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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Westerly Teachers' Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 050468243
RI · NTEE J40
FY ending 2025-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristen Federico, Executive Director / CEO ($10,350) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 135 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

135 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 135 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $267,876 $10,350
$2,26610th
$5,20325th
$12,153Median
$23,84175th
$73,41090th
$10,350This org · 47th
p10$2,266
p25$5,203
p50$12,153
p75$23,841
p90$73,410
$10,350

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 RI 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
Iuoe Local 25 Training Fund NJ$214,458 Trustee $56,788 $52,877 2025
American Federation Of Government Employees Local 777 IL$214,127 President $6,490 $7,031 2023
American Federation Of State County & NY$215,654 President $19,600 $18,960 2024
Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Ap Trust AL$215,868 Training Coordinator $68,891 $79,671 2024
Umass Faculty Federation Local 1895 MA$213,166 President $14,144 $14,008 2023
Harford County Deputy Sheriff 1989 MD$216,810 Presdient $13,491 $13,502 2024
Hacienda La Puente Teachers Assoc CA$217,068 President $2,300 $2,126 2024
Association Of County Employees MA$211,936 Grievance Coordinator $10,505 $10,403 2023
International Longshore And Warehouse OR$211,880 President $5,581 $5,548 2024
American Federation Of Teachers NY$211,609 President $14,150 $13,687 2024
The Labor Temple Association Inc MN$217,728 President $10,400 $11,000 2024
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation NE$218,104 President $10,757 $12,751 2023
Danbury Police Union Hat City Local CT$211,028 President $7,416 $7,663 2023
Vancouver Police Officers Guild WA$210,774 President $10,200 $9,776 2024
Federation Of Public Service Employees CA$209,980 Secretary-treas $17,400 $16,559 2023
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation IL$209,569 President $4,363 $4,591 2024
Onondaga County Deputy Sheriff NY$220,670 President $12,527 $12,475 2023
International Association Of ND$221,290 President $55 $64 2024
Winona Education Association MN$221,862 Co President $6,000 $6,347 2024
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation PA$207,305 President $4,102 $4,379 2024
Local Union No 349 Of The United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Join ME$222,099 Warden $499 $521 2025
Carpinteria Association United School CA$223,099 President $43,103 $38,816 2025
Guild Of Pacific Northwest Employees WA$205,633 President $14,260 $13,667 2024
Oklahoma Holstein-friesian Association OK$224,282 Secretary $2,500 $3,034 2023
Petaluma Staff Nurse Partnership CA$204,364 President $46,620 $44,367 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to RI 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 RI 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Kristen Federico) 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 135 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,350 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.