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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Texas Burn Survivor Society Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742786500
TX · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sue Dodson, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,284 total compensation of comparable organizations → $84,000 $48,000
$14,17810th
$25,32725th
$46,342Median
$61,92175th
$74,50090th
$48,000This org · 50th
p10$14,178
p25$25,327
p50$46,342
p75$61,921
p90$74,500
$48,000

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 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
Helping Our Riders Succeed In Education TX$211,029 Executive Director $37,822 $36,737 2024
Surpassing Grace TX$201,340 Executive Director Board Chair $28,000 $27,197 2024
Dentists Who Care Inc TX$198,497 Executive Director $65,000 $63,135 2024
Hope Reins In Texas Inc TX$194,211 Director $20,300 $19,718 2024
After Military Service TX$223,677 Founder, President And Ceo $48,000 $48,000 2023
Austin Pregnancy Resource Center TX$244,589 Ceo $84,000 $84,000 2023
Rock Haus Foundation TX$246,930 Admin Director $44,683 $44,683 2023
Family Promise Of Greater New Braunfels TX$254,832 Executive Director $12,000 $11,355 2025
Unfaulted Corporation TX$161,145 Chief Execut $42,230 $41,018 2024
Bridges Training Foundation TX$258,583 President $52,000 $52,000 2023
Amy's Wish With Wings TX$148,731 President $6,470 $6,284 2024
Prosumers International TX$280,057 Executive Director $51,000 $49,537 2024
Homeless Veterans Services Of Dallas Inc TX$281,631 President $17,000 $17,000 2023
Association For Texas Advocates Inc TX$285,334 Executive Director $63,333 $61,516 2024
Unlimited Potential Inc TX$304,008 Executive Director $75,600 $73,431 2024
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers Sw TX$311,191 Executive Director $77,800 $75,568 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2023 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Sue Dodson) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.