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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connecting For Kids Of Westlake Oh

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 451689767
OH · NTEE O99
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Rintamaki, Executive Director / CEO ($49,210) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sarah Rintamaki — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

78 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 78 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,440 total compensation of comparable organizations → $125,752 $49,210
$13,36710th
$24,90725th
$53,534Median
$70,09675th
$88,25190th
$49,210This org · 46th
p10$13,367
p25$24,907
p50$53,534
p75$70,096
p90$88,251
$49,210

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 OH 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
Focusedkids CO$398,476 Executive Director $71,500 $64,731 2024
Providence Heights WA$401,941 Chief Program Officer $144,498 $125,752 2023
Restore Assemble Produce WA$403,672 Executive Director $78,500 $66,356 2024
Walltown Childrens Theatre NC$390,241 Executive Director $18,000 $17,560 2024
Actup Theater Inc CT$405,607 Executive Director $132,805 $121,038 2023
The Children Are Our Future NM$387,948 President $6,000 $6,273 2023
300 For 300 MI$386,925 Executive Director $77,268 $75,299 2024
The North Dakota High School Rodeo Association Inc ND$379,751 National Director $2,265 $2,347 2024
Art From Ashes Incorporated CO$379,371 Exec Dir $67,157 $62,595 2023
Seacoast Outright NH$379,006 Executive Director End 10/16/2023 $52,712 $47,311 2023
Life Decisions Inc IL$374,246 Chief Vision $35,927 $33,348 2024
Carolina Winter Ensemble Association Inc SC$423,236 President $7,903 $8,014 2023
Michael's Daughter Foundation CA$369,362 President $14,000 $11,751 2023
Mnc 1240 Valencia Inc CA$368,991 Treasurer $35,919 $30,149 2023
Palmisano Foundation Inc LA$367,661 Executive Director $73,793 $76,718 2024
The Elm Project CT$429,437 Executive Director $89,040 $78,822 2024
Cochise Christian School Tuition Organization Inc AZ$432,094 Director $55,132 $50,061 2024
Two Cranes Institute WA$359,544 President & Exec. $67,000 $56,635 2024
Dream Big Basketball Academy NC$359,535 Executive Director $50,400 $49,168 2024
Made For More Foundation Inc FL$359,152 President $76,231 $67,614 2024
Fathers And Families Coalition UT$357,457 Executive Director $35,699 $33,607 2025
Projectivity Group Inc NY$440,425 Executive Director $42,692 $36,423 2024
Cactus League Baseball Association Inc AZ$353,986 Executive Director - Nonvoting $133,350 $124,660 2023
Rise Up For Youth Inc KS$440,519 Executive Di $78,123 $79,685 2024
Run Minnesota MN$352,201 Executive Director $56,135 $52,370 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Sarah Rintamaki) 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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,210 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.