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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Safe Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742501367
WY · NTEE P43Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kalya King, Executive Director / CEO ($47,940) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,936 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,942 $47,940
$13,69210th
$33,62625th
$49,322Median
$70,07975th
$82,69590th
$47,940This org · 44th
p10$13,692
p25$33,626
p50$49,322
p75$70,079
p90$82,695
$47,940

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 WY 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
Parasol Cooperative Foundation NJ$195,264 Director/coo $60,601 $51,865 2024
Adams Wells Crisis Center IN$180,992 Executive Director $18,450 $18,650 2024
Emmaus House CA$179,940 Executive Dir. $89,813 $74,341 2024
Battered Women's Resource Center Inc NY$179,671 Executive Director $79,264 $68,658 2024
The Shelter For Women Inc CT$178,333 President $89,424 $82,745 2023
Whispers Of Love Hope & Joy Inc IA$217,602 President $35,000 $36,735 2024
The Safe Alliance Facilities Holdings TX$220,880 Chief Executive Officer $9,108 $8,733 2024
Goshen County Task Force On Family WY$221,894 Administrato $54,338 $55,776 2024
Stone County Abuse Prevention Inc AR$236,999 Executive Director $45,056 $47,296 2025
Arlington Life Shelter Real Estate TX$242,785 President & Ceo $5,000 $4,936 2023
Domestic Harmony Foundation NY$137,452 Client Advocate $28,050 $24,297 2024
Nora's Haven RI$262,544 Chief Executive Offier $129,403 $118,942 2024
Austin Street Real Estate TX$265,300 President & Ceo $51,328 $49,217 2024
Safe Refuge For Children And Families CA$276,760 Executive Director $59,713 $49,426 2024
Safe Haven Of Person County NC$278,411 Director $83,441 $82,645 2024
Opening Doors For Women In Need TX$288,267 Executive Director-ceo $44,160 $43,594 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 WY 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Kalya King) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P43), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,940 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.