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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Women Are Dreamers Too

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522288027
GA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cindy Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($13,990) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 92 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Cindy Williams — reported title “Exec Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

92 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 92 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$759 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,017 $13,990
$6,49510th
$19,80425th
$37,040Median
$55,76775th
$71,67690th
$13,990This org · 16th
p10$6,495
p25$19,804
p50$37,040
p75$55,767
p90$71,676
$13,990

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 GA 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
Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Services Of FL$141,485 Executive Director $38,000 $36,552 2023
East Suburban Citizen Advocacy Inc PA$142,829 Executive Director $65,200 $64,665 2024
Women's E-news NY$143,093 Executive Director $82,500 $74,143 2024
Hope Community Inc Of White Lake MI$143,124 President $69,344 $73,287 2023
Womensource Inc GA$139,875 Exec. Direct $44,846 $44,846 2024
Hale Meekins Residence Inc MA$144,639 President & Ceo $14,178 $13,046 2023
Bontempo Inc MA$145,059 Executive Director $19,712 $17,617 2024
The Lgbtq Center Inc IN$145,929 Executive Director $39,000 $40,903 2024
Beyond The Natural Foundation MD$136,830 Executive Director $38,690 $35,974 2024
Rose Of Sharon Equestrian School Inc MD$147,091 Executive Director $41,600 $39,823 2023
Scenic City Women's Network TN$147,199 Executive Di $25,000 $26,907 2023
Street Bean Espresso WA$147,911 Director Of Operations $78,569 $72,026 2023
Amy's Wish With Wings TX$148,731 President $6,470 $6,437 2024
Plymouth Homes Inc MD$149,279 Treasurer $28,731 $26,714 2024
Miracle League Of Las Vegas NV$131,748 Executive Director $55,000 $54,830 2024
Center For Wisdoms Women ME$130,877 Executive Director $72,127 $71,830 2024
Methow Valley Riding Unlimited WA$130,663 Program Director $31,733 $28,256 2024
Colorado Black Caucus CO$154,950 Executive Director $32,000 $30,517 2024
Life Styles Foundation Inc AR$155,173 Executive Director $10,246 $11,159 2025
Lowcountry Alliance For Model Communitie SC$155,380 Co-executive Director $21,692 $22,507 2024
Mount Vernon At Home Inc VA$155,539 Exective Director $39,692 $39,241 2023
Lutheran Housing Services 12 Inc OH$155,726 President/ce $54,426 $57,331 2024
Christ's Outreach For The Blind Inc MI$125,792 President $27,420 $28,979 2023
Latinos Norristown Pa PA$125,533 Program Coordinator $4,400 $4,677 2022
Meridian Place Development OH$159,011 Ceo $5,477 $5,940 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Cindy Williams) 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 92 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,990 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.