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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Brainiacsorg Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872994087
NY · NTEE G48
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Heidi Spitz, Executive Director / CEO ($35,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,514 $35,300
$2,05510th
$6,22825th
$26,438Median
$32,57375th
$52,37290th
$35,300This org · 83rd
p10$2,055
p25$6,228
p50$26,438
p75$32,573
p90$52,372
$35,300

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 NY 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
United Cerebral Palsy Association Of MI$26,963 Executive Director $30,536 $34,880 2024
The Rensselaer Arc Foundation Inc NY$27,379 Ceo $32,798 $32,798 2024
Pdevv Hub Inc IN$26,103 Board Member $25 $30 2023
The Emily Stillman Foundation MI$28,330 President $75,000 $88,199 2023
Orthopedic Institute Of The Good Samaritan Hospital CA$29,201 System President & Ceo $38,737 $37,017 2024
The American Board Of Radiology Foundation AZ$24,482 Executive Director $28,219 $30,921 2023
Gerson G And Sandy F Eisenberg MD$29,913 President & Public Dir. Until 07/24 $30,197 $31,242 2024
United Cerebral Palsy Of Greater Cincinn OH$30,736 Treasurer $3,460 $4,175 2023
Eladh Medical Staff CA$23,028 Chief Of Staff/president $12,000 $11,467 2024
Iec Foundation IL$22,240 Executive Dir. $20,133 $22,551 2023
South Arkansas Fights Aids AR$21,472 Member $6,099 $7,587 2024
Stillbrave Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc VA$33,820 President $28,380 $30,325 2024
The Enzo Martinez Foundation Inc FL$35,000 Director $11 $11 2024
Kidneys In Common OH$18,900 President, Treasurer, Ceo $125,000 $146,514 2024
Vision Usa - The Ohio Vision OH$35,879 Secretary/tr $26,433 $31,898 2023
Jewish Blind Of California Inc CA$36,680 Exec Director $18,480 $18,181 2023
Pathways Foundation Of PA$38,659 Sr. Vp Of Finance $5,233 $5,775 2024
The Children's Hearing Institute Inc NY$38,851 Executive Director $3,000 $2,923 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Heidi Spitz) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (G), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,300 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.