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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maryland Children's Alliance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421602584
MD · NTEE I72
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wendy Myers, Executive Director / CEO ($104,893) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,946 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,221 $104,893
$55,29410th
$65,88825th
$74,918Median
$85,87875th
$98,36590th
$104,893This org · 92nd
p10$55,294
p25$65,888
p50$74,918
p75$85,878
p90$98,365
$104,893

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 MD 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
Kids Free To Grow ME$404,403 Executive Director $43,293 $43,878 2025
Voices For Children Of Broward County FL$407,923 President & Ceo $90,720 $88,543 2024
Kukui Children's Foundation HI$402,586 Executive Director $60,000 $57,459 2023
Child Abuse & Beyond Inc TX$411,249 Executive Di $152,900 $158,903 2024
Friends Of Alameda County Casa Inc CA$412,979 Executive Dir. $95,700 $85,854 2024
Shining Star Children's Advocacy IL$397,432 Executive Di $73,348 $74,918 2024
Healthy Kids A Family Resource Network ME$395,444 Executive Director $71,352 $74,230 2024
Parent Aid - Child Abuse Prevention Center AZ$417,068 Executive Director $67,893 $66,088 2025
Building Hope Today Inc ID$386,410 Executive Dir. $98,917 $109,324 2024
Operation Sandcastle Inc FL$426,271 Officer & President $158,103 $154,309 2024
Russell County Child Advocacy Ctr AL$428,782 Executive Director $88,076 $101,777 2023
Marion County Child Advocacy Center WV$381,928 Executive Director $56,971 $65,980 2023
Kidsafe Collaborative Inc VT$379,951 Executive Director $79,700 $81,195 2025
Molokai Child Abuse Prevention Path HI$379,872 Executive Di $85,629 $79,649 2024
Imperial County Child Abuse CA$431,490 Executive Director $62,010 $55,631 2024
Exchange Club Family Skills Center AL$432,917 Executive Dir. $61,739 $69,296 2024
Exchange Club Center For The Prevention NC$435,548 Executive Dir. $63,212 $67,858 2024
Tree Top Child Advocacy Center CO$438,615 Executive Director $82,531 $82,218 2024
Childrens Advocacy Center Of IL$439,994 Executive Direc $77,214 $76,834 2025
Cambria County Child Advocacy PA$365,235 Executive Di $74,026 $78,961 2023
Family Safety Network Inc ID$458,468 Executive Di $70,565 $77,990 2024
Morgan County Child Advocacy Center AL$459,353 Executive Di $65,650 $75,862 2023
Randolph County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc WV$350,000 Executive Director $61,685 $67,601 2025
Hope Haven Of Hancock County Inc MS$348,779 Board Member $2,473 $2,946 2023
Youth Services Bureau Of IN$346,570 Executive Di $54,159 $61,090 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
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 (Wendy Myers) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I72), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $104,893 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.