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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cherishability

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141656846
OR · NTEE P82Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Finnin Day, Executive Director / CEO ($84,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 129 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Julie Finnin Day — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

129 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 129 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$325 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,208 $84,000
$14,87510th
$37,32825th
$67,041Median
$85,28975th
$104,11590th
$84,000This org · 72nd
p10$14,875
p25$37,328
p50$67,041
p75$85,289
p90$104,115
$84,000

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 OR 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
Encore Studio For The Performing Arts Inc WI$498,463 Ceo $86,048 $93,993 2024
Camp Capella Inc ME$496,860 Executive Di $77,885 $81,571 2024
Empower Tennessee TN$495,282 Executive Di $86,698 $95,318 2024
The Helping Hands Society Of Hazleton PA$494,764 Executive Director $75,540 $78,791 2024
Children's Speech & Reading Center CO$493,358 Exec Direc/p $74,379 $74,596 2024
Down Syndrome Indiana Inc IN$503,769 Executive Director $56,700 $62,540 2024
Disability Empowerment Center PA$490,777 Executive Di $66,554 $69,419 2024
Spectrum Thrift Store Inc FL$506,913 President $9,429 $9,264 2024
Future Directions Consumer Operated OH$507,357 Executive Di $64,480 $73,541 2023
The Arc Of Greater Williamsburg VA$508,721 Executive Director $87,415 $90,887 2023
Misty Meadows Mitey Riders Inc NC$484,578 Managing Director $39,918 $43,141 2024
Down Syndrome Support Group Of South Central Kentucky Inc KY$515,068 Executive Director $40,000 $44,948 2024
True Connections Community Programs Inc CA$479,066 Executive Dir. $360 $325 2024
Babcock Center Foundationinc SC$518,238 Foundation Director $43,715 $47,700 2024
Community Services Of Starke County Inc IN$518,737 Executive Director $23,039 $26,163 2023
People Empowered And Communities Enhanc WA$477,905 Executive Director $60,018 $57,863 2023
The Ability Center For Independent NM$477,892 Executive Di $75,405 $84,828 2024
The Speak Foundation Inc FL$467,773 President $16,080 $15,800 2024
On-the-move Community Integration OR$530,428 Executive Director $70,981 $68,945 2024
Modern Guidance Services Inc NY$532,637 Executive Director $16,455 $15,151 2025
Community Connections Of Moniteau County Inc MO$463,670 Support Coordinator $53,139 $58,867 2024
Scott Cheerful Resident Corp FL$462,825 Director $72,000 $70,745 2024
Small Champions Inc CO$462,558 Executive Director $87,600 $90,451 2023
The Friends Network Inc NY$461,917 Executive Director $113,372 $107,151 2024
Changing Lives Together Foundation NC$460,610 Executive Di $2,685 $2,902 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Julie Finnin Day) 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 129 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,000 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.