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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Journey Forward

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260645496
IL · NTEE J20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Annemarie Fitzpatrick, Executive Director / CEO ($90,366) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,839 total compensation of comparable organizations → $567,543 $90,366
$26,13510th
$43,25025th
$63,724Median
$81,95675th
$95,51290th
$90,366This org · 84th
p10$26,135
p25$43,250
p50$63,724
p75$81,956
p90$95,512
$90,366

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 IL 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
Steadfast Foundation LA$234,472 Executive Director $76,096 $83,035 2025
Assisted Employment Services Inc FL$234,395 President $72,897 $69,657 2024
Utah Women In The Trades UT$233,963 Executive Director $47,820 $49,783 2024
Center For Youth Development Through Law CA$236,575 Executive Dir. $68,172 $59,878 2024
Instruction Construction OR$240,283 Executive Director $90,000 $87,525 2023
Employment Service Consultants Inc CA$241,439 President & Ceo $70,470 $63,724 2023
Oregon Acte Inc OR$242,007 Executive Director $40,500 $39,386 2023
Tle Center For Urban MA$227,568 Executive Di $26,783 $24,481 2024
Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers And PA$221,987 Exec Director $72,610 $75,828 2023
Minnesota Africans United MN$248,785 Ceo $95,762 $99,092 2023
Partnership For Career Development PA$250,914 President $125,000 $126,795 2024
Harrison House Of Hope AR$252,102 Ex Director $43,260 $50,923 2023
Dress For Success Boise Inc ID$217,462 Executive Director $62,100 $69,180 2023
Celebrate Edu CO$216,976 Officer - Ceo $90,000 $90,374 2023
Dress For Success Reno- NV$216,901 Executive Di $59,333 $62,283 2023
21st Century Workforce Development LA$216,599 Executive Dirctor/treasurer $70,050 $78,459 2024
Pennsylvania Farm Link Inc PA$254,281 Executive Di $68,987 $69,978 2024
Experience Now Inc VA$256,444 President & Ceo $36,924 $37,335 2023
Executive Alliance Inc MD$257,280 Exec. Director $95,000 $90,341 2024
May Coalition Inc NC$212,566 Executive Director $86,063 $93,125 2023
Dress For Success Des Moines IA$258,798 Executive Director $42,692 $47,548 2024
Supply Chain Oki OH$210,740 President $66,609 $71,761 2024
Michigan Assessing Coalition Inc MI$261,634 Executive Director $21,177 $22,234 2024
Foundation For Pops MI$207,371 Executive Director $69,759 $73,240 2024
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Mclennan TX$264,639 Executive Director $64,260 $67,315 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
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 (Annemarie Fitzpatrick) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,366 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.