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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Windham County Safe Place Child Advocacy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272468249
VT · NTEE I72
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Samantha Prince, Executive Director / CEO ($76,927) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Samantha Prince — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND INT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,817 total compensation of comparable organizations → $113,882 $76,927
$36,53810th
$52,15525th
$61,153Median
$74,35075th
$87,48990th
$76,927This org · 81st
p10$36,538
p25$52,155
p50$61,153
p75$74,350
p90$87,489
$76,927

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 VT 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
Family Nurturing Center Of Florida FL$259,042 Executive Di $87,307 $83,894 2023
Safe Harbor A Children's Justice Center WY$256,887 Executive Director $48,591 $51,695 2024
Hero House The Childrens Advocacy GA$248,817 Executive Direc $65,030 $64,963 2024
First Judicial District Casa-gal Program MT$248,664 Executive Director $54,683 $58,563 2024
Family & Children's Council IA$247,648 Executive Director $78,000 $87,358 2023
Sarah's Friends Inc OH$241,243 Executive Di $51,010 $55,263 2023
North Star Family Advocacy Center MN$279,355 Executive Dir. $106,000 $104,061 2024
Child Assault Prevention Project Of Washoe County NV$280,285 Executive Director $65,000 $63,064 2025
Patchworks House Inc OH$236,972 Executive Di $50,000 $52,614 2024
African Institute For Children Studies AZ$285,614 Executive Director $72,813 $67,779 2025
Prevent Child Abuse Oregon OR$285,797 Executive Dir. $95,708 $88,304 2024
The Vermont Children's Alliance VT$232,894 Executive Director $65,944 $65,944 2024
Warren Washington Care Center NY$232,516 Executive Dir. $57,081 $51,246 2024
Front Range Casa Gal Inc MT$230,891 Executive Director $69,351 $74,272 2024
The Blue Ribbon Project MD$291,188 Presidednt&director $25,622 $24,502 2023
Casa Of Hill County Texas TX$225,648 Exec Dir 6.2 $36,300 $37,141 2023
Connecticut Center For Nonviolence CT$223,380 Executive Dir. $69,998 $67,132 2023
Heartland Casa NE$222,415 Executive Di $47,000 $48,929 2025
Over The Rainbow PA$297,345 Executive Director $75,304 $74,609 2024
Childrens Advocacy Center Of Guernsey County OH$222,174 Director $50,130 $54,310 2023
Bennington County Association Against VT$221,558 Executive Dir. $59,660 $58,122 2025
Edu4life AZ$300,636 Chief Executive Officer $65,943 $63,008 2024
Casa Of Houston County Inc GA$218,780 Executive Di $79,590 $81,856 2023
Unsilenced Project Inc CA$302,540 President $38,640 $34,128 2023
Inheritance Adoptions TX$304,960 Executive Director $87,313 $86,774 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Samantha Prince) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I72), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,927 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.