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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wisconsin State Journal Youth

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 396051817
WI · NTEE P34Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lynn Wood, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against the 2000 closest of 3,670 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Lynn Wood — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,670 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16 total compensation of comparable organizations → $514,065 $24,000
$14,82910th
$29,01225th
$48,648Median
$67,50375th
$87,17190th
$24,000This org · 19th
p10$14,829
p25$29,012
p50$48,648
p75$67,503
p90$87,171
$24,000

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
One Challenge Usa CO$327,988 Executive Director $8,466 $7,550 2024
Porter Group Inc AL$327,956 President $3,000 $3,014 2024
Kurdish Peace Institute VA$328,020 Executive Dir. $143,982 $129,296 2024
Cane Child Development Center RI$327,937 Director $57,637 $51,401 2024
Blackshear Presbyterian Child Care Inc GA$328,062 Ceo $64,608 $60,418 2024
Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance CA$328,066 Executive Director $29,423 $24,328 2023
The Fringe Thrift Closet OH$328,067 President $37,500 $36,940 2024
Tri-state Independent Blind Society Inc IA$328,076 President $32,663 $33,262 2024
Litarts Ri RI$327,897 Program Director $73,999 $65,993 2024
Disability Resource Network AL$327,865 Executive Director $58,077 $58,354 2024
Help Right Here TN$328,137 Co-executive Director $53,428 $53,775 2023
Serenity Homes MN$327,799 Executive Director $22,000 $20,815 2023
4points Family Services TX$328,192 Director Of Operations $76,667 $71,326 2024
One Need Inc GA$328,238 President & Ceo $130,400 $121,944 2024
Leon County Domestic Violence Advocates Inc TX$328,270 Program Director $80,775 $77,368 2023
Laundry Workers Center Inc NY$327,588 Co-director $70,000 $58,830 2024
Global Fatherhood Foundation MN$327,581 Executive Director $95,000 $89,883 2023
The Marc Foundation AZ$327,536 Ceo $47,886 $42,832 2024
Northeast Foster Careinc PA$328,459 Executive Director $45,475 $43,423 2023
National Association Of Black Women Entrepreneurs MI$328,482 Ceo $78,000 $74,877 2024
Inclusionworks OH$327,438 President $1,300 $1,318 2023
Sisters Of Solace MO$327,391 Executive Di $33,348 $32,850 2024
Hope- Esperanza NE$327,361 Employment Coordinator $20,800 $20,270 2025
Adoption Dreams Come True Inc CO$327,293 Adct Exec Direc $92,700 $82,670 2024
National Association Of Community TX$328,684 Executive Di $111,469 $106,767 2023

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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Lynn Wood) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.