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Compensation Comparability Determination

Milwaukee Center For Independence Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 390806257
WI · NTEE P8XZ
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Zywicki Teri, Executive Director / CEO ($508,118) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 562 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Zywicki Teri — reported title “CEO/President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

562 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 562 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$432 total compensation of comparable organizations → $2,383,139 $508,118
$78,46610th
$177,31025th
$252,829Median
$351,96075th
$448,23090th
$508,118This org · 94th
p10$78,466
p25$177,310
p50$252,829
p75$351,960
p90$448,230
$508,118

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 WI 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
Senior Connection Center Inc FL$42,392,685 President And Ceo $191,316 $167,155 2024
Pathways La CA$42,408,595 Ceo $270,831 $223,929 2023
Kennebec Valley Community Action ME$42,422,001 Ceo $178,448 $166,188 2024
Young Womens Christian Association WA$42,438,771 Chief Executive Officer $424,065 $363,540 2023
United Methodist Retirement Communities Inc MI$42,333,444 Executive Director $199,020 $196,696 2023
🔒 557 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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:

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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.