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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Victorious Life International

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452523621
IL · NTEE B12
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Warletta Brookins, Executive Director / CEO ($750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Warletta Brookins — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,186 total compensation of comparable organizations → $447,528 $750
$7,56910th
$14,88025th
$33,444Median
$57,84075th
$85,59890th
$750This org · 0th
p10$7,569
p25$14,880
p50$33,444
p75$57,840
p90$85,598
$750

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 IL 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
The Education Foundation Of Putnam FL$189,084 Executive Director $27,500 $26,278 2024
Oj Anderson Scholarship Foundation Inc NJ$191,208 President $14,400 $13,464 2023
Laptops 4 Learning AZ$192,571 Executive Director $18,000 $18,129 2023
Jonas Realty Corp MA$186,388 Vice President $57,176 $53,805 2023
Heights Schools Foundation OH$186,278 Executive Di $26,085 $28,932 2023
Austin Public Education Foundation MN$195,646 President $14,600 $14,674 2024
Raymond Schools Foundation WA$182,859 Secretary/treas $2,400 $2,186 2024
Cape Henlopen Educational Fund DE$182,706 Admin Manage $24,578 $23,848 2025
Western Dairy Education & Research MO$200,700 President $415,400 $447,528 2024
Hallsville Isd Education Foundation TX$201,469 Executive Dir. $20,000 $20,350 2024
Rochester Education Foundation Inc NY$202,563 Executive Director $32,500 $30,755 2023
Mandela International Magnet School Education Foundation NM$203,289 Treasurer $3,000 $3,282 2024
Camden Schools Foundation NJ$173,544 Vice President $16,500 $14,985 2024
Njea Affiliates Risk Purchasing NJ$206,464 President $100,282 $91,073 2024
Friends Of Richmond Community High School VA$207,623 Executive Director $61,702 $59,038 2025
Teaching And Learning Collaborative Inc CA$208,413 President $22,500 $19,253 2025
Nextmark Foundation Inc NJ$210,508 President $18,000 $16,347 2024
Lancaster Country Club Foundation PA$210,886 Treasurer $26,936 $28,130 2023
Friends Of Waialua Robotics HI$212,293 President $15,870 $14,880 2023
Ninos Del Sol Inc NY$166,747 Director $10,600 $9,743 2024
Mequon-thiensville Education Foundation Inc WI$214,357 Executive Director $32,500 $35,545 2023
Latino Educational Equity TX$160,864 Founder $54,000 $54,944 2024
Get Cooking Incorporated FL$160,555 President $35,000 $33,444 2024
Foundation For Culinary Arts IL$158,050 Executive Director $164,667 $164,667 2024
Shippensburg Area School District PA$156,958 Executive Di $55,385 $57,840 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Warletta Brookins) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $750 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.