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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connecticut Center For Nonviolence

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260890808
CT · NTEE I72
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Victoria Christgau, Executive Director / CEO ($69,998) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$25,548 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,224 $69,998
$39,13210th
$53,43325th
$61,192Median
$77,44375th
$91,63490th
$69,998This org · 66th
p10$39,132
p25$53,433
p50$61,192
p75$77,443
p90$91,634
$69,998

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
Heartland Casa NE$222,415 Executive Di $47,000 $51,018 2025
Childrens Advocacy Center Of Guernsey County OH$222,174 Director $50,130 $56,628 2023
Bennington County Association Against VT$221,558 Executive Dir. $59,660 $60,604 2025
Casa Of Hill County Texas TX$225,648 Exec Dir 6.2 $36,300 $38,727 2023
Casa Of Houston County Inc GA$218,780 Executive Di $79,590 $85,351 2023
Front Range Casa Gal Inc MT$230,891 Executive Director $69,351 $77,443 2024
Warren Washington Care Center NY$232,516 Executive Dir. $57,081 $53,433 2024
The Vermont Children's Alliance VT$232,894 Executive Director $65,944 $68,760 2024
Bold Solutions WA$210,452 Director $41,387 $41,140 2022
Patchworks House Inc OH$236,972 Executive Di $50,000 $54,862 2024
Friends Of Western Pa Cares For Kids Inc PA$207,155 Executive Director $48,377 $51,453 2023
Lasalle County Childrens Advocacy Center IL$206,603 Director $57,100 $59,871 2023
Casa Of The 5th Judicial District WY$206,544 Executive Director $71,809 $77,605 2025
Sarah's Friends Inc OH$241,243 Executive Di $51,010 $57,622 2023
Tulare County Child Protection CA$202,938 Executive Dir. $82,710 $76,173 2023
Family & Children's Council IA$247,648 Executive Director $78,000 $91,088 2023
First Judicial District Casa-gal Program MT$248,664 Executive Director $54,683 $61,063 2024
Hero House The Childrens Advocacy GA$248,817 Executive Direc $65,030 $67,736 2024
Iowa Chapter Of Children's Advocacy Centers IA$197,506 Executive Director $31,250 $34,533 2025
Kymari House Inc TN$192,591 Exec Director $45,000 $49,001 2024
Safe Harbor A Children's Justice Center WY$256,887 Executive Director $48,591 $53,902 2024
Family Nurturing Center Of Florida FL$259,042 Executive Di $87,307 $87,476 2023
Windham County Safe Place Child Advocacy VT$259,817 Executive Director And Int $76,927 $80,212 2024
Pulaski County Friends Of Casa Inc AR$185,175 Executive Dir. $61,407 $71,505 2024
Southeast Nebraska Casa NE$185,002 Executive Director $50,000 $57,356 2023

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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 Christgau) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I72), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,998 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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.