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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Epilepsy Alliance America Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831218385
LA · NTEE E01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Gallipoli, Executive Director / CEO ($138,237) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Lisa Gallipoli — reported title “COO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,811 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,834 $138,237
$19,71010th
$31,25025th
$59,760Median
$78,11075th
$126,66890th
$138,237This org · 94th
p10$19,710
p25$31,250
p50$59,760
p75$78,110
p90$126,668
$138,237

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 LA 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
Echcc Inc FL$397,438 Executive Director $73,995 $59,736 2025
Share Health Southeast Georgia Inc GA$396,803 Executive Director $35,580 $32,489 2023
Birth Control Advocates Of New York NY$446,704 Co-executive Director $166,421 $132,652 2024
Headache Alliance Inc NJ$386,225 Executive Dir. $100,155 $76,846 2025
Higgy Bears Inc MI$376,835 President $60,000 $54,629 2024
California Breastfeeding Coalition CA$471,462 Executive Dir. $110,373 $81,903 2025
World Patients Alliance DC$471,990 Executive Di $84,600 $67,420 2023
Family Voices Of North Dakota Inc ND$368,018 Executive Director $55,620 $52,454 2025
Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition UT$479,235 Executive Dir. $19,348 $17,983 2023
Washington School-based Health Alliance WA$480,407 Executive Director From April 2024 $87,578 $69,164 2024
Texans For Vaccine Choice TX$339,693 President $10,800 $9,811 2023
Social Medicine International UT$324,751 Executive Director $23,744 $21,436 2024
Behavioral Health Alliance Of Montana MT$305,950 Executive Director $126,921 $120,683 2024
Canopy Global Foundation Inc FL$303,465 Ceo $178,400 $147,834 2024
Nami Of Southern Arizona AZ$545,298 Executive Director $70,472 $59,784 2024
Committee To Protect Health Care IL$625,474 Executive Director $31,750 $27,534 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Lisa Gallipoli) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $138,237 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.