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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Growing Veterans

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472225742
WA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jered Bocek, Executive Director / CEO ($60,769) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,925 total compensation of comparable organizations → $92,084 $60,769
$24,86010th
$36,06525th
$51,460Median
$77,63475th
$91,00890th
$60,769This org · 60th
p10$24,860
p25$36,065
p50$51,460
p75$77,634
p90$91,008
$60,769

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
Monroe Gospel Womens Mission WA$316,019 Executive Director $49,365 $47,949 2024
Eileen & Callies Place WA$328,766 Executive Director $44,260 $42,990 2024
Soulumination WA$273,712 Executive Director $92,084 $92,084 2023
Beyond Survival WA$268,091 Executive Di $46,304 $43,816 2025
Pax Learning Center WA$262,225 Executive Director $30,000 $29,139 2024
Friendship Adventures WA$358,783 Board Chairman, Exec Direc $24,500 $24,500 2023
All Aboard Of America 1 WA$366,509 Executive Director $52,980 $51,460 2024
Eastside Friends Of Seniors WA$237,997 Executive Dir $80,792 $78,474 2024
Yokyworks Foundation WA$227,334 Secretary $11,925 $11,925 2023
Teen Talking Circles WA$213,038 Executive Director $92,367 $89,717 2024
The Arc Of Grays Harbor WA$432,013 Executive Director $53,321 $51,791 2024
Love Overwhelming WA$446,381 Executive Director $64,800 $62,941 2024
Phenomenal She WA$447,261 President And Ceo $76,794 $76,794 2023
Second Chance Outreach WA$451,205 Executive Dir. $88,251 $91,869 2022
One Life WA$461,467 Ceo $25,400 $25,400 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Jered Bocek) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,769 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.