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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Disability Empowerment Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202740932
PA · NTEE P82
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jaclyn Nagle - Former, Executive Director / CEO ($66,554) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 127 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jaclyn Nagle - Former — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

127 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 127 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$312 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,175 $66,554
$12,83810th
$34,80025th
$62,593Median
$81,14675th
$97,31090th
$66,554This org · 57th
p10$12,838
p25$34,800
p50$62,593
p75$81,146
p90$97,310
$66,554

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 PA 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
Children's Speech & Reading Center CO$493,358 Exec Direc/p $74,379 $71,518 2024
The Helping Hands Society Of Hazleton PA$494,764 Executive Director $75,540 $75,540 2024
Empower Tennessee TN$495,282 Executive Di $86,698 $91,384 2024
Camp Capella Inc ME$496,860 Executive Di $77,885 $78,206 2024
Misty Meadows Mitey Riders Inc NC$484,578 Managing Director $39,918 $41,360 2024
Encore Studio For The Performing Arts Inc WI$498,463 Ceo $86,048 $90,115 2024
Cherishability OR$498,540 Executive Director $84,000 $80,534 2023
True Connections Community Programs Inc CA$479,066 Executive Dir. $360 $312 2024
People Empowered And Communities Enhanc WA$477,905 Executive Director $60,018 $55,475 2023
The Ability Center For Independent NM$477,892 Executive Di $75,405 $81,327 2024
Down Syndrome Indiana Inc IN$503,769 Executive Director $56,700 $59,959 2024
Spectrum Thrift Store Inc FL$506,913 President $9,429 $8,882 2024
Future Directions Consumer Operated OH$507,357 Executive Di $64,480 $70,507 2023
The Arc Of Greater Williamsburg VA$508,721 Executive Director $87,415 $87,137 2023
The Speak Foundation Inc FL$467,773 President $16,080 $15,148 2024
Down Syndrome Support Group Of South Central Kentucky Inc KY$515,068 Executive Director $40,000 $43,094 2024
Community Connections Of Moniteau County Inc MO$463,670 Support Coordinator $53,139 $56,438 2024
Babcock Center Foundationinc SC$518,238 Foundation Director $43,715 $45,732 2024
Scott Cheerful Resident Corp FL$462,825 Director $72,000 $67,826 2024
Community Services Of Starke County Inc IN$518,737 Executive Director $23,039 $25,084 2023
Small Champions Inc CO$462,558 Executive Director $87,600 $86,718 2023
The Friends Network Inc NY$461,917 Executive Director $113,372 $102,730 2024
Changing Lives Together Foundation NC$460,610 Executive Di $2,685 $2,782 2024
Limitless Disability Services Inc GA$452,054 Executive Director $40,848 $42,403 2023
On-the-move Community Integration OR$530,428 Executive Director $70,981 $66,100 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA cost of living and 2024 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 PA 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Jaclyn Nagle - Former) 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 127 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,554 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.