Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Guayabo Animal Rescue Fdn Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871413654
FL · NTEE D20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicole Brose, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 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: Nicole Brose — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,135 $48,000
$11,67710th
$19,62725th
$38,032Median
$49,79375th
$73,29290th
$48,000This org · 69th
p10$11,677
p25$19,627
p50$38,032
p75$49,793
p90$73,292
$48,000

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 FL 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
Wags & Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc FL$333,600 President $28,400 $28,400 2024
Humane Society Of Lake County Inc FL$347,950 Executive Dir. $50,390 $50,390 2024
Hillsborough County Pet FL$303,119 Executive Director $77,308 $75,315 2025
Nalas New Life Rescue Inc FL$350,560 Executive Dir. $33,600 $34,592 2023
Animal Shelter Of St Lucie County FL$353,501 President $44,775 $46,098 2023
St Francis Pet Care Inc FL$354,167 President $43,254 $44,532 2023
All About Elephantsinc FL$285,172 Director $8,050 $8,050 2024
Humane Society Of South Brevard Inc FL$284,819 President $20,308 $20,908 2023
Small Lives Matter Kitten Rescue Inc FL$281,247 President $65,000 $65,000 2024
Remarkable Resques Inc FL$372,550 Vice President $39,000 $39,000 2024
Dreamcatcher Ranch Horse Rescue Inc FL$382,581 President $13,789 $13,789 2024
Miami Animal Rescue Inc FL$386,286 President $12,000 $12,354 2023
Jefferson County Humane Society Inc FL$264,281 President $41,600 $41,600 2024
Animal Rescue Fund Inc FL$262,916 President $73,154 $71,268 2025
Florida Urgent Rescue FL$401,223 Executive Director $36,000 $37,063 2023
Greyhounds In Motion Inc FL$247,902 Import Specialist $48,000 $48,000 2024
Little Bear Sanctuary FL$245,123 Executive Officer $33,000 $33,000 2024
The Wright Ranch Rescue Inc FL$239,553 President $19,200 $19,200 2024
Blooper Animal Rescue & Transport Incorporated FL$233,145 Executive Director $29,966 $29,966 2024
Delmar Farm Es Inc FL$231,557 President/executive Director $88,300 $90,908 2023
South West Florida Horse Rescue Inc FL$231,421 Director $13,475 $13,873 2023
Epic Outreach Inc FL$222,482 Director $44,400 $44,400 2024
Suncoast Primate Sanctuary Foundation Inc FL$431,256 Director $5,000 $5,000 2024
Ric Obarrys Dolphin Project FL$447,609 President $60,300 $62,081 2023
Humane Animal Care Coalition Inc FL$458,692 President $11,000 $11,000 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Nicole Brose) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (D20) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 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.