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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The National Witness Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271383023
NY · NTEE G30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Detric Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,579 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,753 $70,000
$25,61310th
$57,04625th
$79,067Median
$100,82475th
$122,87490th
$70,000This org · 33rd
p10$25,613
p25$57,046
p50$79,067
p75$100,824
p90$122,874
$70,000

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 NY 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
Oral Cancer Foundation Hill NM$347,299 President $70,000 $80,929 2024
Michigan Institute Of Urology Men's MI$347,122 Executive Director $75,000 $85,669 2023
The Ferrari Kid TX$364,235 Ceo/executive Director $74,800 $80,428 2024
Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation WA$364,731 Executive Director $72,000 $71,337 2023
Legacy Of Hope PA$340,430 President $62,500 $71,802 2022
Cancer Association Of Mercer County OH$366,243 Director $36,073 $42,282 2023
Cancer Patient Support Program VT$338,908 Exec Director $75,098 $81,249 2024
Testicular Cancer Awareness CO$370,173 Founder & Ce $71,288 $73,477 2024
The Breast Cancer Survivors Network GA$371,865 President & Ceo $1,500 $1,579 2025
Starlite Shores Family Camp MI$373,764 Executive Di $23,808 $26,415 2024
Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer IL$375,569 President/treasurer $70,000 $73,973 2024
Jessica June Children's Cancer FL$379,688 President/ce $93,467 $94,381 2024
American Lung Cancer Screening NC$381,744 President $8,000 $8,885 2024
Vessel Of Honour Ministries Inc TN$323,115 Executive Director $50,802 $57,399 2024
Kids & Art Foundation CA$385,033 Ceo $119,529 $110,945 2024
Thriving Pink Inc CA$385,329 Executive Director $59,949 $55,643 2024
Aurora Integrated Oncology Foundation TN$385,373 Chief Executive Officer $170,001 $197,753 2023
Wisconsin Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc WI$387,377 Executive Dir. $98,620 $110,710 2024
Tracys Kids Inc MD$315,682 President, Board Member $60,000 $62,077 2023
Cancer Resource Center Of The Desert CA$308,548 Chief Executive Director $77,258 $73,827 2023
National Alliance Of State Prostate CA$397,462 President $134,588 $124,922 2024
Cancer Resources For Elkhart County IN$402,012 Executive Di $99,287 $112,546 2024
Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Network NY$405,089 Exec Director $127,650 $123,988 2024
Breast Friends OR$406,185 Executive Director $45,927 $45,845 2024
Berrien County Cancer Services Inc MI$412,437 Executive Director $88,407 $100,983 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Detric Johnson) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.