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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Reece Foundation Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822408511
NY · NTEE T12
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Duncan Lester, Executive Director / CEO ($49,020) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,462 total compensation of comparable organizations → $409,322 $49,020
$10,53010th
$25,04625th
$63,728Median
$88,69275th
$117,98490th
$49,020This org · 40th
p10$10,530
p25$25,046
p50$63,728
p75$88,692
p90$117,984
$49,020

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 NY 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
Walking For Kids Foundation MS$461,650 President $30,000 $35,915 2024
Goodwill Industries Foundation Of OH$459,918 President/ceo $22,151 $25,963 2023
Dan Pastorini Charity TX$463,541 Executive Director $80,875 $86,960 2024
Central Washington Catholic Foundation WA$457,811 Executive Director $87,846 $84,540 2024
Los Charros Foundation Inc AZ$456,609 Executive Director $27,000 $27,911 2024
The Link Of Northern Kandiyohi County MN$449,690 Executive Dir. $60,000 $63,728 2024
The Vecna Cares Charitable Trust MA$480,181 Executive Director $127,167 $126,462 2023
Little Warrior Foundation Inc WI$436,622 Secretary $9,000 $10,104 2024
Believe In Dreams OH$489,896 Executive Director $53,623 $61,050 2024
Sam's Fans OH$489,907 Executive Di $32,917 $37,476 2024
Dan And Ellen Zelman Family Foundation OH$491,873 Treasurer Thru 11/18/2022 $40,331 $47,273 2023
Vibrant Places Inc FL$428,506 Dir., Secretary $143,473 $144,877 2024
The Jordan Porco Foundation CT$427,562 Executive Director (Until 8/2024) $104,149 $104,966 2024
Russian Leadership Ministries IL$425,671 President $51,100 $55,595 2023
Simama International CA$498,098 Director $48,500 $46,346 2023
Avenues For Autism OH$422,752 Executive Di $100,000 $113,849 2024
Hopkins Education Foundation MN$421,739 Executive Director $59,000 $61,050 2025
Nehemiah Charitable Fund CA$419,513 Ceo $103,320 $95,900 2024
Sobel Family Supporting Foundation Inc NJ$418,402 Treasurer/assistant Secretary $49,655 $49,062 2023
Jacobs Well Inc IN$408,480 Director $14,000 $15,869 2024
12-31 TX$406,624 Executive Director $62,000 $66,664 2024
Kol Yehuda Inc NY$401,362 President $74,378 $74,378 2023
Warwick Education Foundation PA$527,086 Executive Director $35,000 $38,626 2023
Action For Autism MO$530,494 Executive Di $58,000 $67,983 2023
Jamie's Dream Team PA$392,421 President $21,600 $23,153 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2023 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 NY 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Duncan Lester) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,020 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.