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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Waynewinfield Area Youthfamily Service

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363283081
IL · NTEE P400
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allison Kowieski, Executive Director / CEO ($81,923) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 175 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Allison Kowieski — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

175 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 175 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,082 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,230 $81,923
$18,01110th
$34,43425th
$51,973Median
$67,55775th
$86,14290th
$81,923This org · 87th
p10$18,011
p25$34,434
p50$51,973
p75$67,557
p90$86,142
$81,923

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
Hastings Total Lifecare Center Inc MN$276,165 Executive Di $63,839 $65,861 2024
Sisters Haven OH$276,514 Executive Director-management $15,675 $17,846 2023
Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Inc TX$276,570 Executive Director $38,000 $39,687 2024
Hope Spring Community TX$274,799 Executive Di $7,000 $7,311 2024
One Love Community Programs Inc NC$276,774 Director $31,200 $33,660 2024
Compassion Delivered Inc OH$274,616 Co-founder $23,760 $27,051 2023
Steps Inc CT$277,276 Director $16,800 $16,447 2024
Rockwall Grace Center For Family & TX$278,985 Executive Di $100,000 $107,526 2023
Watertown Family Connections Inc WI$271,948 Executive Director $73,670 $80,330 2024
Taking Back Our Lives IL$271,545 Executive Director $88,864 $88,864 2025
Resource & Connect With Benita IL$270,391 President $77,637 $79,691 2024
Hires Family Resources Inc WA$281,281 Co-administrator $64,355 $60,158 2024
Alpha Womens Center Of Barry County MI$281,304 Executive Director $10,640 $11,805 2023
Special Needs Solutions AZ$269,607 Executive Director And President $52,334 $52,550 2024
Healing House WV$282,095 President $46,550 $51,267 2025
Agape Hands CA$282,113 Executive Dir. $54,608 $49,233 2024
Valley Hope Counseling Center VA$282,697 Executive Di $73,591 $76,379 2023
Motherwoman Inc MA$268,498 Vice President $19,461 $18,259 2024
Vermont Kin As Parents Inc VT$283,791 Executive Director $51,249 $53,858 2024
Raregivers Inc CA$284,045 President $90,585 $81,669 2024
Beltway 8 South Crisis Pregnancy TX$284,207 Executive Di $56,224 $58,721 2024
Hope Restored Pregnancy Resource Center LA$266,883 Executive Director $47,100 $54,150 2024
Pregnancy Support Center NC$264,601 Executive Dir. $42,998 $47,757 2023
Hustle Mommies IL$287,016 President $61,029 $64,494 2023
Two Lives Changed TX$264,522 Executive Director $14,184 $14,814 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
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 (Allison Kowieski) 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 175 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,923 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.