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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The Des

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 330683335
CA · NTEE O310
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Judy Tobin May, Executive Director / CEO ($125,437) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 941 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

941 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 941 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$88 total compensation of comparable organizations → $272,477 $125,437
$21,64010th
$47,07025th
$76,178Median
$101,31075th
$125,77390th
$125,437This org · 90th
p10$21,640
p25$47,070
p50$76,178
p75$101,310
p90$125,773
$125,437

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 CA 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
Carolina Winter Ensemble Association Inc SC$423,236 President $7,903 $10,091 2023
5110 Youth Ranch CO$423,405 Ranch Director $30,000 $34,195 2024
Recreational Experiences Achieving Community Harmony Inc MN$423,013 Program Director $72,317 $84,942 2024
Storied Inc NV$423,501 Executive Dir. $25,000 $29,788 2024
Milton Soccer Inc MA$422,973 Registrar $21,728 $23,210 2024
Yachats Youth & Family OR$422,414 Executive Di $67,129 $74,104 2024
Endless Outdoors Inc KS$424,916 President, Secretary, Treasurer $71,346 $91,624 2024
Youth With A Mission WA$420,895 Secretary $33,582 $36,796 2023
Davis Forest School CA$425,661 Director $48,872 $50,165 2024
Westminster At Wade Inc WV$425,679 Director $33,840 $43,554 2024
Cure Innovations Llc CT$420,556 Operating Di $105,000 $117,028 2024
Ketchmore Kids Inc VA$426,408 Executive Director $91,808 $105,373 2024
North Jefferson Junior Baseball Assoc CO$426,498 Scheduler $12,915 $15,155 2023
Grow Healthy Kids Inc FL$426,636 Executive Di $25,500 $28,476 2024
Movement Of Youth Incorporated NC$419,697 President And Ceo And Secretary $106,925 $135,211 2023
Southtown Youth Programs Center IL$426,970 President $50,405 $60,646 2023
Neighborhood House Community Center WI$427,308 Executive Di $55,521 $70,962 2023
Jacob's Ladder Inc VA$427,326 Executive Director $78,074 $89,610 2024
Dekalb Aquatics Swim Inc GA$427,684 President $131,263 $156,890 2024
The Healing Word Counseling Center TN$418,766 Administrator/counselor $27,000 $33,736 2024
The Hampton's Academy Inc IN$418,758 Ceo $33,229 $41,655 2024
Southwest Indiana Powerhouse Inc IN$418,746 Executive Di $96,000 $120,343 2024
Develop More Foundation Inc MD$427,790 Executive Director $88,000 $97,797 2024
Friends Of Explorer Post 58 OR$427,852 Executive Director $127,547 $144,959 2023
Boys & Girls Club Of Jefferson County AR$418,201 Executive Director $40,500 $55,713 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2025 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 CA 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Judy Tobin May) 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 941 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $125,437 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.