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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Journey 4ward

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473020787
TX · NTEE I20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cathy Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($52,737) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Cathy Taylor — reported title “Advocate/Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,818 total compensation of comparable organizations → $133,247 $52,737
$25,19310th
$37,77825th
$64,618Median
$87,89475th
$97,52090th
$52,737This org · 36th
p10$25,193
p25$37,778
p50$64,618
p75$87,894
p90$97,520
$52,737

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 TX 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
Capital Region Crime Stoppers Inc LA$245,875 Executive Di $80,000 $88,063 2024
Lamoille County Special Investigation VT$241,895 Exceutive Director $68,515 $68,941 2024
Crime Stoppers Of The United States Of America Inc VA$235,634 Director $39,000 $37,644 2024
Soulard Safety Program Inc MO$255,466 Secretary $4,550 $4,818 2024
Crime Stoppers Of Palm Beach County FL$256,219 Executive Di $25,237 $24,400 2023
Momentum Nonprofit Partners TN$281,398 Chief Executive Officer $123,166 $133,247 2023
A Child Is Missing Inc FL$208,762 Executive Di $62,292 $58,500 2024
Citizens Crime Commission Of Delaware Valley PA$283,394 President $50,000 $51,319 2023
Alliance To Counter Crime Online DC$201,896 Executive Director $35,800 $32,333 2023
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's CA$195,537 Secretary $7,772 $6,908 2023
Englewood First Responders IL$190,347 President $34,545 $34,954 2023
Weed & Seed Hawaii Inc HI$186,168 Executive Director $105,000 $96,753 2023
Minnesota Dare Inc MN$185,919 Executive Director $91,192 $90,080 2024
Center For Non-violent Education & Parenting CA$310,597 Executive Director $116,061 $97,605 2025
Sylvania Prevention Alliance OH$317,197 Trustee/exec $58,451 $60,294 2025
North Carolinians Against Gun NC$326,372 Executive Dir. $58,914 $59,286 2025
Nevada Child Seekers NV$330,343 Executive Di $82,152 $82,321 2024
The Albemarle County Police VA$331,710 Executive Di $76,300 $73,648 2024
Whittier Alliance MN$331,942 Executive Director $38,651 $38,180 2024
Children's Safety Village Of Central FL$339,777 Executive Director $88,899 $83,488 2024
The Alliance For A Safer Greater MI$347,472 President $84,691 $87,388 2024
Elementz OH$367,579 Executive Dir. $110,138 $116,617 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Cathy Taylor) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,737 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.