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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Brain Health Initiative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844319026
NH · NTEE H48
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephanie Peabody, Executive Director / CEO ($81,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 94 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

94 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 94 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,160 total compensation of comparable organizations → $218,260 $81,500
$14,51510th
$31,37425th
$56,389Median
$88,65975th
$121,62590th
$81,500This org · 70th
p10$14,515
p25$31,374
p50$56,389
p75$88,659
p90$121,625
$81,500

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 NH 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
Intl Soc For Cardiovascular Tran Res AZ$214,457 Chairman $4,799 $5,204 2022
The Dyslexia Foundation Inc MA$213,235 Former President $58,636 $59,404 2022
Ryan Hill Research Foundation WA$217,477 Executive Dir. $10,800 $10,472 2023
Alliance For Community Research IL$211,062 Co-chief Executive Officer $30,873 $32,871 2023
The Biomedical Research Institute Of CA$208,249 President And Ceo $34,683 $32,434 2023
Cancer Biology Training Consortium NC$208,168 Asst Secretary-treasurer $26,391 $30,743 2022
Have A Ball Foundation Inc CA$207,433 President $70,500 $64,038 2024
China Aids Fund Inc NY$222,007 Secretary $61,538 $58,494 2024
Massachusetts Coalition For The MA$222,792 Executive Director $181,865 $171,912 2024
Health Assessment Lab Inc MA$205,215 Director & Ceo, Cso $146,850 $138,814 2024
Cody Dieruf Foundation MT$224,998 Exec. Director $59,965 $67,996 2024
Good Friend Inc WI$225,181 Executive Director $36,500 $41,283 2023
Physicians Research Network Inc NY$225,246 President $120,000 $114,066 2024
International Consensus Meeting On PA$226,032 Secretary, Director $2,000 $2,160 2023
Staten Island Heart Society Inc NY$227,531 Executive Director $104,673 $102,436 2023
Dirt Patch Science TX$200,319 Director & C $130,000 $140,833 2023
National Behavioral Consortium Inc FL$230,000 Coexecutive $50,000 $49,411 2024
Hannah's Hope For Giant Axonal NY$198,405 Executive Di $210,279 $199,880 2024
Carcinoid Cancer Foundation NY$197,343 Ceo/chairman/treasurer $125,000 $118,819 2024
Wescoe Foundation For Pulmonary Fibrosis PA$196,214 Executive Director $45,000 $48,600 2023
Virginia Cardiac Services Quality Initiative VA$233,175 Executive Director $92,500 $96,725 2023
Closing The Gap In Health Care Inc SC$195,078 President & Ceo $50,699 $55,637 2024
The Foregut Research Foundation CO$234,701 President $32,692 $33,949 2023
Society Of Metabolic Health TX$235,971 President/board $60,000 $63,136 2024
Breast Cancer Fund Of Ohio OH$192,679 Executive Di $22,002 $24,514 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Stephanie Peabody) 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 94 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,500 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.