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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Blind Travel Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873855511
NY · NTEE P86
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Walsh, Executive Director / CEO ($24,350) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 501 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

501 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 501 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $242,728 $24,350
$6,74610th
$14,60125th
$27,716Median
$47,48475th
$73,29090th
$24,350This org · 45th
p10$6,746
p25$14,601
p50$27,716
p75$47,484
p90$73,290
$24,350

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
Jf&cs Foundation Inc GA$79,093 Cao $14,940 $17,115 2023
Webster Street Ii Inc MA$79,081 President And Ceo $63,709 $65,227 2023
Cover The Homeless Ministry CA$79,061 President & Ceo $9,000 $8,855 2023
Edview Corporation MA$79,456 President & Ceo $14,178 $14,516 2023
Iglesia Camino Verdad Y Vida NY$78,852 President $9,353 $9,353 2024
Recovery Cafe Columbus IN$79,639 Executive Director $12,003 $14,422 2023
Creative Housing Inc Iv OH$78,822 President $9,011 $10,562 2024
Connect Parent Group Network DE$78,777 Executive Director $75,500 $84,227 2023
Youth Connection TX$79,732 Executive Director $48,750 $52,575 2025
Crease-dyre Housing Development PA$79,743 Director Of Construction $13,787 $15,664 2023
Hope Rising Arizona AZ$79,812 Director $100,557 $110,183 2023
Ambassadors Of Fathers House NJ$80,101 Vice President $13,846 $13,681 2024
Doylestown Business And Community Alliance PA$80,143 Office Manager $20,916 $23,083 2024
Mulberry Place Inc AR$78,254 Executive Director $21,642 $27,716 2023
Waymakers Center TN$80,299 President And Treasurer $22,500 $26,947 2023
Everyday Living PA$78,100 It Director $7,611 $8,399 2024
Christian Counseling Services CA$80,450 Administrative Director $31,600 $30,197 2024
Rebecca Residence Foundation PA$80,480 Board Member $13,195 $14,992 2023
Friendship House Corporation FL$80,533 Director $31,745 $33,978 2023
The Pelzman Foundation For Healthcare NY$80,583 President $60,000 $60,000 2024
Shelter Resources Inc LA$80,584 Exective Director $98,572 $120,117 2024
Friends Of Hospice WA$80,672 Executive Di $21,210 $21,015 2024
Independent Living Apartments Of Ulster NY$77,787 Ceo (Thru 6/24) $110,029 $110,029 2024
Adoption Makes Family Inc MD$80,748 Executive Director $146,000 $151,054 2024
Community Hope Inc MT$77,641 Director $34,275 $40,887 2024

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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Michael Walsh) 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 501 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,350 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.