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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Headache Alliance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 933058183
NJ · NTEE E01
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julienne Verdi, Executive Director / CEO ($100,155) 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 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Julienne Verdi — reported title “Executive Dir.”, 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

$12,787 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,674 $100,155
$25,79710th
$48,84925th
$82,894Median
$121,79475th
$175,07290th
$100,155This org · 67th
p10$25,797
p25$48,849
p50$82,894
p75$121,794
p90$175,072
$100,155

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 NJ 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
Higgy Bears Inc MI$376,835 President $60,000 $71,199 2024
Share Health Southeast Georgia Inc GA$396,803 Executive Director $35,580 $42,344 2023
Echcc Inc FL$397,438 Executive Director $73,995 $77,856 2025
Family Voices Of North Dakota Inc ND$368,018 Executive Director $55,620 $68,364 2025
Epilepsy Alliance America Inc LA$420,508 Coo $138,237 $180,167 2023
Texans For Vaccine Choice TX$339,693 President $10,800 $12,787 2023
Birth Control Advocates Of New York NY$446,704 Co-executive Director $166,421 $172,888 2024
Social Medicine International UT$324,751 Executive Director $23,744 $27,938 2024
Behavioral Health Alliance Of Montana MT$305,950 Executive Director $126,921 $157,288 2024
Canopy Global Foundation Inc FL$303,465 Ceo $178,400 $192,674 2024
California Breastfeeding Coalition CA$471,462 Executive Dir. $110,373 $106,746 2025
World Patients Alliance DC$471,990 Executive Di $84,600 $87,870 2023
Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition UT$479,235 Executive Dir. $19,348 $23,439 2023
Washington School-based Health Alliance WA$480,407 Executive Director From April 2024 $87,578 $90,143 2024
Kyle J Taylor Foundation CA$279,884 Director Of Operations $27,004 $26,807 2024
Waiha Warriors OH$266,763 President $73,333 $91,933 2023
Global Alliance For Surgical Obstetric DC$263,263 Executive Director $125,696 $126,810 2024
Nami Of Southern Arizona AZ$545,298 Executive Director $70,472 $77,918 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ cost of living and 2025 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 NJ 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Julienne Verdi) 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 sector (E01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,155 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.