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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vision For Life - Pittsburgh

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 010945375
PA · NTEE E40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ron Cichowicz, Executive Director / CEO ($2,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 114 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

114 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 114 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,608 total compensation of comparable organizations → $234,788 $2,700
$24,94110th
$36,06825th
$48,239Median
$57,70475th
$69,27690th
$2,700This org · 0th
p10$24,941
p25$36,068
p50$48,239
p75$57,704
p90$69,276
$2,700

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 PA 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
Life Choices Crisis Pregnancy Supp TN$248,853 Executive Director $49,478 $49,351 2025
Womens Resource Clinic CA$246,001 Secretary $73,975 $64,055 2023
Rum River Life Choices Center MN$245,906 Director $38,154 $36,720 2024
Pregnancy Care Center Inc NC$252,096 Executive Di $10,384 $10,450 2024
Crisis Pregnancy Center Of Char-em Inc MI$242,438 Executive Director $65,000 $67,277 2023
First Choice Pregnancy Center Inc OK$242,308 Executive Dir. $55,700 $59,739 2024
Pregnancy Hope Center OR$254,929 Exec. Direct $42,672 $38,598 2024
Life Choices Resource Center MI$255,579 Executive Di $68,844 $69,212 2024
Hope Pregnancy And Resource Center IL$239,100 Executive Director $14,400 $13,789 2024
Philadelphia Midwife Collective PA$237,777 Executive Director $45,192 $43,895 2024
New Family Life Services WA$258,169 Executive Dir. $28,704 $25,770 2023
Lifeline Pregnancy Care Center Inc PA$260,474 Center Director $43,823 $42,566 2024
Compassion Pregnancy Center And Clinic CA$235,207 Director $64,733 $54,444 2024
Conejo Valley Womens Resource Center CA$235,156 Executive Dir. $62,156 $53,821 2023
Pregnancy Care Center Of Carbon County PA$233,606 Director $25,311 $24,585 2024
Hope Womens Center Inc SC$263,818 Director $22,000 $22,355 2024
Pregnancy Help Center Of Chesterfield VA$265,848 Executive Director $39,024 $36,700 2024
Borger Area Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc TX$229,826 Exec. Director $39,038 $38,035 2024
Women's Health Services Inc AL$265,959 Vice President $120,000 $130,000 2023
Choices Pregnancy Center MN$229,544 Exec Director $37,911 $36,486 2024
Coast Pregnancy Clinic OR$228,269 Executive Director $42,417 $39,500 2023
First Step Pregnancy Center Inc VT$267,888 Executive Dir. $31,121 $30,510 2024
Pregnancy Resource Center Of Gp TX$226,146 Executive Director $45,000 $43,844 2024
The Eden Clinic Inc OK$226,043 Executive Director $21,487 $23,046 2024
Central Coast Pregnancy Center CA$270,358 Executive Dir. $55,382 $47,955 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted1st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Ron Cichowicz) 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 114 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,700 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.