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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Banfield Better Together Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 812199219
WA · NTEE T12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kim Van Syoc, Executive Director / CEO ($9,857) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kim Van Syoc — reported title “BOARD PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,366 total compensation of comparable organizations → $731,204 $9,857
$9,89210th
$20,75425th
$61,109Median
$78,17575th
$116,02790th
$9,857This org · 10th
p10$9,892
p25$20,754
p50$61,109
p75$78,175
p90$116,027
$9,857

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 WA 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
The Oswald Supporting Organization OH$158,852 Secretary/treasurer $60,259 $73,393 2023
Milwaukee Center For Independence WI$162,963 President/ceo $53,025 $61,853 2024
Washington State Legends Of Soccer WA$150,866 Executive Director $17,000 $17,000 2024
Charity Bridge Fund CT$168,840 Executive Director $56,194 $57,333 2025
Pacific Retirement Services Foundation OR$144,588 Chair $65,621 $68,065 2024
The Sarah Michelle Peterson Foundation VA$175,954 Executive Director $67,029 $72,287 2024
Robert U & Roberta Goldman Family IL$177,349 Treasurer And Assistant Secretary $80,133 $87,992 2024
Mvp Foundation AZ$181,500 Executive Director $60,000 $66,354 2023
The Care Collaborative Inc MA$185,282 Executive Director $25,904 $26,000 2024
Tony Laudadio Foundation TX$186,253 Executive Director $9,000 $10,056 2024
The Hatedust Project Inc CA$190,966 President $20,145 $20,003 2023
Masinyusane Inc MA$127,397 Executive Director $79,333 $79,626 2024
Member To Member Inc PA$192,950 President & Ceo $77,918 $86,789 2024
Collision Industry Foundation VA$200,134 Trustee $7,800 $8,412 2024
Lifevantage Legacy Inc UT$119,002 Director $621,284 $731,204 2023
Bvm Foundation VA$201,839 Administrati $2,500 $2,776 2023
The Farm School Foundation Inc MA$116,634 President $11,108 $11,149 2024
Building Industry Charitable Foundation KY$206,718 Executive Vice-president $13,400 $16,080 2024
Unity Music Foundation CA$209,951 Secretary $23,168 $23,005 2023
Healing Hand Foundation AK$212,578 Executive Di $40,000 $42,714 2024
Zeitler Charitable Trust OH$219,576 Trustee $2,000 $2,366 2024
Hope For Autumn Foundation AL$222,332 Executive Director $60,049 $72,459 2024
Eclesia Christian Apostolic Community Inc FL$222,724 Da Silva Teixeira $45,269 $47,500 2024
Ur Community Cares Inc CT$225,990 Executive Director $57,640 $60,364 2024
Indy Hub Foundation Inc IN$228,023 President $80,100 $94,348 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Kim Van Syoc) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,857 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.