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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Firecracker Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462969449
MI · NTEE F60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tashmica Torok, Executive Director / CEO ($43,776) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 109 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tashmica Torok — reported title “CO-DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

109 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 109 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,226 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,835 $43,776
$14,85210th
$29,36725th
$50,823Median
$73,88875th
$108,16590th
$43,776This org · 45th
p10$14,852
p25$29,367
p50$50,823
p75$73,888
p90$108,165
$43,776

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 MI 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
Michiana Biblical Counseling Center Inc IN$254,975 Executive Director $57,015 $56,580 2024
Living Scripture Institute PA$254,423 President $13,962 $13,102 2024
Center For Early Childhood Connections CA$256,654 Secretary And Co-executive Director $49,038 $41,025 2023
Positive Communication Practices Inc CA$256,977 President $93,460 $78,188 2023
Fields Of Grace Ministries Inc GA$253,311 Executive Dir. $9,000 $8,516 2024
Benji Project WA$253,155 Executive Director $65,132 $53,461 2025
Yesh Tikva Inc CA$253,135 Executive Dir. $70,655 $59,109 2023
Hepc Alliance Inc MO$253,053 Executive Director $70,323 $72,162 2023
Chazkeinu MD$251,725 Ceo $74,041 $65,140 2024
4c Children And Family CA$251,266 Ceo $10,075 $8,187 2024
Anathallo Counseling Center PA$250,489 Executive Director $156,985 $147,320 2024
Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network Inc FL$261,768 President $74,896 $66,210 2024
Families Reaching Into Each New Day Inc RI$262,237 Pres./exec.dir. $19,500 $17,596 2024
Fhgr Inc KY$248,728 Executive Di $38,182 $38,603 2024
Prairie Sky Counseling Center Inc KS$264,693 Executive Director $130,261 $132,428 2024
Adams Place NV$245,465 Executive Dir. $64,000 $60,370 2024
Domestic Outreach Corporation PA$244,729 President $27,000 $25,337 2024
Lee's Summit Cares MO$244,636 Executive Director $80,000 $79,737 2024
Gabriel Project Of West Virginia WV$266,558 Executive Director $42,990 $45,096 2023
Misty Mountain Family Enrichment FL$266,918 Ceo/pres/sec $82,500 $72,933 2024
Athens Parent Wellbeing Inc GA$267,329 Executive Director $17,500 $16,559 2024
Emerge Center For Social And Emotional Learning CA$267,436 Executive Director $37,352 $30,351 2024
Caldwell-clark CA$242,381 President $29,600 $24,053 2024
Authentic Hope Center For Peace & OR$240,216 Executive Dir. $72,327 $65,074 2023
Path Of Life WA$239,938 Executive Di $67,725 $57,060 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Tashmica Torok) 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 109 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,776 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.