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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stmary'scaringinc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522093621
MD · NTEE P30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristine Millen, Executive Director / CEO ($43,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 178 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kristine Millen — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

178 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 178 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $219,454 $43,200
$20,21510th
$42,03125th
$65,845Median
$88,10675th
$114,89990th
$43,200This org · 27th
p10$20,215
p25$42,031
p50$65,845
p75$88,106
p90$114,899
$43,200

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 MD 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
Family Support Center Of Washington Co UT$332,383 Executive Director $75,035 $82,144 2024
Todos Together Inc PR$332,666 Executive Director $44,859 $44,859 2024
Kindred Kids Child Advocacy Center CO$334,144 Executive Di $91,853 $94,208 2024
Accompanied By Gods Love Inc TX$334,443 Administrator Founder $33,050 $35,362 2024
Court Care For The Pikes Peak Region Inc CO$334,727 Executive Dir. $24,500 $25,128 2024
Legacy Refuge MN$336,424 President $60,000 $63,415 2024
Light 2 The World OR$325,943 President $61,116 $62,500 2023
The Alabama Campaign To Prevent AL$322,960 Executive Di $88,201 $101,921 2024
Patchogue Medford Youth & Community NY$321,935 Executive Director $32,743 $32,582 2023
Umpqua Valley Farm To School OR$321,237 Executive Director $68,900 $70,461 2023
Youth Collaborative Inc NC$343,947 Program Director $50,400 $55,702 2024
Hicksville Teenage Council Inc NY$320,756 Executive Director $91,387 $88,329 2024
The Orange County Friendship Circle Inc CA$320,038 Director $66,992 $63,703 2023
Hope For Families Inc TX$345,123 President & Ceo $13,720 $14,680 2024
Coffee County Children's Advocacy TN$346,246 Interim E/d $28,187 $30,874 2025
Rockford Breakfast Club Inc MN$347,297 Executive Director $2,500 $2,720 2023
12th Judicial District Childrens Advocacy Center Inc TN$347,690 Executive Director $72,000 $80,951 2024
Greater Attleboro Area Council For MA$348,308 Executive Director $13,462 $12,606 2025
Indiana Blind Children's Foundation IN$316,146 Executive Director $97,765 $113,535 2023
Casa A Voice For Children CA$315,713 Ceo $147,072 $135,839 2024
Children's Policy & Law Initiative IN$350,080 President $24,519 $27,657 2024
Carters Crew AR$350,867 President $674 $834 2023
Tutwiler Community Education Center MS$313,721 Executive Director $67,178 $82,392 2023
Games For Love WA$313,447 Ceo $64,332 $61,607 2024
Joshua Community Connectors Inc KY$351,555 Executive Director $96,800 $114,525 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Kristine Millen) 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 178 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,200 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.