,545 2024
De Marchena-huyke Foundation CA$208,537 President & Ceo $24,000 $20,876 2025
Muscatine Chamber Of Commerce IA$209,493 President/ce $3,906 $4,308 2025
Million Kids CA$197,798 Director Ceo $42,000 $37,498 2024
Friends Of Dangberg Home Ranch NV$210,976 Executive Director $57,386 $59,475 2024
Gator Bowl Sports Charities Inc FL$196,570 President/ceo $6,665 $6,474 2024
Oklahoma Blood Institute Foundation OK$211,405 President & Ceo $85,934 $97,837 2024
Long Island Community Chest Inc NY$211,429 Executive Director $30,000 $28,029 2024
Main Street Barberton Inc OH$211,497 Executive Di $65,834 $72,095 2024
Equality And Inclusion In Hospitality Inc CA$196,022 President/director $100,000 $89,281 2024
Good Bourbon For A Good Cuase TX$211,739 Director/president $24,398 $25,234 2024
Pray For Gray ND$195,654 Executive Director $44,239 $50,196 2024
Lawrence Township Education Foundation NJ$212,194 Executive Director (7/1/23 - 2/29/24) $52,500 $48,465 2024
Great Strides Long Island Inc NY$212,536 Executive Director $16,800 $15,696 2024
Lhes Foundation HI$194,744 Executive Di $19,740 $18,813 2023
Trulight Ministries OH$212,911 President/ex $19,248 $21,079 2024
Coach Sam's Inner Circle Foundation OH$194,583 Executive Di $68,056 $72,608 2025
Jeremiah 2911 Inc CO$213,036 President & Ceo $175,000 $173,499 2024
Fans For The Cure NY$194,522 Founder & Cao $33,068 $31,808 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Dr Sandra E Braham) 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 175 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,866 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.