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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Jobs And The Economy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352478507
CA · NTEE J01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brooke Armour, Executive Director / CEO ($10,425) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 472 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Brooke Armour — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

472 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 472 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21 total compensation of comparable organizations → $646,161 $10,425
$6,90910th
$26,04125th
$74,883Median
$105,83975th
$148,77890th
$10,425This org · 14th
p10$6,909
p25$26,041
p50$74,883
p75$105,839
p90$148,778
$10,425

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
American Federation Of Government Employees Afl Cio Local 3369 NY$414,026 3rd Vice President $1,350 $1,455 2023
Genesis At Work Foundation OH$413,827 Chief Executive Officer $24,000 $30,308 2023
Amalgamated Union Local 1 Noitu NY$414,611 President $151,711 $163,450 2023
Riverview Production Inc OH$413,045 Treasurer $15,600 $19,700 2023
United Methodist College VA$412,993 Dean And Exec Director $105,060 $114,447 2025
King County Corrections Guild WA$412,407 President $34,109 $36,409 2023
Lancaster Education Association PA$415,826 President $6,918 $7,989 2024
Teamsters Local 703 Labor-management IL$416,350 Trustee $86,324 $98,282 2024
New Ulm Fire Department Relief Assn MN$416,433 President $2,700 $3,090 2024
Natl Postal Mail Handlers Union OR$416,772 President $60,542 $67,033 2023
Mission Accomplished Transition Services Inc NY$411,016 Chief Coach And Founder $70,000 $75,417 2023
Employing Bricklayers Association PA$417,332 Exec Director $120,042 $138,633 2024
Dress For Success Cleveland OH$417,983 Ceo $75,417 $92,505 2024
Yes She Can Incorporated NY$418,492 Executive Director $85,000 $91,577 2023
National Association Of Independent VA$419,645 President $19,150 $21,413 2024
Medtech & Biotech Veterans Program Inc MA$407,344 President And Executive Director $102,307 $106,467 2024
Elevator Constructors Building MA$420,795 President $74,951 $77,999 2024
The Blessing Box Resale Store Inc TX$420,851 Secretary Treasurer $20,300 $23,516 2024
Mud Girls Studios A Nj Non Profit NJ$421,278 Executive Dir. $65,000 $67,208 2024
Fire Fighters Of Boca Raton Local 1560 FL$405,964 President $27,971 $30,430 2024
Roofers Local Union 34 MD$422,016 Business Rep $15,600 $17,389 2023
Torch 180 MI$405,826 President $63,250 $75,605 2024
Tampa Bay Community & Family Development Corp FL$422,244 Chair $69,577 $73,744 2025
The Conversation Group TX$405,579 Executive Di $117,375 $135,971 2024
Alabama Trucking Assn Foundation AL$422,418 Secretary $38,343 $47,971 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Brooke Armour) 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 472 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,425 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.