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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Womens Community Y

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480566685
KS · NTEE P27Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Schmidt, Executive Director / CEO ($51,218) against the 2000 closest of 3,534 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lisa Schmidt — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,534 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16 total compensation of comparable organizations → $196,518 $51,218
$11,95810th
$26,37625th
$44,253Median
$62,01375th
$80,64790th
$51,218This org · 61st
p10$11,958
p25$26,376
p50$44,253
p75$62,013
p90$80,647
$51,218

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 KS 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
Sweet Grace Ministries PA$289,134 President/ex $45,898 $42,367 2023
Bridging The Gap Together Incorporated OK$289,148 President $35,760 $35,403 2024
St Paul Gillespie-selden Rural GA$289,177 Executive Di $36,690 $33,168 2024
The Pass Along Project NH$289,049 President / Exec Dir $12,000 $9,962 2024
Legacy Family Ministries CO$289,230 Ceo $45,848 $39,526 2024
Hope Medical WA$288,987 Executive Director $60,118 $48,392 2024
United Way Of Daviess County Inc IN$289,300 Executive Director $55,570 $52,688 2024
It Takes A Village Inc NJ$288,918 Trustee $38,189 $31,561 2023
People Partners Foundation CA$289,337 Executive Director $84,931 $65,937 2024
Christian Institute Of Human Relations PA$289,342 Secretary $29,915 $26,822 2024
Fuller Life Institute TX$288,769 Board Member $30,995 $27,876 2024
Dream It Forward Foundation Inc GA$289,481 Executive Director $62,400 $58,077 2023
Justice For Orphans Inc NY$289,490 Executive Dir. $54,299 $44,114 2024
A New Beginning For Women And Children KY$289,579 Director $40,000 $39,779 2023
Each Inc GA$288,649 Treasurer $47,000 $43,744 2023
Living Well Inc OK$289,602 Executive Director $24,000 $23,148 2025
Washoe Ability Resource Center NV$288,621 President/ Ceo Ex-officio $218,059 $196,518 2024
Women Empowerment Coalition Of Nyc NY$288,599 Executive Director $76,500 $62,151 2024
Cokeville Senior Citizen Center Inc WY$288,546 Site Director $29,562 $28,461 2024
Centro Tepeyac Inc MD$288,520 Former Director $31,500 $26,477 2024
East Grand Community Services MO$289,731 Executive Di $31,498 $30,880 2023
Bananas Foster Inc GA$289,758 Executive Director $60,000 $54,241 2024
Family Promise Of Mid Michigan MI$288,472 Executive Director $56,160 $53,656 2023
Crescent Cities Charities Inc MD$289,816 President $4,550 $3,938 2023
Home Of Joseph Foundation TX$288,408 Director $24,450 $21,990 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS cost of living and 2023 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 KS 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Lisa Schmidt) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,218 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.