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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jamie's Dream Team

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270132936
PA · NTEE T12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jamie Ward, Executive Director / CEO ($21,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 21st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jamie Ward — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,569 total compensation of comparable organizations → $381,856 $21,600
$10,98010th
$24,67625th
$56,953Median
$78,82175th
$101,07690th
$21,600This org · 21st
p10$10,980
p25$24,676
p50$56,953
p75$78,821
p90$101,076
$21,600

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
Help Our World One On One CO$391,357 Founder $9,000 $8,910 2023
Kol Yehuda Inc NY$401,362 President $74,378 $69,387 2023
12-31 TX$406,624 Executive Director $62,000 $62,191 2024
Jacobs Well Inc IN$408,480 Director $14,000 $14,805 2024
Sobel Family Supporting Foundation Inc NJ$418,402 Treasurer/assistant Secretary $49,655 $45,770 2023
Nehemiah Charitable Fund CA$419,513 Ceo $103,320 $89,464 2024
Hopkins Education Foundation MN$421,739 Executive Director $59,000 $56,953 2025
Avenues For Autism OH$422,752 Executive Di $100,000 $106,209 2024
Erin Eickmeier Foundation MO$361,037 Executive Director $71,958 $78,683 2023
Russian Leadership Ministries IL$425,671 President $51,100 $51,864 2023
Building On Love Inc NY$357,354 Executive Dir. $112,006 $98,876 2025
The Jordan Porco Foundation CT$427,562 Executive Director (Until 8/2024) $104,149 $97,922 2024
Vibrant Places Inc FL$428,506 Dir., Secretary $143,473 $135,156 2024
Creatives Want Change Inc NY$351,230 Director Of Programs $72,116 $67,277 2023
Little Warrior Foundation Inc WI$436,622 Secretary $9,000 $9,425 2024
Osprey Village Thrift Stores Llc SC$347,951 Executive Director $1,500 $1,569 2024
Finn's Fighters Inc FL$346,041 President/exec. Dir. $40,778 $38,414 2024
Kids In Need Distributors Inc MD$340,287 Treasurer $24,010 $22,509 2024
Texas Trust Gives TX$335,335 Executive Director $10,089 $10,419 2023
The Link Of Northern Kandiyohi County MN$449,690 Executive Dir. $60,000 $59,451 2024
Rock Cf Foundation MI$334,702 President/ce $81,500 $84,355 2024
Los Charros Foundation Inc AZ$456,609 Executive Director $27,000 $26,039 2024
Central Washington Catholic Foundation WA$457,811 Executive Director $87,846 $78,867 2024
Simpson Foundation PA$326,523 President/ceo $15,859 $15,859 2024
Fox & Roachtrident Charities PA$325,955 President/trustee $74,188 $74,188 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 default21st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Jamie Ward) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,600 is reasonable (approximately the 21st 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.