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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maine Veterans Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474457844
ME · NTEE P99
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shawn Goodwin, Executive Director / CEO ($21,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 193 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

193 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 193 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$755 total compensation of comparable organizations → $551,988 $21,000
$18,61310th
$35,18125th
$62,840Median
$84,46975th
$111,72390th
$21,000This org · 12th
p10$18,613
p25$35,181
p50$62,840
p75$84,469
p90$111,723
$21,000

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 ME 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
Second Day Impact Inc MA$396,467 Executive Director $81,519 $73,156 2024
Live Healthy Havana Inc FL$398,768 Program Manager $64,750 $60,746 2024
Central Urban Development Inc OK$394,390 Executive Di $60,545 $66,579 2024
Pennsylvania Statewide Independent PA$399,890 Executive Di $100,159 $99,748 2024
St Vincent Depaul Society Of Kiel Inc WI$393,111 Store Manager $45,454 $47,407 2024
Love Inc Of The Cedar Valley IA$392,779 Executive Director $54,000 $59,047 2024
Outrageous Love Inc OK$400,675 President $56,008 $61,590 2024
Us Land Conservancy Inc LA$400,927 President $70,000 $76,976 2024
Regenerate Your Authentic FL$401,571 Director/pre $37,500 $35,181 2024
Kitka Inc CA$390,469 Ex Dir Trustee Kitka Member $82,741 $71,351 2024
Rising Lights Project IL$402,832 Executive Director $60,000 $58,908 2024
Hands On New Orleans LA$403,111 Executive Director $82,878 $91,138 2024
Womens Society Of Cyberjutsu VA$390,038 Ceo, Founding Board Member, Security $18,000 $17,357 2024
Lifenet Inc NJ$388,499 Executive Director $128,709 $118,153 2023
Integrated Renewal WA$388,472 Director $140,519 $125,639 2024
Awareness Into Domestic Abuse CA$405,838 Executive Director $3,125 $2,695 2024
Impact Compassion Center WA$406,858 Executive Dir. $81,081 $72,495 2024
Paraklesis Inc MI$386,137 Executive Director $57,444 $59,212 2024
San Pedro Recovery Alliance CA$407,250 Executive Director $71,021 $61,245 2024
Standupgirlcom Foundation Inc OR$410,718 Executive Dir. $88,972 $84,951 2023
God's Pantry Ministry CO$411,267 Board Member $3,900 $3,735 2024
Love Beyond Walls Inc GA$381,216 Executive Director $60,000 $62,028 2023
Jia Missions VA$412,236 President $9,600 $9,257 2024
Olohana Inc HI$412,566 Executive Di $58,234 $52,067 2024
Twu Local 100 Widows & Orphans Fund NY$380,217 President $5,715 $5,310 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Shawn Goodwin) 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 193 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,000 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.