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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Career Transitions Center Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364084309
IL · NTEE J20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anita Jenke, Executive Director / CEO ($93,163) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,289 total compensation of comparable organizations → $582,560 $93,163
$25,97910th
$42,76625th
$72,338Median
$85,62575th
$111,83290th
$93,163This org · 83rd
p10$25,979
p25$42,766
p50$72,338
p75$85,625
p90$111,832
$93,163

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
International Narcotics TN$396,252 Executive Di $28,975 $32,739 2023
Life Work Planning Center Board Inc MN$387,897 Executive Director $112,724 $113,297 2025
Youth Employment Program Inc ID$398,435 Executive Director $28,000 $32,018 2023
Alliance 98 IL$403,906 Chief Executive Office $60,000 $63,407 2023
Rural Engagement And Vitality Center OR$378,542 Executive Director $92,900 $90,076 2024
Medtech & Biotech Veterans Program Inc MA$407,344 President And Executive Director $102,307 $95,988 2024
Genesis At Work Foundation OH$413,827 Chief Executive Officer $24,000 $27,325 2023
Margate Business Association Inc NJ$367,350 Executive Director $76,667 $71,469 2024
Diversity Cyber Council Inc GA$367,282 President $37,500 $40,531 2023
Dress For Success Cleveland OH$417,983 Ceo $75,417 $83,399 2024
Tampa Bay Community & Family Development Corp FL$422,244 Chair $69,577 $66,485 2025
Alabama Trucking Assn Foundation AL$422,418 Secretary $38,343 $43,249 2024
Music City Construction Careers Inc TN$357,097 Training Director $78,375 $86,015 2024
Strategic Workforce Solutions MI$428,749 President $55,175 $61,217 2023
Midlands Education & Business SC$431,427 Regional Car $78,610 $85,625 2024
Hopeful Opportunities Presented To FL$433,601 President $74,000 $72,582 2024
Carteret County Domestic Violence Program Inc NC$437,802 Executive Director $68,744 $74,162 2024
Suttons Support Services Inc FL$344,964 Ceo $85,500 $83,861 2024
International Hartford Ltd CT$344,420 Executive $85,000 $83,210 2024
Massachusetts Regional Employment MA$441,223 Executive Director Until 3/23 $178,570 $172,489 2023
Chaverim Israel Family Services Inc NJ$445,755 President $26,631 $24,826 2024
Timberline Adult Day Services CO$339,071 Executive Director $86,656 $86,756 2024
The Fountain Of Youth Program IA$447,294 Executive Dir. $68,575 $78,395 2024
Logosworks PA$448,075 Ceo $106,648 $114,321 2023
Open Employment CA$335,183 President $60,000 $54,095 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Anita Jenke) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,163 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.