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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

29th Judicial Casa Program

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541631508
VA · NTEE P70Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristi Wagner, Executive Director / CEO ($43,576) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,428 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,276 $43,576
$10,83610th
$19,78425th
$29,093Median
$64,34475th
$111,16590th
$43,576This org · 70th
p10$10,836
p25$19,784
p50$29,093
p75$64,344
p90$111,165
$43,576

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
Discovering Horizons CA$122,636 President & Ceo Of New Horizons $8,068 $7,428 2023
Psch 78th Street Ozone Park Housing NY$119,770 Ceo $20,684 $19,358 2024
Ltr Housing Corporation NY$125,017 President & Coo $23,348 $22,497 2023
Guardian Angel Service MI$118,639 President $36,301 $38,806 2024
Brotherhood Academy Corporation TX$117,801 Executive Director $133,208 $138,005 2024
Community Living Corporation MA$117,622 Ceo $23,870 $21,643 2025
East Bay Housing Options Inc RI$128,443 Executive Director $16,653 $17,027 2023
James River Apartments VA$115,728 Executive Director $15,818 $15,818 2024
Aase Haugen Foundation Inc IA$113,108 Executive Di $20,566 $24,010 2023
Pathfinder Homes Inc AR$111,008 Executive Director $21,642 $25,939 2023
Fswp-gl Iv Inc PA$134,190 Ceo $28,093 $29,872 2023
Abilities At Briar Cliff Inc FL$139,428 President/ceo $38,173 $38,238 2023
Autumn Place Inc MD$99,591 President $20,272 $20,209 2023
Lewis County United Methodist Ministries WV$97,361 Director $25,200 $29,093 2023
Quaker Heights Foundation Inc OH$93,192 Chief Executive Officer $78,074 $88,173 2023
Rio Grande Children's Home Foundation TX$92,357 President & Ceo, Board Chair $190,419 $197,276 2024
Providence World Ministries Inc TN$153,864 Ceo $104,312 $116,913 2023
Blue Water Residential Nonprofit MI$87,761 Executive Director $8,971 $9,590 2024
Asi Willmar Inc MN$161,341 President/tr $65,715 $69,237 2023
Asi Clark County Inc MN$166,562 President/tr $65,715 $67,251 2024
Reseda Horizons CA$169,970 President & Ceo Of New Horizons $8,068 $7,428 2023
Guilford Adult Care Inc NC$171,665 Board Member $35,735 $39,371 2023
Jeremiah's Hope Inc TX$180,139 Executive Di $60,870 $61,436 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Kristi Wagner) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,576 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.