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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Justice Industries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453996258
TN · NTEE J33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jacqueline Cavnar, Executive Director / CEO ($23,077) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 477 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

477 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 477 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$167 total compensation of comparable organizations → $515,587 $23,077
$5,64510th
$21,34625th
$60,069Median
$84,62675th
$119,90090th
$23,077This org · 26th
p10$5,645
p25$21,346
p50$60,069
p75$84,626
p90$119,900
$23,077

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 TN 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
Strategic Workforce Solutions MI$428,749 President $55,175 $54,179 2023
Joint Apprentice Training Committee PA$428,826 Union Trustee $129,404 $122,768 2023
High Ground Of Texas Economic TX$427,928 Executive Director $110,000 $101,678 2024
Innovate Work Lab Inc CA$429,323 Ceo/secretary $220,799 $181,385 2023
Providence Tarzana Medical Staff CA$427,359 Chief Of Staff $54,000 $41,977 2025
Committee For Fair And Equal Representation IL$427,049 President $92,616 $84,138 2024
Glaziers Architectural Metal & Glass CA$431,271 Warden $8,900 $7,102 2024
Midlands Education & Business SC$431,427 Regional Car $78,610 $75,782 2024
Farm For Hope Inc AL$432,899 Executive Director $60,000 $61,667 2023
Ironworkers Local 292 Gen Bldg Cont Assned Fd IN$423,778 Apprenticeship Coordinator $63,871 $62,241 2024
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Registered CT$423,768 President $25,859 $23,066 2023
Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc CO$423,736 Executive Director $88,000 $80,276 2023
Hopeful Opportunities Presented To FL$433,601 President $74,000 $64,238 2024
Puzzle Piece Pastries GA$422,873 Director $49,831 $46,299 2024
Uaw Center For Manufacturing A Green CA$422,693 Executive Dir. $59,707 $47,642 2024
Operating Engineers Local 324 MI$434,382 Trustee $75,632 $72,136 2024
Alabama Trucking Assn Foundation AL$422,418 Secretary $38,343 $38,278 2024
Tampa Bay Community & Family Development Corp FL$422,244 Chair $69,577 $58,842 2025
Roofers Local Union 34 MD$422,016 Business Rep $15,600 $13,875 2023
Mud Girls Studios A Nj Non Profit NJ$421,278 Executive Dir. $65,000 $53,627 2024
The Blessing Box Resale Store Inc TX$420,851 Secretary Treasurer $20,300 $18,765 2024
Elevator Constructors Building MA$420,795 President $74,951 $62,237 2024
South Lane Maintenance Corporation OR$436,150 Executive Di $72,669 $62,359 2024
Women Offshore Foundation TX$436,995 Executive Director $26,989 $24,947 2024
National Association Of Independent VA$419,645 President $19,150 $17,086 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Jacqueline Cavnar) 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 477 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,077 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.