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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814546023
WA · NTEE P50
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Damithia Nieves, Executive Director / CEO ($95,234) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 77 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Damithia Nieves — reported title “CO-DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

77 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 77 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,462 total compensation of comparable organizations → $212,896 $95,234
$19,55310th
$49,31025th
$72,520Median
$92,35675th
$106,03890th
$95,234This org · 78th
p10$19,553
p25$49,310
p50$72,520
p75$92,356
p90$106,038
$95,234

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
Iva's Place Inc TN$443,936 Executive Di $42,000 $49,310 2025
Guided By Humanity CO$443,274 Executive Director $75,000 $82,450 2024
Odessa Links Inc TX$441,803 Executive Dir. $57,000 $67,301 2023
Plumline Inc TN$449,782 President $176,660 $212,896 2024
Ethiopian Community Services And Development Council Inc DC$436,672 Program Director And Teacher $57,600 $57,950 2024
New Jersey Together Inc NJ$456,325 Executive Director $108,989 $111,565 2024
Heartbeat Of Lima Inc OH$460,690 Director $44,620 $54,183 2024
The Three Doors VA$462,551 President $86,672 $95,944 2024
Fresh Air Family Inc AL$416,909 Executive Director $53,460 $66,215 2024
Bridges For Life Inc IN$409,904 President And Founder $45,652 $55,195 2024
All Things Possible Medical Fundraising SC$409,441 Director $14,250 $17,547 2023
Emages Inc IL$481,167 Board Member $60,000 $67,628 2024
Scores Reentry NJ$405,730 Chief Executive Officer $63,000 $64,489 2024
Fire Outreach Of Houston TX$403,991 Secretary $17,500 $20,070 2024
Radical Reversal NJ$486,175 Executive Director $22,125 $22,647 2024
Reliable Payee Services Inc PA$492,561 Executive Director $69,600 $77,524 2025
Abundant Hope Pregnancy MA$397,165 Executive Dir. $57,410 $60,894 2023
Showers Of Blessing Santa Barbara CA$394,982 Executive Dir. $83,019 $84,616 2023
Responsible Party Services Inc PA$496,046 Secretary/treasurer $134,423 $153,688 2024
Victory Transformation Inc NY$497,444 Member $51,450 $54,876 2023
Community Spring Inc FL$497,960 Executive Director $68,500 $71,875 2025
Supportive Community Services Inc WI$499,929 Executive Dir. $70,462 $86,860 2023
Arica Institute Inc CT$388,540 Manager $80,373 $84,171 2025
Personal Guardianship Services OH$387,004 Exec Director $72,500 $88,037 2024
Senior Resource Services CO$503,870 Executive Di $77,650 $85,363 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 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 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Damithia Nieves) 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 77 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,234 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.