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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Down Syndrome Association Of Middle Tennessee

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621664176
TN · NTEE G25
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alecia Talbott, Executive Director / CEO ($89,259) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 374 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Alecia Talbott — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

374 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 374 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$178 total compensation of comparable organizations → $706,434 $89,259
$21,57510th
$43,90425th
$71,405Median
$95,38575th
$119,03690th
$89,259This org · 72nd
p10$21,575
p25$43,904
p50$71,405
p75$95,385
p90$119,036
$89,259

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 TN 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
Club Parkinsons Inc KS$453,613 Executive Director $60,000 $61,667 2024
A Shared Vision Partners In Pediatric Blindness And Visual Imp CO$453,744 Executive Director $65,000 $61,046 2023
Neurology And Neuromuscular Care Center TX$453,769 President $12,000 $11,420 2024
Minnesota Colorectal Cancer Research MN$453,008 Executive Director $52,684 $50,988 2023
Coryell Autism Center CA$451,173 President $12,000 $10,149 2023
American Academy Of Pediatrics CA$456,564 Executive Director $133,530 $112,934 2023
Fishing For Md Foundation Inc FL$450,505 Executive Di $80,000 $73,609 2023
Help 4 Hd International Inc CA$449,867 President $54,792 $46,340 2023
The Breast Cancer Resource Center Of Santa Barbara CA$449,691 Executive Director $104,380 $85,747 2024
Hypoparathyroidism Association Inc TX$458,001 Executive Director $98,019 $93,279 2024
The Sickle Cell Association Of New Jersey NJ$448,862 Executive Director $55,154 $46,848 2024
The Foundation For Ucp Of Greater CA$458,528 President / Ceo $123,170 $101,183 2024
Southwest Kids Cancer Foundation Inc AZ$448,189 Executive Director $37,231 $34,064 2024
Cancer Support Community - California CA$459,287 Executive Director $100,452 $82,521 2024
Cancer Resource Center Of The Finger Lakes NY$459,404 Executive Director $58,609 $50,384 2024
Center For Medicine In The Public NY$447,500 President $232,552 $199,917 2024
Paralyzed Veterans Of America DC$462,882 Executive Director $41,124 $34,332 2024
Fabry Support & Information Group MO$443,701 Executive Director $80,600 $83,614 2023
Ateam Ministries AL$442,994 President And Director $65,800 $67,628 2024
Autism Society Of Texas TX$442,890 Executive Director $81,600 $79,948 2023
The Anchor Cross Cancer Foundation AL$464,644 Foundation Director $65,625 $67,448 2024
The Epilepsy Foundation Of Kentuckiana KY$465,180 Executive Director $120,390 $126,685 2023
Me Squared Cancer Foundation TX$442,014 Executive Director - Start Date 7/16/2024 $32,813 $31,226 2024
Down Syndrome Association Of South TX$441,715 Executive Director $85,229 $81,108 2024
10000 Brains Neuro Ai Inc MA$465,837 Chief Executive Officer $102,577 $90,283 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Alecia Talbott) 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 374 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,259 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.