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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jose's Closet Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270843054
AZ · NTEE P60
FY ending 2024-01-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wendy Esquibel, Executive Director / CEO ($38,150) 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 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Wendy Esquibel — reported title “PRESIDENT”, 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

$2,865 total compensation of comparable organizations → $103,674 $38,150
$16,95410th
$25,83325th
$40,772Median
$59,42475th
$75,47490th
$38,150This org · 49th
p10$16,954
p25$25,833
p50$40,772
p75$59,424
p90$75,474
$38,150

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 AZ 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
Empty Bowls Monongalia WV$174,948 Executive Dir. $5,695 $6,246 2025
Dress For Success Louisville Inc KY$177,065 Executive Director $65,000 $72,613 2024
Robs Barbershop Community Foundation MD$167,633 Managing Director $58,500 $56,869 2024
Wish Granters Inc ID$167,251 Marketing & $26,546 $29,363 2024
Hurting And Hungry Charity CA$179,662 Secretary Ex Dir $30,646 $29,490 2022
Flagstaff International Relief Effort AZ$181,567 President $100,700 $103,674 2023
Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry Inc NC$163,354 Executive Director $33,963 $36,489 2024
Pryor Ministries Center OK$157,125 Director $18,000 $21,218 2023
Stripes Of A Warrior Inc CA$192,459 Organizer $12,399 $11,461 2023
Flushing Jewish Community Council I NY$152,579 Executive Di $21,000 $19,223 2025
4th Street Basement Boutique OH$193,593 President & Ceo $24,857 $28,184 2023
Lantern Light Inc LA$194,804 Executive Di $70,833 $81,101 2024
Interfaith Of Natrona County Inc WY$150,397 Executive Dir. $55,000 $59,660 2025
Good Samaritan Mission Center PA$195,288 Executive Director $57,308 $59,424 2024
Guernsey County Cancer Society Inc OH$195,383 Director $10,950 $12,059 2024
Innovative Humanitarian Solutions Inc TX$195,397 President $73,250 $76,189 2024
Christian Ministries Of H'burg Inc IN$145,438 Executive Director $25,000 $28,222 2023
Angel Baskets Inc CO$202,270 Executive Director $51,000 $50,849 2024
Community Action Social Services & Education Inc TX$203,584 Executive Director $49,390 $51,372 2024
Every Warrior Network LA$203,801 Chair $34,588 $40,772 2023
Florida Automobile Dealers FL$205,050 President $47,873 $48,144 2023
Frog Ministry Inc FL$207,187 President $49,920 $47,505 2025
Mission 615 Inc TN$208,542 President $61,000 $66,671 2024
Christian Services Love Inc Of Greater Lansing MI$136,544 Help Center Coordinator $42,972 $46,120 2024
Together We Achieve IA$209,805 President $33,000 $37,571 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Wendy Esquibel) 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 (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,150 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.