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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Roots And Wings Kids Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202235592
NY · NTEE P33
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sandra Roses, Executive Director / CEO ($78,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,500 total compensation of comparable organizations → $86,005 $78,000
$15,55610th
$36,95925th
$60,767Median
$72,51975th
$83,67490th
$78,000This org · 76th
p10$15,556
p25$36,959
p50$60,767
p75$72,519
p90$83,674
$78,000

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 NY cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Fall Creek School Age ProgramNY $308,675$38,073 990
Livingston Street Early Childhood CenterNY $300,856$5,688 990
Nonnie Hood Parent Resource Center IncNY $300,287$67,180 990
Gsuc Child Development And LearningNY $289,841$60,767 990
Chinese Methodist Center CorporationNY $280,080$32,525 990
Noah's Ark Day Care Center Of Port JeffersonNY $348,997$57,479 990
Children's Center Of New Paltz IncNY $351,548$36,959 990
Pooh's Corner IncNY $358,188$86,005 990
Lasalle Early Childhood Center IncNY $379,537$57,087 990
Millbrook Early Childhood EducationNY $387,466$72,519 990
Kiddiworld IncNY $224,241$22,135 990
Caroline Asp IncNY $407,102$69,304 990
Keeps IncNY $210,746$84,150 990
Irvington Childrens Center IncNY $441,888$80,550 990
Islip School Age Child Care CorpNY $455,271$83,357 990
Community Child Care Center OfNY $459,282$67,745 990
Olivet Academy Early Learning CenterNY $462,333$1,500 990

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 NY 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Sandra Roses) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P33) + NY + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,000 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.