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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pawsitive Perspectives

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510593176
MN · NTEE P80
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda Ball, Executive Director / CEO ($73,399) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 204 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Linda Ball — reported title “EXEC. DIR/SE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

204 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 204 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$630 total compensation of comparable organizations → $102,011 $73,399
$12,19810th
$29,09125th
$52,284Median
$68,06675th
$84,22390th
$73,399This org · 79th
p10$12,198
p25$29,091
p50$52,284
p75$68,066
p90$84,223
$73,399

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 MN 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
Girls Incorporated Foundation Trust NY$224,516 Executive Di $16,316 $15,316 2024
After Military Service TX$223,677 Founder, President And Ceo $48,000 $51,351 2023
Northern California Peoples Advocate CA$223,661 President $66,000 $60,951 2023
Asi - Stillwater Inc MN$224,910 President/tr $68,006 $68,006 2025
Sli Mclaughlin House Inc MA$223,334 President $30,225 $27,487 2025
A Place To Belong MN$223,096 Executive Director $52,660 $55,650 2023
Autism Health Insurance Project Inc CA$225,306 President/program Director $91,250 $84,270 2023
Life Has No Boundaries Co IN$225,462 Executive Director $60,000 $67,671 2023
Cook Inclusive Company CO$222,735 Founder/executive Director $39,385 $40,390 2023
Specialized Equine Services And IL$225,579 Executive Director $21,700 $22,816 2023
American Therapeutic Riding Center OK$225,730 Executive Director $62,400 $73,486 2023
Wisconsibs Inc WI$222,412 Former Ed $73,478 $79,716 2024
Greek Orthodox Housing Corporation CA$222,266 Chief Executive Officer $1,500 $1,346 2024
Jeremiah's Crossing Inc WI$221,533 Exec. Dir./s $2,250 $2,513 2023
Bethany Place Inc GA$221,413 President $24,000 $25,068 2024
Journey To Adult Success Inc WI$221,178 Executive Di $48,050 $52,129 2024
Yokyworks Foundation WA$227,334 Secretary $11,925 $11,418 2023
The No Woman No Girl Initiative NC$220,833 Executive Di $49,000 $54,148 2023
Nami Geauga County OH$220,116 Exec Dir -Ex $58,096 $63,920 2024
In His Light Inc OH$220,081 President $89,670 $101,574 2023
Family Promise Of Cobb County GA$219,831 Executive Director $55,254 $59,418 2023
The Home Program Inc NY$228,605 Executive Di $65,579 $61,559 2024
Pawsitivity MN$218,770 Acting Secretary $31,400 $32,231 2024
Asi Boise Inc MN$218,621 President/treasurer $68,006 $69,805 2024
The Meeting Place One Inc NC$217,177 Executive Director $59,917 $66,212 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2025 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 MN 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Linda Ball) 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 204 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,399 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.