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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Everyone For Veterans

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814462476
WA · NTEE T40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica Elwell, Executive Director / CEO ($88,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 821 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jessica Elwell — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

821 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 821 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,830,405 $88,500
$12,17110th
$28,27525th
$58,022Median
$87,76875th
$121,71290th
$88,500This org · 75th
p10$12,171
p25$28,275
p50$58,022
p75$87,768
p90$121,712
$88,500

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 WA 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
United Way Of Lawrence County PA$389,138 Executive Director $82,598 $89,362 2024
Hope Christian Services Foundation Inc NJ$388,812 Ceo $16,806 $16,279 2024
Toulouse Commercial Inc LA$388,480 Secretary $11,380 $13,595 2024
Philanthropy Miami Inc FL$390,196 Executive Director $63,510 $64,728 2024
United Way Of Lincoln County NC$388,180 Executive Director $65,015 $72,881 2024
Emmanuel's Hammer Inc SC$390,510 Executive Director $72,000 $81,490 2024
Michigan Statewide Independent Living Corporation MI$390,744 Executive Director $107,505 $120,383 2024
United Community Services For Working Families PA$390,913 Executive Director $65,832 $71,223 2024
Texas Fallen Officer Foundation TX$387,292 President $50,805 $55,135 2024
Companions In Courage Foundation NY$391,304 Secretary/executive Director $106,815 $104,714 2024
Cast Hope CA$387,121 Officer $82,500 $77,286 2024
Help Our World One On One CO$391,357 Founder $9,000 $9,639 2023
The Claddagh Fund Charities Inc MA$387,075 Executive Di $39,000 $39,144 2023
Wilkes County Community Partnership Inc GA$391,762 Executive Director $41,483 $45,251 2024
Jamie's Dream Team PA$392,421 President $21,600 $23,368 2024
Nacogdoches County United Way TX$385,549 President/ce $49,000 $53,176 2024
Cuivre River Electric Community Trust Inc MO$392,951 Crec's President & Ceo $249,636 $286,848 2024
House Of Help City Of Hope Inc DC$385,223 Exec Director $67,820 $64,566 2024
International Friendship Ministries Inc GA$393,364 President $24,185 $27,161 2023
Uwgr Holding Company Inc NY$384,924 President & Ceo $55,237 $52,755 2025
Partners For Community Inc IL$393,739 Executive Director $83,964 $89,554 2024
Dj Foundation Inc SC$384,636 Secretary, Director $20,000 $23,305 2023
Friends In Action NH$384,380 Executive Director $87,260 $87,413 2024
Http DC$394,172 Executive Director $98,654 $93,921 2024
Jimmie Johnson Foundation NC$383,978 Executive Director $81,953 $91,868 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Jessica Elwell) 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 821 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,500 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.