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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 540848850
VA · NTEE O31Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sandra Erickson, Executive Director / CEO ($75,712) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 950 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

950 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 950 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$193 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,680 $75,712
$17,70110th
$39,00225th
$65,813Median
$87,66075th
$108,91490th
$75,712This org · 62nd
p10$17,701
p25$39,002
p50$65,813
p75$87,660
p90$108,914
$75,712

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 VA 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
Boys & Girls Club And Family Center Of Bristol Inc CT$400,000 Chief Executive Officer $160,478 $159,959 2024
Harmony Project Tulsa OK$399,525 Executive Dir. $116,192 $136,015 2024
James B Washington Sports & Education Inc FL$401,478 Executive Director $33,490 $34,434 2023
Friends Of Baseball OR$398,676 Executive Dir. $88,743 $87,611 2024
Northwest Indiana Catholic IN$398,662 Executive Director $56,264 $64,941 2023
Focusedkids CO$398,476 Executive Director $71,500 $72,885 2024
Providence Heights WA$401,941 Chief Program Officer $144,498 $141,594 2023
Speakhire Inc NY$398,262 Exe. Director $140,275 $138,733 2023
Pass It On Inc MD$402,529 Executive Director $19,000 $19,442 2023
Athletic Factory Inc MI$397,563 Executive Di $83,500 $91,623 2024
Clark County Latino Youth Conference WA$397,545 Executive Director $23,019 $21,909 2024
Connecting For Kids Of Westlake Oh OH$397,222 Executive Di $49,210 $55,409 2024
The Mentoring Partnership Of Sw Pa PA$403,179 Executive Director $139,996 $148,416 2024
Restore Assemble Produce WA$403,672 Executive Director $78,500 $74,716 2024
Kid Nation Inc TX$396,518 Executive Dir. $41,120 $45,020 2023
Girl Talk Incorporated IN$396,331 Executive Di $91,200 $102,243 2024
Whole Again OH$404,236 Executive Director $80,000 $92,738 2023
Meridian Police Activities League ID$404,927 Executive Director $45,833 $51,833 2024
Punx With Purpose OR$394,808 Treasurer $20,000 $19,745 2024
Rejoice Project Inc GA$394,763 President $20,000 $21,378 2024
Our Bright Future Inc MA$405,474 President $65,160 $64,087 2023
Actup Theater Inc CT$405,607 Executive Director $132,805 $136,285 2023
Midway's Opportunity House NC$405,973 Executive Director $59,500 $67,288 2023
Write On Sports Inc NJ$394,144 Founder & Development Ambassador $12,400 $11,770 2024
Football For Her Inc CA$393,827 Executive Di $52,491 $48,186 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2025 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 VA 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Sandra Erickson) 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 950 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,712 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.