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Compensation Comparability Determination

American Academy Of Forensic Sciences

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870287045
CO · NTEE I99Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donna M Grogan, Executive Director / CEO ($203,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 303 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Donna M Grogan — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

303 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 303 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,923 total compensation of comparable organizations → $552,859 $203,300
$86,36710th
$112,43325th
$147,299Median
$184,12475th
$247,81290th
$203,300This org · 82nd
p10$86,367
p25$112,433
p50$147,299
p75$184,124
p90$247,812
$203,300

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 CO 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
Zero Abuse Project MN$3,822,084 Chief Executive Officer $162,040 $166,980 2023
New Mexico Center On Law And NM$3,825,276 Executive Di $114,309 $124,539 2024
Capital District Women's Bar Association NY$3,818,112 Ceo $111,911 $102,437 2024
Survivors And Victims Empowered PA$3,828,656 Executive Director/president $292,755 $295,730 2024
Waycross Area Shelter For Abused Persons Inc GA$3,835,954 Executive Director $75,700 $77,102 2024
🔒 298 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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:

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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 13, 2026.