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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Colorado Young Leaders

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464301624
CO · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Landers, Executive Director / CEO ($33,008) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 437 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jennifer Landers — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

437 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 437 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,665 $33,008
$12,73110th
$30,18025th
$54,032Median
$74,76175th
$96,26290th
$33,008This org · 28th
p10$12,731
p25$30,180
p50$54,032
p75$74,761
p90$96,262
$33,008

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 CO 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
Chinese Youth Camp TX$234,593 Camp Director, Finance Director, Facilities $1,750 $1,826 2024
Circle Camps For Grieving Children Inc WI$235,090 Executive Director $60,000 $65,349 2024
Girls Build Kalamazoo Inc MI$234,480 Executive Director $20,000 $21,529 2024
San Antonio Future Basketball Inc TX$234,444 President $6,000 $6,259 2024
The Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy Incorporated KS$233,894 Executive Director $25,690 $28,944 2024
Gold Coast Junior Golf Foundation Inc FL$235,824 Dir & President $2,500 $2,449 2024
Presencia Inc GA$236,056 Executive Director $70,217 $73,630 2024
Dj Henry Dream Fund Inc MA$233,392 Vice Chair $78,972 $76,195 2023
Soccer Club Of Saint Cloud Inc FL$236,238 President $28,527 $27,948 2024
Giving Us Leadership An Focus TX$233,338 President $4,860 $5,070 2024
Pensacola's Promise Inc FL$233,241 Executive Di $75,000 $73,478 2024
The Deerwood Foundation Inc MD$233,093 Executive Di $16,500 $16,088 2024
Counterpunch Academy MI$232,659 Executive Di $52,980 $57,029 2024
Saturday Place IL$237,199 Program Director $50,750 $53,570 2023
Horseman's Mission Inc OH$232,248 Administrator $4,000 $4,418 2024
The Harold Hunter Foundation NY$232,106 Executive Director $51,711 $48,731 2024
Joyful Child Foundation-in Memory Of Samantha Runnion CA$231,819 Executive Director $47,640 $44,168 2023
Kingdom Homestead MI$231,794 Executive Di $52,000 $55,975 2024
Supergirls Shine Foundation TX$237,931 Ceo $70,600 $75,826 2023
Most Valuable Parents Of Buffalo Inc NY$231,479 Executive Director $67,183 $65,182 2023
Planet Hope Land And Sea MD$238,166 Executive Director $68,500 $66,788 2024
Blooming Prairie Youth Club MN$231,256 Club Coordinator $37,100 $38,231 2024
Mother Oliver S Place Inc FL$238,473 Director $110,000 $107,768 2024
Community Builders WA$238,580 Treasurer $5,094 $4,896 2023
Everybody Wins Vermont Inc VT$238,657 Executive Director $56,684 $61,258 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Jennifer Landers) 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 437 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,008 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.