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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Safe Alliance Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742638204
TX · NTEE P110
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julia Spann, Executive Director / CEO ($9,108) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 45 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Julia Spann — reported title “CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

45 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 45 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,296 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,491 $9,108
$6,56210th
$11,81125th
$16,260Median
$35,14475th
$62,40490th
$9,108This org · 16th
p10$6,562
p25$11,811
p50$16,260
p75$35,144
p90$62,404
$9,108

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 TX 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
Odd Fellows Faith Hope And Charity CT$136,335 Ceo $9,546 $8,948 2024
Harc Foundationinc CT$133,954 President/ce $37,368 $35,026 2024
The Office For Aging Foundation Of NY$133,728 Executive Di $13,341 $11,741 2025
Florence Fuller Child Development FL$140,875 Chief Executive Officer $10,498 $10,150 2023
Friends Of The Hocking Hills State Park OH$131,891 Program Director, Astronomy Park $15,000 $15,882 2024
Bixby Knolls Towers Inc CA$143,906 President/ceo $68,128 $58,810 2024
Tanager Place Endowment Foundation IA$145,595 Assistant Treasurer $33,888 $38,189 2023
Funds For Friends TX$147,336 Executive Director $12,900 $12,900 2024
Arcadia Improvement Association CA$147,732 Executive Director $101,650 $87,748 2024
Seniors First Foundation Inc FL$122,983 President/ceo $21,126 $20,426 2023
Ihs Ministries Inc AZ$122,194 Ex Officio - Non-voting $3,801 $3,654 2024
Fcs New Market Landlord Inc TN$120,019 Ceo $13,308 $13,984 2024
Mother Of Mercy Foundation MN$153,964 Foundation Executive Director $35,509 $35,076 2024
Northeastern Association Of The Blind NY$155,593 Ceo $3,296 $3,065 2023
River Deep Foundation CO$114,481 Executive Di $36,663 $35,144 2024
Memphis Union Mission Support Corporati TN$160,200 President $11,240 $11,811 2024
Missouri Bar Foundation MO$160,256 Secretary $45,963 $50,105 2023
Community Hope Foundation Inc NJ$160,894 Executive Director $10,249 $9,148 2024
Community Action Trust Inc MA$110,500 Executive Director $22,999 $20,661 2024
Crossroads Foundation Inc IA$109,437 Executive Director $8,379 $9,442 2023
Lutheran Child And Family Services IL$106,035 Ceo $12,380 $12,527 2023
Children & Families First Endowment Inc DE$105,984 Chief Executive Officer $15,963 $15,625 2024
Wheeler East Street Holdings Inc IN$103,650 Board Member $13,814 $14,563 2024
Wellroot Family Services Foundation Inc GA$101,804 Treasurer $47,684 $49,346 2023
Beaver County Ymca Endowment Foundation PA$99,966 Director $31,015 $31,833 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
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 (Julia Spann) 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 45 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,108 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.