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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Horses And Humans

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810650878
OH · NTEE D05
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pebbles Turbeville, Executive Director / CEO ($87,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 629 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Pebbles Turbeville — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

629 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 629 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$122 total compensation of comparable organizations → $328,870 $87,500
$11,94310th
$26,58825th
$46,002Median
$63,44875th
$80,63790th
$87,500This org · 92nd
p10$11,943
p25$26,588
p50$46,002
p75$63,448
p90$80,637
$87,500

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 OH 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
Progressive Animal Welfare Society OH$481,137 Op. Man. Non $28,288 $28,288 2024
Mustang Heritage Foundation TN$483,027 Interim Executive Director $88,747 $88,075 2024
Denkai Animal Sanctuary CO$480,162 President $34,747 $32,386 2023
Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation OH$483,545 President $60,000 $60,000 2024
The Humane Society Of East Texas TX$479,258 Executive Di $1,500 $1,417 2024
Blue Ocean Society For NH$484,162 Executive Director $78,096 $68,084 2024
Marion County Humane Society WV$484,308 Shelter Director $38,547 $38,389 2025
The Ferndale Cat Shelter MI$484,446 Executive Di $48,836 $47,592 2024
Phx Cat Cafe AZ$478,659 Ceo $35,772 $32,481 2024
Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group Inc MA$484,958 Director $91,367 $79,808 2023
Save A Life Pet Rescue Inc FL$478,316 President $28,800 $25,544 2024
Minnesota-wisconsin Chapter Foundation MN$484,981 Executive Director $60,000 $57,629 2023
The Rescue Village Foundation OH$478,016 Executive Director $9,385 $9,662 2023
The Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary CA$478,007 Treasurer $36,000 $30,217 2023
Primates Peru CA$485,879 Executive Director $128,154 $104,481 2024
Camp Companion Inc MN$477,029 Executive Dir. $53,669 $51,548 2023
Resale To The Rescue Inc IN$486,437 President $16,408 $16,820 2023
Seacrest Wolf Preserve FL$476,665 President $62,400 $55,346 2024
Cozy Cat Cottage Adoption Center OH$486,692 Executive Di $51,950 $53,484 2023
Almost Home Animal Rescue League MI$476,413 President $55,900 $56,085 2023
New England Equine Rescue - North Inc MA$487,105 President $52,091 $44,196 2024
Alive Rescue Nfp IL$487,183 President $63,846 $61,013 2023
Apex Protection Project CA$487,387 Corrsp Sec $63,237 $53,078 2023
Sunny Skys Animal Rescue And Hospital WA$475,506 President $27,942 $23,619 2024
Native Animal Rescue CA$475,420 Executive Dir. $60,000 $50,361 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Pebbles Turbeville) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 629 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (D), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $87,500 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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 13, 2026.