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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hawkeye Equine Aid Program

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862174055
IA · NTEE Y42
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Administrative Assistant, Executive Director / CEO ($5,590) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$317 total compensation of comparable organizations → $47,097 $5,590
$86610th
$1,03525th
$2,242Median
$7,10975th
$19,85790th
$5,590This org · 67th
p10$866
p25$1,035
p50$2,242
p75$7,109
p90$19,857
$5,590

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 IA 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
Order Of Owls Nest 4008 OH$225,094 Prestreasure $48,688 $47,097 2023
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Of RI$228,163 Secretary $27,711 $23,571 2024
Montville Pba Local #140 NJ$213,273 President $400 $317 2024
New Jersey State Policemens 36 NJ$237,886 President $2,750 $2,242 2023
Policemen's Benevolent Association NJ$246,073 President $2,000 $1,584 2024
The Dalles Lodge No 2075 Loyal Order Of Moose OR$249,125 Administrator $17,800 $14,286 2025
Woodbridge Pba Local #38 Inc NJ$251,255 President $7,000 $5,708 2023
Free And Accepted Masons Of Georgia GA$192,012 Secretary $1,010 $927 2023
Mahwah Pba Local #143 Inc NJ$189,105 President $1,100 $871 2024
Nj State Parole Officers Pba Local #326 NJ$260,065 President $2,800 $2,218 2024
Long Branch Policemen's Benevolent NJ$162,945 President $1,400 $1,142 2023
Deborah Grand Chapter PA$287,063 President $1,000 $862 2025
Free And Accepted Masons Of Ca Maya 793 CA$156,398 Secretary $10,790 $8,509 2023
Sons Of Italy In America MA$313,481 Trustee $6,500 $5,182 2024
New Jersey Transit Police Pba NJ$319,188 President $4,046 $3,299 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Administrative Assistant) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Y42), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,590 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.