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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

In Our Backyard

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474996726
OR · NTEE I70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cheryl Csiky, Executive Director / CEO ($84,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,915 total compensation of comparable organizations → $202,282 $84,400
$26,85910th
$54,83825th
$73,439Median
$88,81575th
$113,53890th
$84,400This org · 67th
p10$26,859
p25$54,838
p50$73,439
p75$88,815
p90$113,538
$84,400

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 OR 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
Tennessee Voices For Victims TN$350,346 Secretary Co Founder $74,900 $87,282 2023
Tyrrell-washington Partnership For Children Inc NC$353,668 Executive Director $74,595 $85,449 2023
Soap Project OH$320,738 Executive Director & Found $24,000 $27,373 2024
Restoring Ancestral Winds Inc UT$366,868 Executive Dir. $100,875 $114,459 2023
Northern California Tribal Court Coalition CA$309,849 Executive Director $77,069 $71,662 2024
Casa Of East Central Wisconsin WI$305,316 Director $76,951 $86,539 2024
East-central Court Appointed Specia SD$299,959 Executive Di $60,022 $73,439 2023
Alliance For Freedom Restoration And TN$392,338 Cfo $11,000 $12,451 2024
Stories Foundation MN$293,668 Executive Director $52,000 $56,964 2023
Rescuing Hope Inc GA$393,714 Executive Dir. $41,650 $45,096 2024
Megan Montgomery Foundation To Prevent Domestic Violence Inc AL$395,455 Executive Director $24,846 $29,758 2023
Casa Of West Central Illinois IL$290,129 Executive Director $61,849 $63,789 2025
Stomp Out Bullying Corp NY$400,373 Ceo $207,885 $202,282 2024
Casa Of The 5th Judicial Dist Inc AR$401,517 Executive Director $65,605 $77,362 2025
Court Appointed Special Advocates AL$283,833 Executive Director $54,298 $63,167 2024
Childrens Alliance Of Montana MT$402,905 Executive Dir. $93,736 $108,804 2024
Manforward MN$409,324 Executive Director $37,500 $41,080 2023
Impact Personal Safety NM$410,957 Executive Di $89,377 $103,515 2024
Goochland-powhatan Casa VA$274,505 Executive Director $66,000 $66,853 2025
Media Voices For Children Inc MA$412,903 President $13,650 $13,208 2024
Time Of Change CA$269,415 Directorpresident $30,000 $27,176 2025
Ceces Hope Center AZ$267,116 Pres/ceo $24,000 $25,589 2023
The Ace Fiduciary Group A Non-profit CA$265,875 Executive Director & Corporate Secretary $59,265 $55,107 2024
Paint Love Inc GA$422,733 Executive Di $51,917 $56,212 2024
Connecticut Court Appointed Special CT$425,954 Executive Director $114,500 $115,604 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Cheryl Csiky) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,400 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.