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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Knots Of Love Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352345369
WI · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christine M Fabiani, Executive Director / CEO ($93,890) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 775 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Christine M Fabiani — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

775 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 775 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$271 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,694 $93,890
$11,05210th
$23,10425th
$40,679Median
$61,85275th
$83,10690th
$93,890This org · 94th
p10$11,052
p25$23,104
p50$40,679
p75$61,852
p90$83,106
$93,890

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 WI 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
En-hacore Community Center And Orientations (Ecco) LA$211,068 Officer, President, Executive Director $41,578 $42,580 2024
P V Amman Temple Of N A NY$211,062 Priest $6,000 $5,191 2023
Helping Everyone Receive Ongoing LA$211,485 Executive Dir. $42,233 $43,251 2024
Thinking Huts FL$210,796 Ceo Founder $30,000 $26,211 2024
Arms Wide Open Community Development Corporation GA$211,700 Executive Director $24,000 $23,107 2023
Juniper Community Missions PA$210,693 President $16,800 $16,042 2023
Recovery Cafe Hamilton County Inc IN$211,773 Executive Director $56,003 $54,927 2024
Umbrella Of The Capital District Inc NY$211,846 Executive Dir. $54,150 $45,508 2024
Stop Trafficking Us ME$210,493 Director $22,416 $20,876 2024
Licking Co Coalition Of Care OH$210,399 Executive Director $51,140 $51,864 2023
Equasion OH$210,318 Executive Di $26,400 $26,006 2024
Global Village Connect MN$212,206 Executive Di $62,708 $57,628 2024
Africa Dream Partnership PA$212,338 Director, Employee $45,750 $43,685 2023
Reins Of Grace Therapeutic Riding Center Inc IN$212,694 President $24,000 $23,539 2024
Ericshouse Inc AZ$212,826 Chairman $39,300 $35,151 2024
Mu Delta Lambda Charitable Fndn IL$212,851 President $5,000 $4,572 2024
Shower Power Inc NY$213,183 Executive Director $85,000 $71,435 2024
The Lion Project CO$209,109 Executive Director $70,000 $62,427 2024
The South Carolina Juneteenth Freedom Fest SC$209,038 President And Founder $20,000 $20,798 2022
Crestone Eagle Community Media CO$209,008 Former Director $30,000 $26,754 2024
Crack The Wellness Code CA$208,999 Co-founder $60,000 $49,609 2023
Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Services Center Inc VA$208,988 Executive Director $9,950 $8,936 2024
Nurturing Newborns CO$208,925 Manager $11,000 $9,809 2024
Apple Seeds Inc TN$208,913 Exec Director $61,704 $62,104 2023
Greater Tallahassee Chamber Foundation FL$213,537 President/ceo $18,150 $15,858 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Christine M Fabiani) 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 775 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,890 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.