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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shining Star Children's Advocacy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300135798
IL · NTEE I72
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica Cash, Executive Director / CEO ($73,348) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jessica Cash — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,884 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,361 $73,348
$54,09410th
$64,03325th
$73,474Median
$85,31775th
$99,31890th
$73,348This org · 50th
p10$54,094
p25$64,033
p50$73,474
p75$85,317
p90$99,318
$73,348

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 IL 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
Healthy Kids A Family Resource Network ME$395,444 Executive Director $71,352 $72,675 2024
Kukui Children's Foundation HI$402,586 Executive Director $60,000 $56,255 2023
Kids Free To Grow ME$404,403 Executive Director $43,293 $42,959 2025
Maryland Children's Alliance Inc MD$405,449 Executive Director $104,893 $102,695 2023
Voices For Children Of Broward County FL$407,923 President & Ceo $90,720 $86,688 2024
Building Hope Today Inc ID$386,410 Executive Dir. $98,917 $107,034 2024
Child Abuse & Beyond Inc TX$411,249 Executive Di $152,900 $155,574 2024
Marion County Child Advocacy Center WV$381,928 Executive Director $56,971 $64,598 2023
Friends Of Alameda County Casa Inc CA$412,979 Executive Dir. $95,700 $84,056 2024
Kidsafe Collaborative Inc VT$379,951 Executive Director $79,700 $79,495 2025
Molokai Child Abuse Prevention Path HI$379,872 Executive Di $85,629 $77,981 2024
Parent Aid - Child Abuse Prevention Center AZ$417,068 Executive Director $67,893 $64,704 2025
Operation Sandcastle Inc FL$426,271 Officer & President $158,103 $151,076 2024
Russell County Child Advocacy Ctr AL$428,782 Executive Director $88,076 $99,645 2023
Cambria County Child Advocacy PA$365,235 Executive Di $74,026 $77,307 2023
Imperial County Child Abuse CA$431,490 Executive Director $62,010 $54,465 2024
Exchange Club Family Skills Center AL$432,917 Executive Dir. $61,739 $67,844 2024
Exchange Club Center For The Prevention NC$435,548 Executive Dir. $63,212 $66,436 2024
Tree Top Child Advocacy Center CO$438,615 Executive Director $82,531 $80,496 2024
Childrens Advocacy Center Of IL$439,994 Executive Direc $77,214 $75,224 2025
Randolph County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc WV$350,000 Executive Director $61,685 $66,185 2025
Hope Haven Of Hancock County Inc MS$348,779 Board Member $2,473 $2,884 2023
Youth Services Bureau Of IN$346,570 Executive Di $54,159 $59,811 2023
Family Safety Network Inc ID$458,468 Executive Di $70,565 $76,355 2024
Morgan County Child Advocacy Center AL$459,353 Executive Di $65,650 $74,273 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Jessica Cash) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I72), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,348 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.