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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Independent Connection Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454581894
KS · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angie Saenger, Executive Director / CEO ($90,196) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 289 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

289 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 289 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$561 total compensation of comparable organizations → $350,780 $90,196
$16,71310th
$36,97825th
$55,598Median
$73,47975th
$90,83690th
$90,196This org · 89th
p10$16,713
p25$36,978
p50$55,598
p75$73,479
p90$90,836
$90,196

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 KS 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
Respite Care Foundation AL$412,457 Executive Direc $31,400 $31,400 2024
Working Against Violence For AK$413,255 Former Exec $41,499 $36,725 2024
Central Valley Community Resources Inc CA$413,385 Ceo $17,500 $14,401 2023
My Sisters Closet Of Monroe County IN$412,234 Executive Dir. $41,867 $42,075 2023
Freedom Dogs CA$414,500 Executive Director $133,900 $104,267 2025
Jubilee Academy Inc SC$414,754 Executive Director $56,250 $55,923 2023
Snowbasin Adaptive Sports Education UT$415,071 Executive Di $77,561 $73,479 2024
Mission Working Dogs ME$416,336 Treasurer $54,000 $50,051 2024
Refuge City TX$416,586 Ceo, Board M $113,750 $105,324 2024
Inas Usa Cisl NY$408,646 Manager $155,017 $133,491 2023
Haase Community Connections Inc WI$407,275 Executive Di $61,009 $60,720 2023
Handi-dogs Inc AZ$407,188 President & Ceo $82,112 $75,255 2023
I-58 Mission Inc GA$419,527 Executive Di $47,905 $45,903 2023
Independence 1st Owner Corp NY$419,699 Ceo $81,429 $68,110 2024
Homeownership Center Inc WV$402,735 Executive Director $38,702 $38,788 2024
The Statewide Independent Living Council IL$402,673 Executive Director $65,140 $57,750 2025
2nd Mile Ministries Inc FL$423,112 Executive Dir. $50,018 $43,494 2024
Family Promise Of Southwest New Jersey NJ$401,491 Executive Dir. $68,654 $58,415 2023
Dallas Hearing Foundation Inc TX$424,486 Development Director $105,600 $97,778 2024
Widows And Orphans Of God Inc VA$400,299 Executive Dir. $21,300 $19,037 2024
Thrive Center Inc KY$400,000 Executive Director $67,350 $66,978 2024
Gotta Be Me Inc NE$425,775 Executive Dir. $66,000 $65,708 2024
Maryam Parman Foundation CA$399,680 Executive Dir. $44,936 $36,978 2023
Create Independence Inc CT$398,803 Program Director $63,065 $54,733 2024
Reck League VA$397,841 Advisory $5,250 $4,692 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Angie Saenger) 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 289 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,196 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.