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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago Kids Company

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364033485
IL · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paige Coffman, Executive Director / CEO ($63,667) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 222 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paige Coffman — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

222 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 222 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,031 total compensation of comparable organizations → $336,085 $63,667
$11,53010th
$25,13025th
$52,763Median
$84,43375th
$119,61290th
$63,667This org · 58th
p10$11,530
p25$25,130
p50$52,763
p75$84,433
p90$119,612
$63,667

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
Louisiana Hospitality Foundation LA$449,965 Business Manager $28,442 $30,942 2024
The Bunim Fund NY$449,595 Trustee $61,509 $56,536 2023
The Childrens Foundation Of Astor NY$448,665 Executive Vp $23,697 $21,781 2023
Hbcu Career Development Marketplace Inc MD$447,897 Executive Director $5,671 $5,614 2022
Manna International Inc RI$446,954 President $115,056 $109,000 2024
Academics In Motion Inc NJ$452,783 Executive Dir. $38,500 $33,961 2024
Inspiring Communty Inc WI$454,344 Managing Dir $12,000 $12,748 2023
Kopernik Society Of Broome County NY$455,686 Vp/exec. Dir. $55,349 $50,874 2023
Family Community Resource Center IL$456,093 Program Manager/ceo $75,126 $75,126 2023
Golden Heart Fund CA$456,623 Executive Director $170,000 $145,033 2024
Grapevine-colleyville Isd TX$442,825 Executive Dir. $82,500 $81,535 2024
Rescue Her Inc TX$457,182 Executive Director $45,000 $44,473 2024
Eastern Shore Of Virginia Community Foundation VA$457,885 Exec Dir $25,083 $23,928 2024
Women And Girls Fund Of WI$460,365 Executive Di $95,621 $98,664 2024
118 East 111th Street Corporation NY$460,434 Ceo $18,651 $17,143 2023
Minnesota Credit Union Foundation MN$462,196 President $19,637 $19,737 2023
Chc Realty Inc CT$437,454 President/ceo $47,220 $45,034 2023
Westview Foundation SC$462,388 President $30,550 $31,489 2024
Rcm Community Fund WI$463,015 Secretary $21,475 $21,587 2025
Crg Foundation Inc CA$463,386 Director $28,362 $24,196 2024
The Loveall Foundation For Children CA$436,189 Director $13,002 $11,420 2023
Woods Services Foundation PA$436,117 Treasurer $30,458 $30,895 2023
Social Venture Partners Chicago Inc IL$435,188 Executive Director $84,351 $84,351 2023
Mike Evans Family Foundation Inc FL$434,277 Executive Dir. $50,000 $46,408 2024
Impact Austin Foundation TX$465,504 Executive Director $140,207 $138,566 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 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 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Paige Coffman) 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 222 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,667 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.