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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813723974
NJ · NTEE G12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Roberts, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sarah Roberts — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,084 total compensation of comparable organizations → $346,707 $60,000
$40,52810th
$57,20125th
$73,058Median
$116,72475th
$136,46890th
$60,000This org · 28th
p10$40,528
p25$57,201
p50$73,058
p75$116,724
p90$136,468
$60,000

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 NJ 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
Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc WI$480,050 Executive Director $42,858 $50,131 2024
Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation NY$499,448 Executive Director $65,704 $66,498 2024
Georgia Trauma Foundation Inc GA$504,899 Executive Director $80,200 $92,986 2023
Minnesota Colorectal Cancer Research MN$453,008 Executive Director $52,684 $60,028 2023
To Celebrate Life CA$513,587 Marktng/comm $62,400 $60,350 2024
Glut1 Deficiency Foundation Inc KY$514,707 Executive Director $50,192 $60,397 2024
Ateam Ministries AL$442,994 President And Director $65,800 $79,618 2024
The Joe Martin Als Foundation NC$520,734 President $100,000 $115,728 2024
Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative WY$432,506 Executive Di $71,205 $87,921 2023
Renaissance Cancer Foundation TX$534,868 Lead Study Coordinator $35,653 $41,124 2023
The Parkinson Council PA$420,894 Chief Executive Officer $118,511 $132,368 2024
Shades Of Pink Foundation MI$540,402 Executive Director $35,000 $40,462 2024
Miles Of Hope Breast Cancer NY$543,574 Executive Director $106,571 $107,859 2024
Marisa's Mission Inc MA$550,430 Executive Director $111,731 $112,454 2024
Ms Hope For A Cure Inc VT$402,109 President $125,000 $140,916 2024
Soul Ryeders Inc NY$566,087 Executive Director $121,412 $119,711 2025
Limb Preservation Foundation CO$393,251 Executive Di $123,760 $136,840 2023
Cure Rtd Foundation TX$388,162 Vp / Treasurer $15,000 $16,806 2024
Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation Inc GA$575,672 Executive Director, Outgoing $54,167 $62,803 2023
Meat Fight Inc TX$378,798 Chief Executive Office $33,366 $38,487 2023
Teamsters Local 25 Autism Fund Inc MA$376,689 President $55,954 $56,316 2024
Heroes Foundation Inc IN$595,322 Executive Di $116,000 $137,011 2024
Sawyers Wish OH$343,750 Director Of Developement $81,571 $99,623 2023
Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation DC$328,998 Ceo $352,756 $346,707 2024
Kicks For A Cure Inc NE$328,787 Executive Director $45,450 $54,751 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Sarah Roberts) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.