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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Walking Down Ranch Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471272183
AZ · NTEE L40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Victoria Walker, Executive Director / CEO ($41,882) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Victoria Walker — reported title “Vice President”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$591 total compensation of comparable organizations → $135,090 $41,882
$12,13410th
$36,14525th
$59,409Median
$71,37475th
$93,87990th
$41,882This org · 29th
p10$12,134
p25$36,145
p50$59,409
p75$71,374
p90$93,879
$41,882

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 AZ 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
Haven Of Hope Inc NM$442,527 Executive Di $82,265 $92,002 2024
Franklin County Women And Family Shelter KY$452,315 Executive Director $56,273 $62,864 2024
New Alternatives For Lgbt Homeless Youth Inc NY$441,779 Executive Director $69,000 $66,747 2023
Loving Hands Childrens Home CA$437,160 Executive Director $28,800 $25,859 2024
Chestnut Campus Inc CA$457,585 Ceo (After 6/22) $39,101 $36,145 2023
Servants Of Shelter Of Koochiching County MN$430,647 Executive Director $76,200 $80,604 2023
South Oakland Citizens For The MI$426,298 Executive Di $65,000 $67,963 2025
Marys Place Pittsburgh PA$472,123 Executive Director (Enter 1/12/24) $47,956 $49,727 2024
Home Together A Nonprofit Corporation NV$482,513 Executive Director $90,000 $93,804 2024
Gmp Development Corp MA$401,456 President & Ceo $4,937 $4,613 2024
Hoskins Park Ministries Inc NC$401,432 Director $61,825 $68,386 2023
Our Front Porch CO$400,731 Ceo $79,625 $79,389 2024
Palaemon Inc MA$494,012 President $106,600 $99,605 2024
New Attitude On My Image Inc OH$398,948 Exec Director $53,400 $58,810 2024
Next Step Initiative Tennessee TN$397,545 Executive Dir. $53,737 $57,219 2025
Santa Cruz Hostel Society CA$496,743 President $13,971 $12,544 2024
Hearne House Inc OH$393,504 Executive Dir. $37,500 $42,519 2023
Housing Initiatives Of Princeton NJ$392,002 Executive Director $49,167 $46,993 2023
Safe Harbors Network CA$391,640 Executive Dir. $13,210 $11,861 2024
Grace Home Inc OK$389,502 President/director $60,351 $69,100 2024
Butte Spirit Center MT$507,431 Executive Director $29,432 $33,963 2023
The Rock Found CO$510,654 Polan $56,700 $58,202 2023
Gratiot County Hope House MI$377,853 Executive Director $65,625 $70,432 2024
Nazareth Housing Development Corp OH$376,175 Executive Di $61,000 $67,180 2024
Trinity Sober Homes MN$525,755 President $9,543 $10,095 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Victoria Walker) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,882 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.