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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Waterloo Joint Apprenticeship

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462897706
IA · NTEE B30
FY ending 2024-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christina Henzen, Executive Director / CEO ($32,255) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Christina Henzen — reported title “TRAINING DIR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,563 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,370 $32,255
$10,44510th
$26,72425th
$55,054Median
$88,71475th
$124,80090th
$32,255This org · 33rd
p10$10,445
p25$26,724
p50$55,054
p75$88,714
p90$124,800
$32,255

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 IA 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
Ironworkers Local 6 Training Fund NY$292,083 Administrato $12,656 $10,445 2024
Vermont Center For Integrative VT$308,334 Executive Director $40,810 $37,515 2024
Vehicles For Change San Diego Inc CA$310,145 Executive Director $86,539 $70,263 2023
Insulators Local Union #89 - Jatc Accoun NJ$288,308 Trustee $109,282 $89,111 2024
Association Of Accredited Naturopathic DC$283,366 Executive Director - Non-voting $122,808 $98,424 2024
Judge Dinkins Educational Center TN$281,490 President & Ceo $130,000 $124,800 2024
Heart Missionary Training Institute FL$317,972 Executive Di $42,000 $37,100 2023
Cherry Hill Huaxia Chinese School NJ$280,262 Principal $13,680 $11,155 2024
American Organ Academy OH$279,822 Chairman/dir $185,131 $184,370 2023
Wellness Council Of Wisconsin Inc WI$279,775 Executive Director $101,900 $97,194 2024
Limitless Vistas Inc LA$319,409 Business Manager $29,100 $29,265 2024
Iron Workers Local 33 Apprentice NY$272,440 Coordinator $88,438 $72,986 2024
Alliance For Technology Education In TX$271,735 Executive Director $72,047 $67,765 2023
Pullman Tech Workshop IL$268,572 Officer $24,333 $21,848 2024
Ignite Classical School LA$268,464 Head Of School $4,251 $4,275 2024
Colorado Bioscience Institute CO$266,856 President $9,942 $8,707 2024
Ed3 Galaxy NY$266,626 Vice President $30,006 $25,495 2023
Tfg Heartwood Inc NH$337,875 Director $1,800 $1,563 2023
Rebound A Building Trades Organization WA$259,519 Executive Dir. $154,773 $130,293 2023
Cocal Gracias AZ$253,446 President And Director $46,548 $40,885 2024
Suncoast Career Academy Inc FL$347,093 Board Member $31,130 $26,709 2024
New Horizons Foundation - A Sheet VA$250,660 Director $97,707 $86,161 2024
Association Of Camp Nursing Inc KY$349,998 Ceo $31,577 $30,984 2024
Local 107 Development And Training WI$354,146 Union Truste $135,907 $126,289 2025
Puget Sound Boilermakers App & Trn Trust WA$245,030 Trust Coordinator $137,813 $116,016 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Christina Henzen) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,255 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.