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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Navigating Family Change Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 582497206
GA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Diane Dierks, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 454 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Diane Dierks — reported title “EXT DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

454 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 454 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $434,217 $50,000
$14,40910th
$35,17825th
$57,489Median
$81,63175th
$105,66090th
$50,000This org · 38th
p10$14,409
p25$35,178
p50$57,489
p75$81,631
p90$105,660
$50,000

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
Mainstay Christian Academy PA$359,646 Board Member $34,116 $32,018 2025
Apples To Zucchini Cooking School CA$358,656 Executive Director $25,040 $20,888 2024
Imaginarium Inc KS$358,444 President $56,875 $61,109 2023
Iskra Books WA$358,430 Board President $9,500 $8,216 2024
The Undergraduate Interfraternity CO$360,997 President $6,600 $6,114 2024
Yes We Can World Foundation CA$357,183 Chief Executive Officer $45,000 $37,537 2024
Fair Opportunity Project WI$356,108 Board Co-president $48,827 $47,991 2025
The Swaliga Foundation MD$355,997 Executive Director/vice Chair $70,000 $63,219 2024
Brighter Rays Of Hope TX$363,507 President $69,084 $66,757 2024
Teach Not Punish Family Resource Center Inc OK$355,767 Executive Director $108,353 $115,256 2024
Community Sailing School Foundation MI$355,646 Ceo $30,000 $29,912 2024
Helix Bar Review Inc PA$363,955 Board Chair/president & Ceo $450,741 $434,217 2024
Global Leaders Inc CO$355,123 Executive Director $16,250 $15,052 2024
Tree Top Kids MN$355,066 Executive Director $70,473 $67,268 2024
Safeline Inc VT$364,977 Executive Director $75,820 $71,820 2025
Collegiate Pathways Inc FL$365,300 Ceo $107,154 $97,242 2024
Beyond Our Walls Inc SC$353,991 Executive Di $40,820 $41,138 2024
Mindcatcher Education CA$365,704 Ceo $134,060 $115,130 2023
Abc Above And Beyond The Classroom ID$366,409 Executive Di $55,225 $55,288 2025
Kansas Hispanic Education & KS$366,541 Executive Director $59,982 $64,447 2023
Customized Education Designs WA$352,700 President $14,900 $12,887 2024
The Commonwealth Coast Conference Inc MA$352,498 Commissioner $103,000 $92,053 2023
Our Community Place VA$367,290 Executive Di $60,000 $54,521 2025
Devotion After School Enrichment Program MA$367,300 Asst Clerk $60,191 $53,794 2023
826 New Orleans LA$368,054 Former Executive Director $76,923 $84,241 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 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 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Diane Dierks) 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 454 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.