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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Whittier Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411315023
MN · NTEE I20Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anna Schmitz, Executive Director / CEO ($38,651) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,877 total compensation of comparable organizations → $187,034 $38,651
$40,17110th
$59,10925th
$78,879Median
$99,58075th
$136,53290th
$38,651This org · 11th
p10$40,171
p25$59,109
p50$78,879
p75$99,580
p90$136,532
$38,651

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 MN 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
The Albemarle County Police VA$331,710 Executive Di $76,300 $74,557 2024
Nevada Child Seekers NV$330,343 Executive Di $82,152 $83,338 2024
North Carolinians Against Gun NC$326,372 Executive Dir. $58,914 $60,018 2025
Children's Safety Village Of Central FL$339,777 Executive Director $88,899 $84,518 2024
Sylvania Prevention Alliance OH$317,197 Trustee/exec $58,451 $61,038 2025
The Alliance For A Safer Greater MI$347,472 President $84,691 $88,467 2024
Center For Non-violent Education & Parenting CA$310,597 Executive Director $116,061 $98,810 2025
Elementz OH$367,579 Executive Dir. $110,138 $118,056 2024
Hampton Farms Senior Housing Corporation MI$372,157 Administrator $57,066 $59,610 2024
Citizens Crime Commission Of Delaware Valley PA$283,394 President $50,000 $51,952 2023
Momentum Nonprofit Partners TN$281,398 Chief Executive Officer $123,166 $134,892 2023
Radkids Inc NC$385,662 Executive Di $96,000 $103,352 2023
100 E 182nd Street Housing NY$387,966 Treasurer/secretary $44,892 $41,054 2024
Headwaters At Incarnate Word Inc TX$390,236 Executive Dir. $77,000 $77,951 2024
Off-the-grid Missions CA$401,509 President & Ceo $92,385 $80,734 2024
Morgan Nick Foundation Inc AR$401,560 Exec Director $56,592 $64,377 2024
Crime Stoppers Of Palm Beach County FL$256,219 Executive Di $25,237 $24,702 2023
Soulard Safety Program Inc MO$255,466 Secretary $4,550 $4,877 2024
Capital Region Crime Stoppers Inc LA$245,875 Executive Di $80,000 $89,151 2024
Journey 4ward TX$245,349 Advocate/director $52,737 $53,388 2024
Lamoille County Special Investigation VT$241,895 Exceutive Director $68,515 $69,792 2024
Crime Stoppers Of The United States Of America Inc VA$235,634 Director $39,000 $38,109 2024
Mill Creek Senior Housing Corp MI$444,518 Administrator $55,148 $57,607 2024
Young New Yorkers Inc NY$449,219 Executive Dir. $191,537 $175,160 2024
Keeping Identities Safe Inc DC$476,104 Chairman & President $153,514 $140,360 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2024 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 MN 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Anna Schmitz) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,651 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.