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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wildlife Restoration Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 863749212
VA · NTEE D30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Anton Randall, Executive Director / CEO ($41,760) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Julie Anton Randall — reported title “PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,565 total compensation of comparable organizations → $110,903 $41,760
$8,66310th
$18,96825th
$36,556Median
$63,49675th
$81,66790th
$41,760This org · 53rd
p10$8,663
p25$18,968
p50$36,556
p75$63,496
p90$81,667
$41,760

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 VA 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
Mountain Top Wildlife WA$220,300 President $22,600 $20,956 2024
Illinois Raptor Center IL$223,801 Program Dir $43,116 $45,198 2023
Foundation For North American Wild MT$215,222 Executive Di $25,002 $28,736 2023
Merritt Island Wildlife FL$214,153 Executive Di $1,609 $1,565 2024
South Carolina Wildlife Partnership SC$210,253 Executive Director $85,116 $94,682 2023
Harmony Wildlife Rehabilitation TN$229,761 President $6,056 $6,593 2024
Arctic Fox Daily Wildlife Rescue Inc NY$230,049 President $13,500 $12,634 2024
Amargosa Land Trust CA$230,137 Executive Director $83,615 $76,987 2023
Minnesota Conservation Officers Association MN$208,894 President $18,605 $19,040 2024
Msrw MI$231,175 Executive Director $33,020 $36,341 2023
North Dakota Wildlife Federation ND$231,568 Executive Director $70,467 $80,091 2024
Marine Education Research And Rehab DE$205,183 Executive Di $84,000 $85,184 2024
Saving Our Sharks Foundation Inc PA$197,171 Treasurer - Former $13,500 $13,943 2024
Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network SC$243,982 President $60,000 $63,157 2025
Izaak Walton League Of America Inc IN$245,211 Recording Se $17,935 $20,167 2023
Southeast Alaska Indiginous Transboundary Commissi AK$193,997 Director $50,717 $51,702 2023
Animal Services Of Richmond Inc VA$193,278 President $60,195 $64,514 2022
Keeper Of The Wild Wildlife Re SC$254,651 Center Mgr $25,988 $28,909 2023
Operation Game Thief Inc TX$178,259 Executive Director $71,801 $76,584 2023
Beavers Northwest WA$264,826 Executive Director $65,006 $62,058 2023
A Place Called Hope Inc CT$169,929 President $36,000 $34,959 2024
Cougar Fund Inc WY$269,890 Managing Director $100,000 $110,903 2024
Last Chance Forever TX$271,565 Director $30,004 $31,084 2024
Shark Team One Corp FL$164,046 Director $18,720 $18,752 2023
Global Conservation Force Inc CA$280,841 President $54,731 $48,947 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Julie Anton Randall) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,760 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.