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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Water From Wine

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464667504
WA · NTEE T30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jamie Ssenkubuge, Executive Director / CEO ($6,458) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 223 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

223 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 223 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$840 total compensation of comparable organizations → $369,047 $6,458
$15,98410th
$28,30825th
$54,749Median
$85,80275th
$121,70390th
$6,458This org · 4th
p10$15,984
p25$28,308
p50$54,749
p75$85,802
p90$121,703
$6,458

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 WA 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
Jarrard Burch Foundationinc GA$357,896 Executive Di $38,812 $43,588 2023
Down Syndrome Society Of Wichita Inc KS$359,239 Executive Director $70,760 $82,934 2024
Freedom From Hunger DC$359,267 Sub. Officer/ceo Grameen Fndt Usa $3,321 $3,255 2023
Hunt Of A Lifetime PA$357,048 President & $4,327 $4,681 2024
Residential Properties Inc MD$360,000 President $12,277 $12,820 2023
Foundation For Community Empowerment TX$360,485 Treasurer $31,000 $33,643 2024
National School Climate Center NY$355,465 Co-executive Director $39,570 $38,792 2024
The Park People Of Milwaukee County Inc WI$355,037 Executive Dir. $37,188 $42,135 2024
Aqume Foundation MI$353,531 President $117,642 $131,735 2024
Breast Reconstruction Org Inc NY$352,975 Executive Director $27,875 $27,327 2024
Punks With Lunch Lansing MI$351,688 Executive Director $51,600 $57,782 2024
Hine Corporation ME$365,989 President $69,000 $74,957 2024
Youth Business Alliance Inc CA$366,781 Executive Dir. $102,092 $95,640 2024
The School Foundation Inc SC$348,704 Executive Director $76,331 $86,392 2024
Gay For Good CA$348,240 Executive Director $88,535 $80,802 2025
Community Foundation Of The Klamath OR$347,880 Executive Director $35,000 $35,262 2024
Josephine County Foundation OR$368,624 Treasurer & Ed $3,000 $3,023 2024
United Way Of Oxford & MS$347,526 Executive Di $77,330 $91,029 2025
South Wood County Recreation Center Inc WI$346,935 Treasurer $1,000 $1,133 2024
Acorn Global Advance SC$370,432 Secretary $79,800 $92,986 2023
School Of Choice Education Organization IL$345,648 Executive Director $125,000 $133,322 2024
Georgia National Guard Family GA$370,846 Treasurer $48,360 $54,311 2023
Family Arts Needlework Shop Inc AZ$371,557 Director $62,402 $63,429 2025
Kurt Warner First Things MO$343,174 Executive Director/secreta $69,914 $80,336 2024
Explore Ministries Inc AR$340,878 Executive Director $256,058 $321,479 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Jamie Ssenkubuge) 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 223 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,458 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.