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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

For Kids Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 753093964
NV · NTEE F12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Annie Goni-steward, Executive Director / CEO ($74,464) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 840 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Annie Goni-steward — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

840 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 840 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $474,673 $74,464
$19,32710th
$37,54525th
$62,055Median
$82,79475th
$109,61390th
$74,464This org · 65th
p10$19,327
p25$37,545
p50$62,055
p75$82,794
p90$109,613
$74,464

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 NV 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
Keene Serenity Center Inc NH$421,322 Executive Director $63,888 $57,164 2024
Divergent Recovery Center Inc GA$421,195 Director $13,000 $12,666 2024
Resurrection Power Of Washington Pa PA$420,859 Executive Di $22,785 $22,018 2024
Rise Corp MI$422,111 President $91,355 $91,372 2024
Solus Christus Inc NC$422,724 Executive Di $62,000 $62,077 2024
Erowid Center CA$423,518 President $100,386 $83,997 2024
Margin To Center Consulting WA$423,522 Executive Dir. $24,423 $21,188 2024
Summit Quest Adventures Inc GA$423,944 Executive Director $55,778 $54,346 2024
Hope Mental Health Foundation AZ$424,035 Chairman $69,000 $64,302 2024
Addict Ii Athlete UT$418,827 Director And Officer $80,288 $79,627 2024
Sharing Kindness Inc MA$424,272 Executive Dir. $101,200 $88,122 2024
Heart Mind Haven CO$418,577 Executive Dir. $113,000 $108,097 2023
Barnabas Horse Foundation Inc SC$424,492 President $65,000 $65,709 2024
Josh's Hope Foundation Inc NC$418,383 Executive Di $56,846 $56,917 2024
Carter Issac Enterprises Inc IN$418,210 Board Member $61,461 $62,806 2024
Life Challenge International CA$424,816 President $48,000 $40,164 2024
Hungry Hill Foundation TX$418,031 President $90,002 $89,817 2023
First Contact NC$417,885 Executive Di $56,614 $56,685 2024
Mercy House Of Meadville Inc PA$425,491 President $71,413 $71,047 2023
Mission Heart Inc LA$417,288 President & Ceo $29,111 $31,062 2024
Blue River Housing Corp MI$426,094 President $6,000 $6,178 2023
Westchester Center For The Study Of NY$416,610 Executive Director $7,250 $6,348 2024
Rape Crisis Center Of Robeson County NC$415,796 Executive Director $66,462 $66,544 2024
Turning Point Women's Counseling PA$415,138 Executive Director $52,431 $52,162 2023
Warriornow CO$427,810 Director $5,500 $5,261 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Annie Goni-steward) 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 840 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,464 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.