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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rutland County Child First

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 050516792
VT · NTEE I70
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wendy Loomis, Executive Director / CEO ($50,346) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,458 total compensation of comparable organizations → $83,358 $50,346
$24,92810th
$40,36625th
$60,268Median
$70,12575th
$79,91390th
$50,346This org · 30th
p10$24,928
p25$40,366
p50$60,268
p75$70,125
p90$79,913
$50,346

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
The Childrens Advocacy Center Of Cleveland CountyNC $232,013$68,297 990
Rock The Walls Foundation IncFL $238,222$83,358 990
Can Council Great Lakes Bay RegionMI $241,557$5,458 990
Pedal The PacificTX $244,736$66,507 990
The Ace Fiduciary Group A Non-profitCA $265,875$50,844 990
Ceces Hope CenterAZ $267,116$23,609 990
Time Of ChangeCA $269,415$25,074 990
Goochland-powhatan CasaVA $274,505$61,681 990
Guardians Of Our Children IncNY $189,936$40,849 990
Court Appointed Special AdvocatesAL $283,833$58,280 990
Casa Of West Central IllinoisIL $290,129$58,854 990
Create Your StatementWA $177,226$75,608 990
Hope & Justice Foundation IncorporatedFL $176,127$38,916 990
Stories FoundationMN $293,668$52,557 990
East-central Court Appointed SpeciaSD $299,959$67,757 990
Casa Of East Central WisconsinWI $305,316$79,844 990
Northern California Tribal Court CoalitionCA $309,849$66,118 990
Soap ProjectOH $320,738$25,255 990
In Our BackyardOR $343,058$77,870 990
Tennessee Voices For VictimsTN $350,346$80,530 990

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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Wendy Loomis) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,346 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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). 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.