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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Career Connectors Network

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453042629
AZ · NTEE J20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica Pierce, Executive Director / CEO ($60,923) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 76 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

76 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 76 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,268 total compensation of comparable organizations → $580,168 $60,923
$26,54310th
$47,22225th
$71,788Median
$85,37075th
$107,02790th
$60,923This org · 34th
p10$26,543
p25$47,222
p50$71,788
p75$85,370
p90$107,027
$60,923

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 AZ 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
Urban Solutions Training & Development Corporation MI$327,984 Founder And Ceo $6,000 $6,439 2024
Shirlington Employment And Education Center Inc VA$328,025 Executive Director $71,756 $72,041 2024
Ct Against Gun Violence Education Fund Inc CT$328,483 Exec Dir (Thru 1/3/24) $26,538 $25,873 2024
Working Family Solidarity IL$332,018 Executive Director $59,167 $60,483 2024
Save A Suit CT$321,014 Executive Dir. $43,686 $42,591 2024
Black Cooperative Impact Fund CA$332,956 President $60,000 $55,463 2023
Project Success Coalition UT$317,875 Director $72,241 $79,151 2023
Open Employment CA$335,183 President $60,000 $53,872 2024
Jackson County Twenty First Century Coun AL$316,326 Director $62,000 $69,647 2024
Timberline Adult Day Services CO$339,071 Executive Director $86,656 $86,400 2024
International Hartford Ltd CT$344,420 Executive $85,000 $82,869 2024
Suttons Support Services Inc FL$344,964 Ceo $85,500 $83,517 2024
First Call For Help Of Ellis County Inc KS$302,465 Executive Dir $46,689 $52,447 2024
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Kerr County TX$301,268 Executive Director $70,092 $72,904 2024
Belvedere Real Care Providers Network Inc MD$297,411 Vice President $24,000 $24,020 2023
Music City Construction Careers Inc TN$357,097 Training Director $78,375 $85,662 2024
Nevada Business Opportunity Fund NV$292,801 Executive Director $556,640 $580,168 2024
Dress For Success Sw Florida Inc FL$290,787 Executive Director $75,510 $75,937 2023
Career Transitions Inc MT$289,279 Executive Dir. $85,736 $93,619 2025
Njea Frederick L Hipp Foundation For NJ$288,553 President $195,157 $181,179 2024
Diversity Cyber Council Inc GA$367,282 President $37,500 $40,365 2023
Margate Business Association Inc NJ$367,350 Executive Director $76,667 $71,176 2024
Dress For Success Worcester Inc MA$284,377 Executive Director $80,604 $75,315 2024
Diffvelopment NJ$281,193 Ceo $43,750 $40,616 2024
Northern Tier Industry And Education Consortium In PA$280,735 Executive Director $37,798 $39,194 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Jessica Pierce) 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 76 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,923 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.