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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Desert Waters Correctional Outreach

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300151345
CO · NTEE P50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Caterina Spinaris, Executive Director / CEO ($39,087) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 70 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

70 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 70 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,429 total compensation of comparable organizations → $141,109 $39,087
$13,16210th
$32,38325th
$55,031Median
$69,70975th
$84,77990th
$39,087This org · 31st
p10$13,162
p25$32,383
p50$55,031
p75$69,709
p90$84,779
$39,087

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 CO 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
Woman To Woman Mentoring Inc MD$262,597 Executive Di $73,519 $71,681 2023
Donor Sibling Registry CO$261,555 Exceutive Director $145,277 $141,109 2024
Purposeful Living Inc IN$260,306 President $81,500 $87,061 2024
Inspiring You To Greatness Non Profit Corporation TX$254,670 President $8,800 $8,687 2025
River City Recovery Ministries MN$254,332 Vice Preside $54,660 $54,711 2024
Neighbors Who Care Inc AZ$272,387 Executive Director $84,299 $82,123 2024
Wiregrass 2-1-1 AL$273,001 Executive Director $57,979 $63,449 2024
Global Mother Divine Org Usa IA$274,823 President $60,000 $66,548 2024
Community Grief Center CO$275,781 Executive Director $46,500 $45,166 2024
Safeart Inc VT$249,590 Co-director Programs $52,960 $55,592 2023
Coos Elderly Services Inc OR$277,188 Executive Director $51,532 $49,908 2023
Saving Our Seniors Inc FL$280,581 President $49,181 $46,801 2024
Southern Minnesota Womens Center MN$282,337 Ex. Director $33,010 $34,016 2023
The Peace Center Inc PA$241,707 Executive Di $50,835 $51,352 2024
Divine Values School Inc FL$241,584 President $3,500 $3,429 2023
Haydens House Of Healing Inc NJ$285,958 Ceo $72,000 $65,118 2024
The International Youth Alliance For Family Planning DC$234,681 Executive Director $116,511 $106,626 2023
The National Advocacy Center Of The MD$292,016 Executive Direc $61,631 $60,090 2023
Nexttalk TX$233,781 Executive Director $45,792 $47,771 2023
Sober Living Inc TX$232,625 Executive Director $30,979 $31,390 2024
Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation LA$294,687 Project Manager $20,000 $22,308 2024
Steps To Tomorrow CA$294,840 Exec Director $67,700 $57,691 2025
Haven Center SD$230,320 Executive Director $20,844 $23,991 2023
Helping Women Period Inc MI$230,304 Executive Director $44,640 $48,052 2023
Wabanaki Womens Coalition Inc ME$296,796 Executive Director $83,419 $84,614 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Caterina Spinaris) 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 70 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,087 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.