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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Prisms Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541652029
VA · NTEE G20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michelle Larscheid, Executive Director / CEO ($94,038) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 378 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michelle Larscheid — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

378 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 378 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$194 total compensation of comparable organizations → $769,059 $94,038
$23,69810th
$49,18725th
$78,364Median
$104,66375th
$131,81490th
$94,038This org · 67th
p10$23,698
p25$49,187
p50$78,364
p75$104,663
p90$131,814
$94,038

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 VA 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
Telluride Aids Benefit Inc CO$472,865 Executive Director $79,050 $76,480 2025
Cancer Association Of Darke County OH$475,711 Executive Di $18,043 $19,792 2024
Parents Defeating Autism Today TX$470,638 Ceo $25,748 $26,675 2024
Evan's Victory Against Neuroblastoma Foundation Inc MD$468,923 President $68,912 $66,725 2024
Cardiopulmonary Perfusion Associates Inc TX$468,595 Director $161,920 $172,706 2023
The Tailor Institute Incorporated MO$468,451 Director $52,000 $57,041 2024
Malignant Hyperthermia Association NY$478,687 Executive Director $81,231 $76,022 2024
Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation AR$468,148 Executive Di $112,781 $131,295 2024
Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc WI$480,050 Executive Director $42,858 $46,357 2024
Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation NJ$480,065 Executive Director & Secretary $60,000 $55,482 2024
The Blosser Center For Dyslexia Resources OR$466,169 Former Executive Director $24,325 $23,396 2024
Aspen Allergy Conference CO$465,951 Office Manager $45,000 $44,689 2024
10000 Brains Neuro Ai Inc MA$465,837 Chief Executive Officer $102,577 $98,287 2023
Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society TX$481,332 Executive Dir. $6,923 $7,172 2024
The Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Ssociation Incorporated MD$481,769 Executive Director $18,370 $17,787 2024
The Epilepsy Foundation Of Kentuckiana KY$465,180 Executive Director $120,390 $137,916 2023
Enigma Asd Services WA$482,395 Acting Secretary $52,668 $48,837 2024
The Anchor Cross Cancer Foundation AL$464,644 Foundation Director $65,625 $73,427 2024
Cancer Schmancer Foundation CA$482,878 Executive Dir. $117,721 $108,389 2023
Gastric Cancer Foundation CA$484,124 Executive Director $136,294 $125,490 2023
Paralyzed Veterans Of America DC$462,882 Executive Director $41,124 $37,375 2024
Carries Touch Inc CA$484,738 President $114,500 $102,399 2024
Hcf Supporting Organization TX$485,155 Executive Di $24,719 $26,365 2023
Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis Clinics Multicente CA$487,075 President $12,000 $10,732 2024
Cancer Resource Center Of The Finger Lakes NY$459,404 Executive Director $58,609 $54,851 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Michelle Larscheid) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 378 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $94,038 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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 13, 2026.