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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Camp Claire Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 060762788
CT · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Caroline Sirna, Executive Director / CEO ($8,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 496 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Caroline Sirna — reported title “CAMP CO-DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

496 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 496 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$189 total compensation of comparable organizations → $160,744 $8,000
$15,11610th
$33,76125th
$58,976Median
$79,83275th
$99,77690th
$8,000This org · 5th
p10$15,116
p25$33,761
p50$58,976
p75$79,832
p90$99,776
$8,000

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 CT 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
Cherokee Focus Inc GA$327,594 Ceo And Ex D $102,921 $110,371 2023
Crested Butte Development Team CO$327,642 Director $34,000 $34,771 2023
Girls On The Run Rhode Island RI$327,669 Executive Dir. $60,674 $58,716 2025
Chicago Mobile Makers IL$327,876 Executive Director $114,444 $116,556 2024
Think Make Live Youth OH$327,001 Chair $19,950 $21,890 2024
Peruvian Hearts CO$328,418 Executive Director $65,000 $66,474 2023
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The MD$326,665 Executive Di $76,678 $74,263 2024
Mel's Academy Inc IN$324,994 President/ceo $11,152 $12,183 2024
Kim's Open Door Inc FL$330,616 President $93,500 $93,681 2023
Shape Nw Inc WA$324,380 President $32,000 $31,809 2022
Total Foundation Inc MD$323,666 President & Ceo $85,500 $85,253 2023
Alma Domestic Violence Foundation Inc GA$331,859 Founder Ceo $100,000 $111,636 2022
West Chester Dance Works PA$322,940 Executive Director $28,025 $28,205 2025
Transformation Life Center TN$332,341 Founder/ceo $55,000 $61,659 2023
Dreamcatcher Initiative Inc MA$332,636 President/chair $84,316 $78,491 2024
Clergy Community Children Youth Coalition WA$332,750 Executive Director $105,652 $100,885 2023
Deliver Hope Inc AR$322,187 Executive Di $38,184 $45,777 2023
Know2 SC$321,474 Executive Director $38,400 $41,500 2024
Mahomet Area Youth Club IL$321,187 Executive Director $47,865 $48,748 2024
Ikaika Hawaii (Watermans Academy) HI$321,063 President/ceo Coach $75,739 $70,247 2024
Bj's Heart Inc TN$334,460 Executive Director $36,961 $40,248 2024
Pelham Together Inc NY$334,542 Executive Dir. $100,000 $93,610 2024
Spot 31 OK$334,704 Executive Director $53,088 $62,347 2023
World Soccer Organization Inc NY$334,856 Director $21,000 $19,659 2024
Next Generation Academy-salisbury NC$335,315 Excutive Director $53,237 $56,985 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Caroline Sirna) 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 496 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,000 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.