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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ryan Gordy Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822530868
CA · NTEE E60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nancy Walker, Executive Director / CEO ($10,633) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Nancy Walker — reported title “Director of Operationss”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,683 total compensation of comparable organizations → $106,920 $10,633
$28,25810th
$38,74725th
$46,028Median
$67,12275th
$85,50890th
$10,633This org · 4th
p10$28,258
p25$38,747
p50$46,028
p75$67,122
p90$85,508
$10,633

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 CA 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
Honoring Choices Virginia Inc VA$127,137 Executive Of $26,546 $29,683 2024
Southeastern Massachusetts Emergenc MA$129,000 Medical Dire $4,500 $4,683 2024
Face2face Healing Inc PA$114,738 Executive Director Co-founder $35,500 $40,998 2024
Centro De Apoyo Integrado Y Kinesiologia Energetic PR$109,815 Executive Director $36,254 $36,254 2024
Community Emergency Medical AZ$109,427 Director $96,000 $106,920 2024
Well-help Inc OH$107,883 Office Coordinator $12,439 $15,257 2024
Volunteer For Dental MI$143,036 Executive Director $63,370 $75,748 2024
Brain Injury Association Of Illinois IL$99,647 Executive Director $58,300 $66,376 2024
Be Healthy Inc FL$97,263 President $61,800 $67,234 2024
Eric Paredes Save A Life Foundation CA$149,486 Co-executive Director $44,563 $45,879 2023
Pivotal Health & Wellness Inc KS$89,848 President $58,500 $75,352 2023
St Marys Community Care Professionals NY$88,338 President & Ceo $84,043 $87,948 2024
Foundation For Healthy Floridians FL$157,311 Ceo $47,890 $52,101 2024
Jpatible Inc FL$158,267 Director $42,308 $46,028 2024
Peace Out Cancer Chair Inc KS$86,654 Co-founder $36,000 $45,040 2024
Tip It Forward KY$163,364 Exec Dir And $53,858 $67,010 2024
Americans For Homeopathy Choice Fou DC$170,989 Ceo $61,200 $62,194 2024
Medical Loan Closet Of Henderson NC$172,846 Executive Di $30,500 $36,496 2024
A Thousand Joys Inc CA$172,864 Ceo $100,000 $100,000 2024
My Medic Training And Response UT$175,591 President $34,991 $41,474 2024
Spanish Health Ministry Inc PA$180,035 President $54,354 $61,154 2025
Wyoming Health Resources Network Inc WY$182,881 Executive Director $22,500 $27,902 2024
The Institute For Poetic Medicine CA$182,926 President/ceo $43,830 $43,830 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Nancy Walker) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,633 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.