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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cops N Kids Reading Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391934034
WI · NTEE O20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julia Witherspoon, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 105 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

105 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 105 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$842 total compensation of comparable organizations → $156,124 $45,000
$11,52710th
$27,28125th
$45,999Median
$64,62075th
$77,08290th
$45,000This org · 49th
p10$11,527
p25$27,281
p50$45,999
p75$64,620
p90$77,082
$45,000

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
Box United IL$335,411 Executive Dir. $86,769 $81,680 2023
Parker Area Alliance For Community AZ$351,784 Exec Director $67,850 $60,688 2024
Five Pines Ministries MI$351,799 Executive Director $75,000 $71,997 2024
Dunedin Stirling Soccer Club FL$330,150 Academy Director $15,000 $13,493 2023
Yipoa Center Inc MO$352,828 Secretary $2,330 $2,363 2023
Harvest Youth Ministries OH$353,782 President And Director $45,000 $44,328 2024
The Vault Community Center IL$328,320 Executive Dir. $40,100 $37,748 2023
Crook County Kids Inc OR$324,981 Executive Director $56,069 $48,426 2024
Tiqvah Hands Of Hope OH$358,952 Executive Director $54,995 $55,774 2023
Bipoc Apostrophe Foundation WA$322,309 Executive Director $83,200 $71,325 2023
Southeastern Indiana Voices For Children Inc IN$322,067 Exec Dir $52,240 $52,750 2023
The Well Ministries MN$321,715 President $13,375 $12,291 2024
Free Fall Action Sports Inc PA$320,255 Executive Di $19,200 $17,807 2024
Kamp Hawaii Inc HI$316,243 Executive Di $61,625 $51,314 2024
Camelot For Children PA$368,004 Executive Director $80,179 $74,364 2024
Mewater Foundation Incorporated CA$314,579 Ceo $96,000 $79,375 2023
Tri-town Youth Services Bureau Inc CT$313,338 Exec. Dir. $77,119 $67,249 2024
Can Do Kids Nfp (An Il Not For Profit Corp) IL$313,088 Executive Director Assistant Secretary $34,500 $32,477 2023
Chisago Lakes Area Recreation Association MN$312,801 Gaming Manager $890 $842 2023
Welch Center Inc MN$370,774 Executive Di $81,715 $77,314 2023
Solvay Geddes Community NY$375,365 Executive Di $37,100 $31,180 2024
Kingswood Youth Center Inc NH$307,182 Executive Director $76,019 $63,601 2025
Benevolent And Protective Order Of 879 Bpoe NH$306,840 Secretary $12,000 $10,306 2024
Community Health Council PA$302,420 Board Member $14,193 $13,164 2024
Boys And Girls Club Of American Samoa AS$301,045 Executive Director $35,006 $34,002 2024

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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Julia Witherspoon) 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 105 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.