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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Spector Criminal Justice Training

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237374884
CT · NTEE I50P
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tammy Lynn Labonte, Executive Director / CEO ($96,961) 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 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tammy Lynn Labonte — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

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

$28,273 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,756 $96,961
$58,26810th
$70,77025th
$86,235Median
$123,76875th
$158,23990th
$96,961This org · 55th
p10$58,268
p25$70,770
p50$86,235
p75$123,768
p90$158,239
$96,961

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
Clean Slate Utah UT$494,327 Executive Di $78,048 $85,196 2023
Marion Winston Court Services AL$475,009 Director $112,544 $125,955 2024
Vermonters For Criminal Justice Reform VT$502,546 Key Employee $97,490 $101,653 2024
Athens-oconee Casa Incorporated GA$514,045 Executive Director $44,333 $46,178 2024
The Fund For Modern Courts Inc NY$458,247 Executive Director $158,196 $148,088 2024
Pennsylvanians For Modern Courts PA$455,446 President & Ceo $150,087 $155,051 2024
Rutland County Court Diversion And Restorative Justice Center Inc VT$521,340 Executive Director $68,540 $69,625 2025
Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc WI$406,466 Executive Director $60,958 $65,950 2024
Unshakeable NV$588,942 President $117,017 $121,511 2024
Black And Missing Foundation MD$602,887 Co-founder & Ceo $88,500 $85,713 2024
Children's Guardian Fund FL$613,554 Executive Di $88,000 $85,640 2024
Northeastern Indiana Casa Inc IN$350,955 Executive Di $25,881 $28,273 2024
Center For Community Justice Inc IN$327,515 Executive Di $53,000 $59,611 2023
Center For Justice And Human Dignity AZ$653,949 Executive Dir. $221,578 $220,756 2024
Casa Of Johnson County Inc TX$664,047 Executive Director $68,958 $71,459 2024
Capital Representation VA$665,724 Executive Di $119,480 $123,039 2023
National Police Accountability Project Inc KS$690,491 Executive Director $162,234 $186,930 2023
Barre Community Justice Center Inc VT$717,189 Executive Director $85,404 $86,756 2025
Citizens For Juvenile Justice Inc MA$720,925 Executive Director $119,845 $114,861 2023
Orange County Family Justice CA$725,083 Executive Director $79,539 $71,151 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Tammy Lynn Labonte) 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 (I50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,961 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.