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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Annie Appleseed Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611451182
FL · NTEE E70
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julia Chiappetta, Executive Director / CEO ($53,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 126 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

126 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 126 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$112 total compensation of comparable organizations → $312,347 $53,000
$14,99710th
$42,06425th
$83,656Median
$108,46675th
$145,60090th
$53,000This org · 28th
p10$14,997
p25$42,064
p50$83,656
p75$108,466
p90$145,600
$53,000

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 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
People Advocating Recovery Inc KY$353,644 President $95,000 $111,522 2024
National Nurse Practitioner Residency CT$356,680 Executive Director $188,381 $198,693 2023
Carefirst Carolina Foundation SC$359,527 Foundation D $10,500 $12,322 2023
Healthy Community Coalition ME$359,679 Former President $50,167 $54,888 2024
Seven Star Academy Inc LA$348,540 Executive Director & Founder $85,227 $105,570 2023
The Patient Revolution Inc MN$348,045 Executive Director $141,440 $152,707 2024
Scch Fitness Center Inc IN$361,128 Director $51,750 $61,391 2023
Healthy Alliances Matter For All MN$346,830 Executive Director $66,160 $73,540 2023
Formed Families Forward VA$346,633 Executive Di $85,238 $89,926 2024
Confluence Public Health Alliance MT$362,814 Executive Director $93,960 $110,667 2024
Options For Women East MN$363,109 Executive Director $76,498 $85,031 2023
Kentucky Health Departments Assn KY$363,838 Executive Director $82,308 $99,476 2023
Montanas Peer Network MT$365,967 Executive Dir. $83,269 $98,075 2024
Yankton Rural Area Health Education SD$367,253 Executive Di $28,370 $34,211 2024
Arts And Healing Initiative CA$339,180 Executive Direc $119 $112 2024
Conectinc NY$371,731 Exec Director $75,000 $74,051 2024
Mile In My Shoes MN$371,876 Executive Director (Through August 2024) $66,166 $71,437 2024
Integrated Center For Group Medical MA$334,755 Director $21,578 $21,187 2024
Playmakers Fitness Foundation Inc MI$333,631 Executive Director $118,046 $133,132 2024
Community Access To Coordinated NE$333,588 Executive Di $61,792 $74,763 2023
Fountain Project Foundation Inc CA$376,944 Manager $40,200 $37,929 2024
National Interprofessional Initiative On CO$377,253 Top Mgmt Official-ind Cont $129,875 $140,091 2023
Trust Chw TX$331,457 Founder $10,935 $11,951 2024
Smiles Of Faith Inc OK$377,545 Executive Di $50,000 $60,158 2024
Hill Country Mission For Health TX$378,290 Executive Director $98,010 $110,288 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 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 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Julia Chiappetta) 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 126 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,000 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.