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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bennington County Association Against

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 030338769
VT · NTEE I72Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jenna Caslin, Executive Director / CEO ($59,660) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 52 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

52 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 52 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$25,150 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,479 $59,660
$38,32310th
$52,11425th
$62,638Median
$76,27775th
$90,27490th
$59,660This org · 44th
p10$38,323
p25$52,114
p50$62,638
p75$76,277
p90$90,274
$59,660

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 VT 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
Childrens Advocacy Center Of Guernsey County OH$222,174 Director $50,130 $55,746 2023
Heartland Casa NE$222,415 Executive Di $47,000 $50,223 2025
Connecticut Center For Nonviolence CT$223,380 Executive Dir. $69,998 $68,907 2023
Casa Of Houston County Inc GA$218,780 Executive Di $79,590 $84,022 2023
Casa Of Hill County Texas TX$225,648 Exec Dir 6.2 $36,300 $38,124 2023
Front Range Casa Gal Inc MT$230,891 Executive Director $69,351 $76,237 2024
Warren Washington Care Center NY$232,516 Executive Dir. $57,081 $52,601 2024
Bold Solutions WA$210,452 Director $41,387 $40,499 2022
The Vermont Children's Alliance VT$232,894 Executive Director $65,944 $67,689 2024
Friends Of Western Pa Cares For Kids Inc PA$207,155 Executive Director $48,377 $50,652 2023
Lasalle County Childrens Advocacy Center IL$206,603 Director $57,100 $58,939 2023
Casa Of The 5th Judicial District WY$206,544 Executive Director $71,809 $76,396 2025
Patchworks House Inc OH$236,972 Executive Di $50,000 $54,007 2024
Tulare County Child Protection CA$202,938 Executive Dir. $82,710 $74,986 2023
Sarah's Friends Inc OH$241,243 Executive Di $51,010 $56,725 2023
Iowa Chapter Of Children's Advocacy Centers IA$197,506 Executive Director $31,250 $33,995 2025
Family & Children's Council IA$247,648 Executive Director $78,000 $89,669 2023
First Judicial District Casa-gal Program MT$248,664 Executive Director $54,683 $60,113 2024
Hero House The Childrens Advocacy GA$248,817 Executive Direc $65,030 $66,682 2024
Kymari House Inc TN$192,591 Exec Director $45,000 $48,238 2024
Safe Harbor A Children's Justice Center WY$256,887 Executive Director $48,591 $53,063 2024
Pulaski County Friends Of Casa Inc AR$185,175 Executive Dir. $61,407 $70,392 2024
Southeast Nebraska Casa NE$185,002 Executive Director $50,000 $56,463 2023
Family Nurturing Center Of Florida FL$259,042 Executive Di $87,307 $86,113 2023
Windham County Safe Place Child Advocacy VT$259,817 Executive Director And Int $76,927 $78,962 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Jenna Caslin) 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 52 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I72), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,660 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.