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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Second Chance For Homeless Pets

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870672107
UT · NTEE D20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rhonda Greenhalgh, Executive Director / CEO ($45,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 286 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

286 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 286 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,358 total compensation of comparable organizations → $564,747 $45,100
$8,04110th
$17,63725th
$31,037Median
$50,78375th
$65,76090th
$45,100This org · 69th
p10$8,041
p25$17,637
p50$31,037
p75$50,783
p90$65,760
$45,100

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 UT 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
Great Pyrenees Rescue Society Inc TX$214,729 Director $33,000 $33,206 2023
Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue Education Center Inc WI$215,665 Treasurer $8,663 $9,101 2023
Nowzad Dogs Nfp TX$216,388 President $55,254 $54,003 2024
Southern Hope Animal Rescue & Education NC$216,858 President $16,800 $16,961 2024
Nmdog Inc NM$212,517 President $19,900 $20,913 2024
Northern New Mexico Street Homeless NM$217,766 Executive Di $58,920 $63,747 2023
A Just World WA$218,534 Org. Strategist $58,224 $50,933 2024
Vicksburg-warren Humane Society MS$211,204 President $45,000 $48,969 2024
Animals First Aid Nfp IL$211,091 President $7,358 $7,068 2024
Tazzy Animal Rescue Fund Inc CA$210,832 Ceo $27,135 $22,894 2024
Gabby's Animal Rescue Inc CA$210,765 President $41,600 $36,135 2023
Coastal Pet Rescue Inc GA$219,522 Executive Dir. $25,961 $26,258 2023
Shaw Pit Bull Rescue MS$210,527 Employee $15,779 $17,678 2023
Beagle Rescue Inc CA$219,695 Secretary/treasurer $43,700 $37,959 2023
Northern Lakes Rescue MN$210,094 President $24,259 $24,113 2023
Ark Rescue Rehab And Foster MS$210,046 Kennel Tech $33,347 $36,288 2024
Sea Biscuit Wildlife Shelter Inc NC$220,169 Executive Director $12,000 $11,803 2025
Critters Pet Rescue Foundation WA$209,672 Vice Present $22,434 $19,625 2024
Jp Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc CT$220,694 Vice President $38,290 $36,114 2023
Emmet County Animal Shelter Inc IA$220,878 Kennel Manager $19,385 $21,351 2023
Sanilac County Humane Society MI$208,104 President $79,189 $82,220 2023
Epic Outreach Inc FL$222,482 Director $44,400 $40,754 2024
Glacial Lakes Humane Society And Shelter SD$222,530 Executive Director $50,962 $56,576 2023
Richardson Rescue SC$223,100 Director/president $19,500 $20,464 2023
Catskill Animal Rescue Inc NY$223,313 Director $11,700 $10,635 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Rhonda Greenhalgh) 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 286 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,100 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.