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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bunny And Alan Bernstein Family

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862048098
MD · NTEE T20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ruth Miller, Executive Director / CEO ($36,499) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$703 total compensation of comparable organizations → $79,013 $36,499
$5,74810th
$12,44625th
$38,682Median
$49,61075th
$69,40290th
$36,499This org · 49th
p10$5,748
p25$12,446
p50$38,682
p75$49,610
p90$69,402
$36,499

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 MD 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
Albers Family Affiliated Fund Of Occf OK$169,601 Secretary/trustee $25,864 $31,363 2023
First Baptist Church Of Phoenix AZ$170,980 Treasurer (Thru 12/23) $29,610 $30,459 2024
Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation KS$175,550 President/di $21,168 $24,461 2024
Renaissance Newark Foundation Inc NJ$145,804 Past Secretary $24,905 $23,784 2024
Education Foundation Of Greenville MI$142,913 Executive Di $11,273 $12,446 2024
Frank & Kathleen Blair & Christine MD$141,614 President $7,000 $7,000 2024
Kelley Family Foundation OH$180,150 Secretary $26,221 $28,940 2025
Friends Of Fmc Foundation Inc MT$141,318 Foundation Director $17,481 $20,155 2024
Bonifacio Place Inc CA$180,523 Ceo $47,732 $45,389 2023
Eden Incorporated IL$185,739 Intl Director $42,600 $44,797 2024
Continental Divide Color Guard Circuit CO$185,947 Treasurer $1,000 $1,026 2024
Greenwood Heritage Foundation SC$129,555 President/ceo $45,508 $52,281 2023
Architectural Woodwork Institute VA$128,460 Secretary $45,856 $47,359 2024
Faith Foundation Of Central Florida Inc FL$194,655 Executive Director $49,000 $47,968 2025
Bigfork Playhouse Children's MT$198,369 Vice Preside $64,000 $75,971 2023
Interfaith Caregivers Inc NY$122,420 Executive Director $57,046 $56,766 2023
Growing Years Children's Academy CA$206,512 President $26,000 $24,724 2023
Us Presidential Scholars Foundation MA$206,776 Interim Exec Director $7,520 $7,228 2024
White Family Supporting Foundation KS$207,970 Executive Director $36,272 $43,152 2023
L'arche Daybreak Foundation Us $210,625 Director Of Finance $10,943 $10,943 2024
The Langford Family Foundation FL$110,132 Director $5,113 $5,138 2024
Ancor Foundation Inc VA$109,806 Chief Executive Officer $66,140 $70,325 2023
Dormie Network Foundation NE$220,985 Treasurer/secretary $4,630 $5,327 2024
Southwestern Medical Clinic Foundation MI$221,484 Development Officer $43,646 $49,610 2023
Ala Allied Professional Association Inc IL$222,535 Executive Director Thru October 2023 $25,291 $26,595 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Ruth Miller) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,499 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.