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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kids In Focus

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472440569
AZ · NTEE O99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jarrett Ransom, Executive Director / CEO ($64,552) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 68 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jarrett Ransom — reported title “Interim Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

68 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 68 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,586 total compensation of comparable organizations → $168,513 $64,552
$14,72110th
$24,90925th
$53,685Median
$73,42575th
$91,37390th
$64,552This org · 65th
p10$14,721
p25$24,909
p50$53,685
p75$73,425
p90$91,373
$64,552

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
Pathways Core Training Inc TX$335,776 Executive Director $87,130 $93,303 2023
Youth Opportunities Development PA$333,633 Executive Dir. $60,000 $64,053 2023
Southern Rhode Island Youth Hockey Association RI$329,401 Director $15,400 $14,959 2025
Raes Hope Inc TX$323,656 Executive Director $18,225 $19,516 2023
Mulberry International KY$347,266 Executive Director $48,900 $53,220 2025
Avenue941 Inc FL$347,323 Executive Director $71,142 $69,492 2024
Lexington Fraternal Order Of KY$347,585 President $5,000 $5,586 2024
So Kids Soar DC$347,935 Executive Dir. $104,615 $98,276 2023
Bethpage Discovery Program Inc NY$348,657 Director $15,358 $14,857 2023
Yours Ministry VA$350,896 President/treasurer $60,000 $60,238 2024
Free To Be CA$318,324 Executive Dir. $80,000 $69,978 2025
Run Minnesota MN$352,201 Executive Director $56,135 $57,675 2024
Cactus League Baseball Association Inc AZ$353,986 Executive Director - Nonvoting $133,350 $137,289 2023
Fathers And Families Coalition UT$357,457 Executive Director $35,699 $37,012 2025
Youth For A Better Future IL$312,309 Executive Director $64,000 $65,424 2024
Made For More Foundation Inc FL$359,152 President $76,231 $74,463 2024
Dream Big Basketball Academy NC$359,535 Executive Director $50,400 $54,149 2024
Two Cranes Institute WA$359,544 President & Exec. $67,000 $62,373 2024
Palmisano Foundation Inc LA$367,661 Executive Director $73,793 $84,490 2024
Mnc 1240 Valencia Inc CA$368,991 Treasurer $35,919 $33,203 2023
Room Redux TX$301,149 Ceo $48,000 $51,401 2023
Michael's Daughter Foundation CA$369,362 President $14,000 $12,942 2023
Life Decisions Inc IL$374,246 Chief Vision $35,927 $36,726 2024
Seacoast Outright NH$379,006 Executive Director End 10/16/2023 $52,712 $52,104 2023
Art From Ashes Incorporated CO$379,371 Exec Dir $67,157 $68,936 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Jarrett Ransom) 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 68 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,552 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.