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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

North American 3rs Collaborative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815084899
CO · NTEE D20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Megan La Follette, Executive Director / CEO ($120,350) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 307 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Megan La Follette — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

307 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 307 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,450 total compensation of comparable organizations → $602,793 $120,350
$8,66710th
$18,88125th
$34,221Median
$54,67175th
$69,81890th
$120,350This org · 98th
p10$8,667
p25$18,881
p50$34,221
p75$54,671
p90$69,818
$120,350

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 CO 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
Active K9 Rescue Foundation UT$225,732 Director/secretary $11,203 $11,958 2024
Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue Inc NY$225,632 Executive Dir. $70,000 $65,967 2024
Nassau County Spca Inc NY$226,226 Executive Director $73,345 $69,119 2024
Lazy B Equine Rescue And Sanctuary UT$226,726 Director $17,192 $18,892 2023
The Pet Adoption Center Of O C CA$224,822 President $79,500 $73,707 2023
Canyon Lake Animal Shelter Society TX$226,982 Shelter Manager $35,350 $35,927 2025
New Hope Humane Society WY$227,135 Director/sec $41,642 $47,877 2023
Fulton County Humane Society OH$224,188 Director $20,900 $23,086 2024
Passion 4 Paws Company VT$224,124 President $40,800 $42,827 2024
Cavalier Rescue Of Alabama Inc AL$227,631 Presidentco Founder $24,000 $27,839 2023
Greater New Haven Cat Project Inc CT$228,181 President $30,620 $30,825 2023
Union County Humane Society TN$228,181 Executive Director $55,937 $63,130 2023
Catskill Animal Rescue Inc NY$223,313 Director $11,700 $11,352 2023
Paradise Parrot Rescue Inc AZ$228,529 Ceo $60,000 $60,178 2024
Richardson Rescue SC$223,100 Director/president $19,500 $21,842 2023
Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center TX$228,766 Director/president $4,000 $4,173 2024
Glacial Lakes Humane Society And Shelter SD$222,530 Executive Director $50,962 $60,388 2023
Epic Outreach Inc FL$222,482 Director $44,400 $43,499 2024
Underdog Heroes Inc CA$229,357 Ceo $30,687 $27,635 2024
Longview Paws TX$229,420 Executive Di $54,808 $57,176 2024
Gem City Kitties OH$230,027 Executive Director $13,411 $15,251 2023
Whiskers Rescue Inc NJ$230,298 President $39,000 $35,378 2025
Caring About The Strays Cats Inc NY$230,538 President/secretary $24,750 $23,324 2024
Protect 4 Paws Co KY$230,654 Shelter Director $17,628 $19,751 2024
Emmet County Animal Shelter Inc IA$220,878 Kennel Manager $19,385 $22,790 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Megan La Follette) 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 307 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $120,350 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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.