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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sierra Veterans Research And Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880250268
NV · NTEE H92
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Timothy Grafton, Executive Director / CEO ($63,786) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 140 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

140 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 140 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$414 total compensation of comparable organizations → $460,053 $63,786
$21,27510th
$35,64625th
$56,944Median
$93,43075th
$134,24390th
$63,786This org · 54th
p10$21,275
p25$35,646
p50$56,944
p75$93,430
p90$134,243
$63,786

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 NV 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
Federation Of Associations In Behavioral DC$360,706 Exec Dir/ex-officio $200,916 $175,892 2023
Biohouston Inc TX$357,470 Chief Executive Officer $224,653 $217,759 2024
Doctor Marnie Rose Foundation Inc TX$363,289 Executive Director To 8/23 $47,098 $47,001 2023
Apbd Research Foundation NY$363,824 Exec Director $120,000 $105,075 2024
Neurotech Institute Inc OH$352,623 Vp Development $267,482 $274,525 2024
Research Advocacy Network Inc TX$352,090 President $66,000 $65,864 2023
Tissue Bank Asbestos Research Charitable MD$350,375 Trustee $52,431 $47,499 2024
Team Bright Side Inc IL$368,815 Vice President $27,000 $26,481 2023
Emily Whitehead Foundation PA$369,089 President $12,000 $11,938 2023
Brain Center Of Green Bay Inc WI$349,668 Executive Director $117,700 $122,631 2023
Championship Hearts Foundation TX$349,433 Executive Director $55,000 $53,312 2024
Pierone Research Institute- A Wfhc FL$347,247 Vice Chair/d $31,220 $27,688 2025
John Paul Ii Medical Research Institute IA$347,088 President $69,392 $75,800 2023
Autism Discovery And Treatment Foundation Inc AZ$344,947 Employee $31,260 $29,132 2024
Connecticut United For Research CT$344,203 President & $302,557 $274,890 2024
Clinical Research Foundation KY$375,042 Executive Dir. $60,391 $62,871 2024
Mircore MI$376,476 President And Director $27,200 $28,008 2023
North Texas Alzheimers Pro-am Inc TX$376,694 Secretary $38,000 $36,834 2024
Accreditation For Cardiovascular Excellence Inc VA$339,930 Chief Medical Officer $20,259 $19,515 2023
Northwest Association For Biomedical WA$379,697 Executive Director $17,063 $14,803 2024
Salisbury Foundation For Research And Education Inc NC$380,895 Executive Director $47,394 $47,453 2024
International Society For Therapeutic Ultrasound Inc WA$381,153 Executive Director $47,500 $42,426 2023
Alaska Cardiovascular Research AK$336,332 Executive Director $53,862 $51,373 2023
Aspen Lung Conference CO$334,239 Administrator $40,000 $37,166 2024
Solving Kids' Cancer Inc NY$333,401 Former Exec $157,018 $137,488 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Timothy Grafton) 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 140 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (H), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,786 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.