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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Women Winning

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411954610
MN · NTEE W20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nevada Littlewolf, Executive Director / CEO ($160,542) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,967 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,206 $160,542
$30,78810th
$56,37125th
$83,578Median
$110,02575th
$153,51390th
$160,542This org · 89th
p10$30,788
p25$56,371
p50$83,578
p75$110,025
p90$153,513
$160,542

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
California City Management Foundation CA$434,938 Executive Director $129,394 $116,416 2023
To The Village Square Inc FL$422,019 Founder & Ce $85,000 $80,812 2024
Washington Dc Homeland Security DC$446,271 President $196,000 $179,206 2023
New York State Association Of Traffic NY$449,202 Treasurer $6,338 $5,967 2023
Fda Expositions Inc MD$458,747 President $183,000 $173,146 2024
Tea Party Patriots Foundation Inc GA$472,219 President $14,706 $15,406 2023
Center For Procurement Advocacy Inc DC$472,417 Executive Director $26,890 $24,586 2023
Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund MA$383,723 Executive Director $38,401 $34,923 2024
Government Oversight And Education Inc VA$380,086 Preisdent $180,000 $175,889 2024
State Government Affairs Council VA$478,088 Executive Director $37,760 $36,898 2024
Center For New Democratic Processes MN$480,227 Executive Director $136,396 $140,425 2023
Decatur Legacy Project Inc GA$374,115 Executive Dir. $74,000 $75,301 2024
The Dekleptocracy Project VA$484,422 President And Executive Director $109,375 $110,034 2023
Portage Development Board OH$371,014 President $102,636 $110,015 2024
Kentucky County Clerks Association KY$364,818 Executive Dir. $51,865 $58,058 2023
The Transparency Foundation CA$354,319 Ceo $110,000 $98,967 2023
Northwest Ottawa Recreation Authority MI$352,532 Nora Director $53,734 $54,683 2025
100reporters DC$351,207 President $129,165 $118,098 2023
Minnesota Counties Foundation MN$526,359 Executive Director $40,614 $40,614 2024
Wv Cant Wait Votes A Non-profit Corporation WV$329,916 Cochair $69,471 $78,373 2023
Somerset Economic Development ME$551,464 Executive Director $90,800 $94,734 2023
Visit Issaquah WA$302,029 Executive Director $116,700 $105,739 2024
Public Assets Institute Inc VT$555,832 President $99,466 $104,312 2023
Powerhouse Texas TX$556,109 Executive Director $72,500 $75,562 2023
Demand Justice DC$566,313 Managing Director $90,959 $80,779 2024

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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Nevada Littlewolf) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $160,542 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.