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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Refugee Education And Adventure Challenge (Reach)

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 812174635
IL · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shana Wills, Executive Director / CEO ($78,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$297 total compensation of comparable organizations → $116,907 $78,000
$10,19610th
$17,36025th
$37,780Median
$86,58575th
$102,86890th
$78,000This org · 71st
p10$10,196
p25$17,360
p50$37,780
p75$86,585
p90$102,868
$78,000

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 IL cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Trap Door ProductionsIL $228,514$30,055 990
The Mission House IncIL $220,777$10,522 990
Towers Of ExcellenceIL $220,085$41,000 990
Un Learning Space NfpIL $219,968$99,976 990
Healing Hands Resource CenterIL $233,625$30,088 990
Black Abolition Movement For The Mind Inc NfpIL $234,160$9,436 990
Mikkis Daycare Home Inc NfpIL $216,274$34,560 990
Think Big CorporationIL $236,226$109,615 990
Arthur Lockhart Resource InstituteIL $213,680$32,430 990
Mu Delta Lambda Charitable FndnIL $212,851$5,000 990
Worry Free CommunityIL $240,508$16,000 990
Reborn MinistriesIL $243,210$12,500 990
Abpa Foundation IncIL $248,630$99,460 990
Feeding People Through Plants NfpIL $199,826$70,040 990
Child Restoration Outreach Support OrganizationIL $191,731$61,374 990
Vision Of Restoration IncIL $189,063$17,813 990
Hunger Resource NetworkIL $266,655$93,076 990
Konbit NfpIL $178,884$75,517 990
Itoo Society IncIL $280,097$13,378 990
Leaps Of Love IncIL $287,106$20,118 990
Sacred Spaces Of CareIL $287,859$111,320 990
Timothy's MinistryIL $162,217$91,340 990
Danville Police AssociationIL $162,163$297 990
The Village Legal And CommunityIL $306,554$74,754 990
Soup N Share Outreach ProgramIL $307,443$18,532 990

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 IL 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Shana Wills) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + IL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,000 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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). 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.