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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Casa Of The Wilderness Trail Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611314979
KY · NTEE R200
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Victoria Benge, Executive Director / CEO ($78,854) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 68 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

68 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 68 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,537 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,786 $78,854
$22,02710th
$47,02025th
$62,958Median
$71,61875th
$95,19390th
$78,854This org · 84th
p10$22,027
p25$47,020
p50$62,958
p75$71,618
p90$95,193
$78,854

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 KY 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
California Housing Defense Fund CA$331,041 Exec Dir. $134,412 $111,222 2023
Redwood Justice Fund CA$343,496 President & Ed $140,550 $112,964 2024
Colorado Asian Pacific United CO$323,992 Executive Director $36,978 $33,003 2024
Piedmont Casa Inc GA$345,323 Exec Director $55,750 $52,176 2024
Peace Boat Us Inc NY$345,491 Executive Director $42,000 $35,325 2024
Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking Coalition MO$345,862 Board President $62,111 $63,040 2023
Rockdale Casa Inc GA$320,892 Director $57,000 $51,971 2025
Humanity In Action Inc NY$354,939 Interim Ceo $144,231 $121,310 2024
Women's Resource Center Of Steele MN$355,919 Ex. Director $70,547 $64,883 2024
Project 68 Inc FL$312,500 Executive Dir. $37,650 $32,921 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocate MD$307,143 Executive Direc $73,410 $65,767 2023
Legal Initiatives For Vietnam CA$362,482 President/co-director $30,000 $24,824 2023
Movement For Justice In El Barrio Inc NY$304,856 Executive Director $128,087 $107,731 2024
Pennsylvania Firearms Association PA$304,421 Executive Director $74,000 $68,687 2024
Children's Advocacy Center Of The Big Bend Inc TX$365,005 Ceo $84,636 $78,802 2024
Metrowest Worker Center Inccasa Do MA$302,640 Executive Director $35,000 $28,520 2025
Father S Group OR$294,383 Ed $83,078 $71,810 2024
Gideons Army Grassroots Army TN$293,442 Executive Dir. $96,000 $91,503 2025
Jefferson Childrens Advocacy Center LA$291,233 Executive Director $1,500 $1,537 2024
Carolina For All Education Fou SC$289,237 Director $59,970 $59,952 2023
Colonial Court Appointed Special VA$288,982 Executive Di $79,495 $71,443 2024
Chelan- Douglas County Casagal WA$380,005 Executive Dir. $75,450 $62,875 2024
National Organization For The Reform Of DC$285,744 Board Member $23,500 $19,194 2024
Before Racism MN$284,539 Vice President & Secretary $30,795 $29,160 2023
Naya Action Fund OR$386,896 Executive Director $18,903 $16,822 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Victoria Benge) 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 68 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,854 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.