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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rock From The Heart

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842009806
MN · NTEE G43
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy B Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($2,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 344 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amy B Johnson — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

344 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 344 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$759 total compensation of comparable organizations → $338,139 $2,000
$16,05310th
$34,23425th
$63,991Median
$83,79575th
$112,13590th
$2,000This org · 2nd
p10$16,053
p25$34,234
p50$63,991
p75$83,795
p90$112,135
$2,000

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 MN 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
Montana Youth Diabetes Alliance Inc MT$290,742 Executive Director $18,876 $20,592 2024
The Cancer Care Fund Of CT$291,325 Executive Dir. $6,522 $6,189 2024
Beth C Wright Cancer Resource ME$289,375 Executive Di $66,000 $66,884 2024
Shwachman-diamond Syndrome Alliance Inc MA$288,814 President $80,000 $74,903 2023
International Association Of Oral And IL$291,999 Executive Director $26,531 $27,177 2023
Hemophilia Association Of The VA$292,950 Executive Director $76,378 $76,838 2023
Stroke Awareness Foundation CA$287,276 Executive Dir. $137,105 $119,815 2024
Race Cancer Foundation Inc MA$293,645 President And Director $45,000 $42,133 2023
The Nightbirde Foundation OH$286,921 Ceo & Chairman $103,847 $114,601 2023
Ovarcome Non-profit Inc TX$286,812 President & Founder $82,500 $83,519 2024
Autism Care Today CA$294,338 Director $64,498 $58,029 2023
The Isaac Foundation WA$285,953 Executive Dir. $48,479 $43,926 2024
Parkinson Association Of Central Florida Inc FL$295,008 Executive Director $75,000 $71,304 2024
Fellows Forum Inc FL$285,404 Chairman $2,000 $1,958 2023
Firefly Sisterhood MN$295,482 Executive Director $88,933 $91,560 2023
Cancer Navigators Inc GA$284,637 Foundation D $19,534 $19,877 2024
Visual Compassion Inc TX$283,424 Ceo $135,000 $136,667 2024
Autism Empowerment WA$283,060 Board Member $1,800 $1,679 2023
Hemophilia And Bleeding Disorders Of Alabama Inc AL$297,938 Executive Director $84,231 $94,813 2023
Hope In View Inc IN$298,684 Coordinator $62,000 $66,169 2024
Louvenia D Barksdale Sickle Cell Anemia Foundatio SC$298,707 Community Engagement Coordinator $46,693 $49,298 2024
Sisters' Hope Foundation PA$300,085 President $66,412 $67,025 2024
Nightingales Harvest OH$280,595 Ceo $14,400 $15,891 2023
Texas Central Hemophilia Association Inc TX$279,501 Executive Director $70,500 $73,478 2023
Check For A Lump AZ$279,490 Executive Director $63,059 $63,188 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Amy B Johnson) 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 344 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,000 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.