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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Veterans Assistance Dogs Of Texas Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821822758
TX · NTEE W19
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Larry Pottridge, Executive Director / CEO ($31,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 383 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

383 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 383 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$136 total compensation of comparable organizations → $602,363 $31,000
$10,43510th
$22,96225th
$54,051Median
$87,67175th
$118,07190th
$31,000This org · 32nd
p10$10,435
p25$22,962
p50$54,051
p75$87,671
p90$118,071
$31,000

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
National Guard Association Of MN$289,665 Executive Di $25,200 $24,893 2024
Center For Democracy And Development In The Americas Inc DC$289,679 President (Ceo) $54,167 $48,922 2023
Alabama Water System Inc LA$288,757 Director $23,900 $26,309 2024
Suncoast Utility Contractors Association Inc FL$288,574 Executive Director $75,000 $70,435 2024
The Navigation Center Fka Military SC$290,266 Executive Di $54,253 $56,581 2024
Roosevelt Lake Ranch Water System WA$290,518 President $15,750 $14,513 2023
Committee For A Unified Independent NY$290,721 President & Ceo $145,093 $131,069 2024
New Hampshire Water Works Association Inc NH$290,906 President $86,400 $79,754 2024
Cornerstone Collaboration For Societal AZ$291,068 Vp/secretary $94,000 $90,374 2024
Fundacion Agenda Ciudadana Inc PR$287,314 Treasurer $22,221 $22,877 2023
Community Partners Campus Inc WI$291,585 Executive Di $76,673 $80,050 2024
Barbara Jean Brown Foundation WA$286,334 Secretary $1,400 $1,253 2024
Public Service Leadership Academy Inc VA$286,298 Key Employee $69,000 $66,602 2024
Center For Access To Qdros CA$285,780 Executive Dir $75,000 $64,742 2024
The Heroes Project CA$285,068 Director $697,799 $602,363 2024
Severn Leadership Group Inc MD$294,110 President $116,192 $108,595 2024
About Face Veterans Against The War CO$294,278 Co-executive Director $66,923 $64,151 2024
Out Of The Ashes 5k Inc NC$283,862 Executive Dir. $62,000 $62,392 2025
Fix The Court NY$282,896 Executive Director $175,441 $154,399 2025
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 8794 OH$282,624 Chaplain $48,288 $49,810 2025
Friends Of The Public Bank East Bay CA$296,471 Ceo $135,256 $116,757 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The United PA$281,123 Treasurer/secretary $54,074 $53,908 2024
The Michiana Leadership Center Inc IN$281,067 Executive Director $75,542 $81,991 2023
Wyoming Donor Alliance WY$298,228 Executive Di $27,920 $30,771 2023
New Hampshire Veterans Association NH$280,385 President $1,950 $1,800 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 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 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Larry Pottridge) 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 383 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,000 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.