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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Childrens Alliance Of Montana

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460730444
MT · NTEE I70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brenda George, Executive Director / CEO ($93,736) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,726 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,268 $93,736
$29,53910th
$51,74725th
$67,099Median
$82,18775th
$98,39890th
$93,736This org · 80th
p10$29,539
p25$51,747
p50$67,099
p75$82,187
p90$98,398
$93,736

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 MT 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
Casa Of The 5th Judicial Dist Inc AR$401,517 Executive Director $65,605 $66,648 2025
Stomp Out Bullying Corp NY$400,373 Ceo $207,885 $174,268 2024
Manforward MN$409,324 Executive Director $37,500 $35,391 2023
Megan Montgomery Foundation To Prevent Domestic Violence Inc AL$395,455 Executive Director $24,846 $25,637 2023
Impact Personal Safety NM$410,957 Executive Di $89,377 $89,179 2024
Rescuing Hope Inc GA$393,714 Executive Dir. $41,650 $38,850 2024
Media Voices For Children Inc MA$412,903 President $13,650 $11,379 2024
Alliance For Freedom Restoration And TN$392,338 Cfo $11,000 $10,726 2024
Paint Love Inc GA$422,733 Executive Di $51,917 $48,427 2024
Connecticut Court Appointed Special CT$425,954 Executive Director $114,500 $99,594 2024
Katie Brown Educational Program Inc MA$427,288 Executive Director $81,622 $70,053 2023
Domestic Violence Services Network Inc MA$428,805 Executive Director $108,525 $93,144 2023
Restoring Ancestral Winds Inc UT$366,868 Executive Dir. $100,875 $98,608 2023
Tyrrell-washington Partnership For Children Inc NC$353,668 Executive Director $74,595 $73,615 2023
Tennessee Voices For Victims TN$350,346 Secretary Co Founder $74,900 $75,195 2023
Second Bloom Of Chatham Inc NC$457,603 Executive Dir. $66,875 $64,103 2024
In Our Backyard OR$343,058 Executive Dir. $84,400 $72,711 2024
Soap Project OH$320,738 Executive Director & Found $24,000 $23,582 2024
Ruthless Kindness CA$485,619 Ceo $127,730 $102,320 2024
Magdalene House Of Austin TX$487,043 Executive Director $105,000 $97,438 2024
Children's Advocacy Center Of The GA$488,254 Executive Director $65,000 $60,631 2024
Capital Area Family Justice Center Inc LA$493,716 Executive Director $95,560 $97,616 2024
Northern California Tribal Court Coalition CA$309,849 Executive Director $77,069 $61,737 2024
Casa Of East Central Wisconsin WI$305,316 Director $76,951 $74,554 2024
East-central Court Appointed Specia SD$299,959 Executive Di $60,022 $63,268 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Brenda George) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,736 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.