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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arkansas Bar Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 710331442
AR · NTEE I128
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ann Dixon Pyle, Executive Director / CEO ($57,327) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 543 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

543 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 543 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$197 total compensation of comparable organizations → $371,509 $57,327
$24,43010th
$42,96325th
$60,908Median
$79,94375th
$100,27590th
$57,327This org · 45th
p10$24,430
p25$42,963
p50$60,908
p75$79,943
p90$100,275
$57,327

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 AR 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
Ocmulgee Casa Inc GA$343,822 Executive Director $72,000 $66,109 2024
Harrison County Lifelong Learning IN$343,080 Executive Director $80,218 $77,250 2024
In Our Backyard OR$343,058 Executive Dir. $84,400 $71,574 2024
Bethany Haven Inc KY$344,379 Executive Director $52,648 $50,321 2025
Southwest Georgia Legal Self-help GA$342,337 Executive Di $33,182 $30,467 2024
St Louis Mediation Project Inc MO$344,806 President/treasurer $1,470 $1,463 2023
Hillsborough County Bar Foundation FL$344,948 Executive Di $120,289 $106,240 2023
Long Beach Bar Foundation CA$345,136 Executive Direc $85,140 $67,136 2024
Academy Of Court-appointed Neutrals MN$345,250 Executive Director $157,219 $141,863 2024
Youth Services Bureau Of IN$346,570 Executive Di $54,159 $53,696 2023
Legal Resource Center On Violence Against Women Inc MD$340,335 Executive Director $117,620 $97,828 2025
Trinity Restoration Ministries TX$346,973 President/executive Director $27,000 $25,392 2023
Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project OH$339,911 Executive Director $87,000 $84,146 2024
Children's Safety Village Of Central FL$339,777 Executive Director $88,899 $76,263 2024
The Gordon County Child Advocacy Center Inc GA$347,310 Executive Director Fy2023 $62,495 $59,077 2023
The Alliance For A Safer Greater MI$347,472 President $84,691 $79,826 2024
The Free Root Operation Inc IL$347,806 President $60,865 $54,642 2024
Women Against Abuse Legal Center PA$348,150 Executive Director & Presi $12,685 $11,893 2023
Ncircle Inc KS$338,461 Executive Dir. $69,973 $71,070 2023
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation MO$338,228 Executive Director $32,059 $31,007 2024
Hope Haven Of Hancock County Inc MS$348,779 Board Member $2,473 $2,589 2023
Restorative Justice Community MN$337,361 Executive Di $66,784 $62,041 2023
Randolph County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc WV$350,000 Executive Director $61,685 $59,418 2025
Tennessee Voices For Victims TN$350,346 Secretary Co Founder $74,900 $74,019 2023
Northeastern Indiana Casa Inc IN$350,955 Executive Di $25,881 $24,924 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Ann Dixon Pyle) 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 543 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,327 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.