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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of The Girl Scouts' Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237395094
CA · NTEE O11
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Victoria Shepp, Executive Director / CEO ($25,655) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,536 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,251 $25,655
$12,63110th
$19,83725th
$40,584Median
$90,50175th
$137,59090th
$25,655This org · 46th
p10$12,631
p25$19,837
p50$40,584
p75$90,501
p90$137,590
$25,655

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 CA 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
Sisters Unchained Inc MA$449,198 Executive Director $124,069 $129,114 2024
Camp Twin Lakes Foundation Inc GA$456,940 Chief Executive Officer $17,296 $20,140 2024
Gsnetx Stem Center Of Excellence TX$441,487 Ceo $36,402 $42,169 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Miami FL$460,576 President & Ceo $12,086 $13,537 2023
Free Enterprise Foundation Inc IL$429,221 Secretary $5,205 $6,101 2023
Friends Of Explorer Post 58 OR$427,852 Executive Director $127,547 $141,222 2023
Girl Scouts Of Southern Arizona AZ$473,322 Ceo $16,995 $18,928 2024
Building Futures Inc CA$482,915 President & Ceo $173,481 $173,481 2024
Boys & Girls Club And Family Center Of Bristol Inc CT$400,000 Chief Executive Officer $160,478 $174,251 2024
Girl Scouts Of Southern Arizona AZ$390,651 Ceo $16,995 $18,928 2024
North Yellowstone Education Foundation MT$383,677 Executive Dir. $45,000 $57,834 2023
Bgcco Milo-grogan Holding Company OH$373,161 Chief Executive Officer $31,794 $38,998 2024
New City Kids Foundation NJ$532,927 President $23,637 $24,440 2024
Friends Of St Lawrence-watts Youth Center CA$363,431 Executive Director $85,234 $83,037 2025
La Fencing Academy Of Pomona CA$360,625 President $21,400 $21,400 2024
Friends Of The Children - OR$358,161 Executive Director $21,321 $22,930 2024
Journeymen Institute WA$353,181 Executive Director $78,571 $83,871 2023
Gillwell Foundation NE$348,947 Secretary/executive Direct $57,264 $73,433 2023
Project Hope Ca Inc CA$558,109 President $47,863 $49,277 2023
Will Work For Kids Nonprofit Group Inc FL$325,436 Director $11,253 $12,242 2024
Included CA$595,660 President $24,249 $24,249 2024
First State Squash Inc DE$649,424 Executive Di $99,312 $112,614 2024
Advocates For Kids OH$653,051 Executive Dir. $90,000 $110,392 2024
Boys' Club Of Wake County Foundation NC$653,719 Executive Director $2,119 $2,536 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Victoria Shepp) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,655 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.