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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wayfaring Band Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472454440
CO · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kendall Hagar, Executive Director / CEO ($89,786) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 294 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

294 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 294 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,801 total compensation of comparable organizations → $395,212 $89,786
$22,01010th
$45,49425th
$65,199Median
$86,39275th
$110,07590th
$89,786This org · 79th
p10$22,010
p25$45,494
p50$65,199
p75$86,392
p90$110,075
$89,786

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
Rccc Inc TX$455,450 Executive Di $96,709 $100,888 2024
Wilf Transport Inc NJ$454,500 President $57,000 $53,074 2024
Bay Area Womens And Childrens Center CA$456,204 Executive Dir. $162,500 $146,337 2024
Diabetes Youth Services OH$453,627 Executive Director $43,408 $47,947 2024
Houston Aphasia Recovery Center TX$453,030 Executive Director $112,154 $117,000 2024
Senior Care Of Orange County Inc NC$457,599 Executive Director $63,657 $68,595 2024
Ruth's Gleanings SC$459,119 Executive Director $72,456 $78,831 2024
Second Chance Outreach WA$451,205 Executive Dir. $88,251 $88,312 2022
Tvec Charitable Foundation Inc TX$450,758 Executive Director $175,014 $182,576 2024
One Life WA$461,467 Ceo $25,400 $24,416 2023
Single Mothers Outreach Inc CA$463,057 Executive Director $94,269 $84,892 2024
Childsafe Center - Cac VA$463,134 Executive Director $87,071 $87,676 2024
Phenomenal She WA$447,261 President And Ceo $76,794 $73,820 2023
American Association Of Adapted Sports GA$463,772 Executive Dir. $109,894 $115,235 2024
Love Overwhelming WA$446,381 Executive Director $64,800 $60,504 2024
Southeast Community Development CA$466,328 Executive Di $83,589 $77,498 2023
Circle Of Friends Inc GA$443,345 Supportive Employment Manager $43,899 $46,033 2024
Quad Cities Open Network Inc IL$443,206 Director $70,508 $74,426 2023
New York State Independent Living NY$442,465 Executive Di $83,387 $78,582 2024
The Guardianship Care Group Inc FL$442,391 Director/employee $56,181 $53,622 2025
Bring On The Spectrum Inc NY$468,382 Ceo $39,192 $36,934 2024
Triniteam Inc WI$442,089 Executive Director $127,822 $139,218 2024
Arizona Caregiver Coalition Inc AZ$468,536 Executive Director Until 7/1/24 $35,038 $36,180 2023
The Alexander House Apostolate TX$468,758 President And Ceo $88,743 $92,578 2024
Institute For Affordable Transportation IN$471,165 Executive Director $88,616 $97,458 2024

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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Kendall Hagar) 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 294 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,786 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.