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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Family & Children's Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421307663
IA · NTEE I72Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Goodman, Executive Director / CEO ($78,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,515 total compensation of comparable organizations → $101,683 $78,000
$31,54910th
$45,95725th
$52,400Median
$63,36775th
$76,45090th
$78,000This org · 91st
p10$31,549
p25$45,957
p50$52,400
p75$63,367
p90$76,450
$78,000

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 IA 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
First Judicial District Casa-gal Program MT$248,664 Executive Director $54,683 $52,290 2024
Hero House The Childrens Advocacy GA$248,817 Executive Direc $65,030 $58,004 2024
Sarah's Friends Inc OH$241,243 Executive Di $51,010 $49,343 2023
Safe Harbor A Children's Justice Center WY$256,887 Executive Director $48,591 $46,157 2024
Patchworks House Inc OH$236,972 Executive Di $50,000 $46,979 2024
Family Nurturing Center Of Florida FL$259,042 Executive Di $87,307 $74,907 2023
Windham County Safe Place Child Advocacy VT$259,817 Executive Director And Int $76,927 $68,687 2024
The Vermont Children's Alliance VT$232,894 Executive Director $65,944 $58,880 2024
Warren Washington Care Center NY$232,516 Executive Dir. $57,081 $45,756 2024
Front Range Casa Gal Inc MT$230,891 Executive Director $69,351 $66,315 2024
Casa Of Hill County Texas TX$225,648 Exec Dir 6.2 $36,300 $33,163 2023
Connecticut Center For Nonviolence CT$223,380 Executive Dir. $69,998 $59,940 2023
Heartland Casa NE$222,415 Executive Di $47,000 $43,688 2025
Childrens Advocacy Center Of Guernsey County OH$222,174 Director $50,130 $48,492 2023
Bennington County Association Against VT$221,558 Executive Dir. $59,660 $51,897 2025
Casa Of Houston County Inc GA$218,780 Executive Di $79,590 $73,088 2023
North Star Family Advocacy Center MN$279,355 Executive Dir. $106,000 $92,914 2024
Child Assault Prevention Project Of Washoe County NV$280,285 Executive Director $65,000 $56,308 2025
Bold Solutions WA$210,452 Director $41,387 $35,229 2022
African Institute For Children Studies AZ$285,614 Executive Director $72,813 $60,518 2025
Prevent Child Abuse Oregon OR$285,797 Executive Dir. $95,708 $78,845 2024
Friends Of Western Pa Cares For Kids Inc PA$207,155 Executive Director $48,377 $44,060 2023
Lasalle County Childrens Advocacy Center IL$206,603 Director $57,100 $51,269 2023
Casa Of The 5th Judicial District WY$206,544 Executive Director $71,809 $66,454 2025
The Blue Ribbon Project MD$291,188 Presidednt&director $25,622 $21,877 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
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:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Amanda Goodman) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I72), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,000 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.