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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lasalle County Casa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364377267
IL · NTEE P40
FY ending 2023-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cici Chalus, Executive Director / CEO ($69,499) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 138 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

138 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 138 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,971 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,300 $69,499
$15,09910th
$28,78025th
$46,541Median
$61,49575th
$81,46290th
$69,499This org · 82nd
p10$15,099
p25$28,780
p50$46,541
p75$61,495
p90$81,462
$69,499

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
Pathway Resource Center AR$217,625 Board Member $30,000 $33,316 2024
Resources Of Hope Inc IN$218,580 Executive Director $32,307 $34,655 2023
Center For Mighty Marriages And Families Inc TX$216,120 President $86,500 $85,487 2024
Coastal Counseling Center Inc GA$219,517 Executive Di $27,495 $29,273 2022
Ab Ourhistory MN$214,037 Ceo $2,725 $2,739 2023
New Beginnings Therapy Services Inc PA$221,773 President $115,210 $113,512 2024
Zoe Ministries Inc TN$212,693 Director $33,190 $35,486 2023
Cure Lgmd2i Foundation PA$222,772 President/ceo $45,000 $44,337 2024
Alliance For Law And Liberty Inc TN$211,654 President/secretary $23,232 $24,126 2024
East Wake Education Foundation NC$223,370 Executive Di $58,000 $59,210 2024
Pregnancy Aid Inc Of Eastern MI$210,563 Executive Di $40,300 $41,097 2024
Legacy Family Network Foundation OK$209,839 Ames $48,400 $52,654 2024
Babe Of Wabash County Inc IN$225,143 Executive Di $41,241 $42,969 2024
Beyond New Beginnings MN$209,746 Executive Director $50,001 $50,255 2023
Lane County Diaper Bank OR$209,574 Director $30,191 $27,701 2024
Options For Women-menomonie WI$225,621 Executive Director $33,868 $34,945 2024
Parenting Special Kids Network Inc AZ$209,059 Ceo/president $91,380 $86,827 2024
Family Lines MT$208,913 Founder Manager $88,000 $93,719 2024
Tahoe Childrens Foundation NV$206,916 Executive Director $63,000 $62,392 2024
Pregnancy Help Center Of Williamson County TX$206,654 Executive Director $41,481 $42,206 2023
Give For A Smile CA$206,436 Director $27,309 $23,299 2024
The Remedy Project GA$205,916 Executive Director $43,333 $46,136 2022
Pregnancy Crisis Center Inc TN$229,036 Exec. Director $42,500 $44,137 2024
National Safe Haven Alliance AZ$205,556 President $43,264 $42,323 2023
Washington Mindcare Institute VA$205,172 President $36,000 $33,457 2025

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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Cici Chalus) 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 138 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,499 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.