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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Environmental And Animal Defense

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822974871
CO · NTEE I80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexa Mckay, Executive Director / CEO ($41,167) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Alexa Mckay — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,993 total compensation of comparable organizations → $171,174 $41,167
$5,96010th
$14,98425th
$29,604Median
$60,12375th
$105,41790th
$41,167This org · 55th
p10$5,960
p25$14,984
p50$29,604
p75$60,123
p90$105,417
$41,167

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
Forensic Sciences Foundation Inc CO$85,827 Executive Director $13,601 $13,601 2023
Louisiana Fraternal Order Of Police LA$86,060 Treasurer $7,800 $8,700 2024
Ohio Crime Prevention Association OH$86,122 President $17,275 $18,534 2024
Government Justice Center Inc NY$82,174 Legal Director & Treasurer $94,327 $86,342 2024
Greater Life Of Fayetteville Inc NC$81,110 Executive Director $17,280 $18,086 2024
Go Reentry Specialists Inc PA$87,700 Executive Di $47,736 $48,221 2024
Exoneration Initiative NY$87,791 Founder $100,000 $94,238 2023
On The Wings Of Angels MI$80,466 Ceo & Executive Director $4,000 $4,182 2024
Racine Neighborhood Watch Inc WI$89,800 Executive Director Thru 6/20/23 $46,452 $50,593 2023
Exchange Club Center For The Prevention CT$78,459 President $89,424 $87,441 2023
East Tennessee Probation Inc TN$78,155 Ceo/probation Officer $25,040 $27,449 2023
The Florida Pdmp Foundation Inc FL$90,382 Executive Director $68,000 $63,041 2025
Accountability Brothers CA$76,000 President & $5,788 $5,212 2023
Law Of The Wild WA$75,860 Ed/board Member $44,221 $41,289 2023
Stop Handgun Violence Inc MA$92,825 Executive Director $52,903 $46,915 2025
Chestnut Resolutions Inc Nfp IL$74,807 Chair Of Board $138,688 $138,114 2024
101 Enterprises Foundation CA$94,353 Cfo $30,000 $25,564 2025
Stop Child Predators Coalition DC$95,000 President $42,000 $37,334 2024
Society-first Corporation FL$73,471 Vp $12,040 $11,796 2023
Community Health & Safety AL$95,080 Executive Di $18,822 $20,598 2024
Kinad Inc FL$73,362 Director $6,000 $5,878 2023
Crime Stoppers Of Savannah-chatham GA$72,831 Executive Di $25,745 $26,221 2024
Kentucky Conference For Community & KY$71,802 Exec Director $59,000 $66,106 2023
Community Mediation Services TN$96,987 Executive Director $47,625 $50,710 2024
Bay Area Freedom Collective CA$71,132 Board Member $10,517 $9,199 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Alexa Mckay) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,167 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.