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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Wisdoms Women

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421765204
ME · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tricia Tomlinson, Executive Director / CEO ($72,127) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 80 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

80 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 80 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$762 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,716 $72,127
$6,35510th
$17,69025th
$29,512Median
$51,26775th
$66,85490th
$72,127This org · 94th
p10$6,355
p25$17,690
p50$29,512
p75$51,267
p90$66,854
$72,127

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 ME 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
Methow Valley Riding Unlimited WA$130,663 Program Director $31,733 $28,373 2024
Miracle League Of Las Vegas NV$131,748 Executive Director $55,000 $55,057 2024
Christ's Outreach For The Blind Inc MI$125,792 President $27,420 $29,099 2023
Latinos Norristown Pa PA$125,533 Program Coordinator $4,400 $4,697 2022
Beyond The Natural Foundation MD$136,830 Executive Director $38,690 $36,123 2024
The American Roundtable To Abolish MA$123,680 President $189,117 $169,716 2024
W Connection Inc NY$122,851 Executive Di $33,396 $31,027 2023
Womensource Inc GA$139,875 Exec. Direct $44,846 $45,032 2024
Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Services Of FL$141,485 Executive Director $38,000 $36,703 2023
Women Are Dreamers Too GA$141,700 Exec Director $13,990 $14,048 2024
Heal Development Corporation OH$119,538 Ceo $5,477 $5,965 2023
East Suburban Citizen Advocacy Inc PA$142,829 Executive Director $65,200 $64,933 2024
Women's E-news NY$143,093 Executive Director $82,500 $74,449 2024
Hope Community Inc Of White Lake MI$143,124 President $69,344 $73,590 2023
Christopher Housing WA$117,987 President And Ceo $24,457 $22,513 2023
Restan Corp OH$117,770 President $11,008 $11,644 2024
Hale Meekins Residence Inc MA$144,639 President & Ceo $14,178 $13,100 2023
Bontempo Inc MA$145,059 Executive Director $19,712 $17,690 2024
The Lgbtq Center Inc IN$145,929 Executive Director $39,000 $41,073 2024
Rose Of Sharon Equestrian School Inc MD$147,091 Executive Director $41,600 $39,987 2023
Northeast Accessible Golf MA$114,569 President/ed $16,000 $14,359 2024
Scenic City Women's Network TN$147,199 Executive Di $25,000 $27,018 2023
Street Bean Espresso WA$147,911 Director Of Operations $78,569 $72,324 2023
Among Friends Activity Center Inc OK$113,835 Executive Di $44,500 $50,380 2023
Brookshire New Birth Ministries TX$113,413 Director $14,400 $14,385 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Tricia Tomlinson) 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 80 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,127 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.