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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shields For Kids Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814627839
TX · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Deanna M Ramirez, Executive Director / CEO ($15,403) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 145 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Deanna M Ramirez — reported title “Employee”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

145 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 145 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3 total compensation of comparable organizations → $254,437 $15,403
$4,93610th
$16,93025th
$30,062Median
$52,03475th
$71,73190th
$15,403This org · 23rd
p10$4,936
p25$16,930
p50$30,062
p75$52,034
p90$71,731
$15,403

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 TX 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
Victory Christian Ministries Of FL$82,839 President $127,217 $123,003 2023
Skyway Housing Foundation Inc FL$82,745 Executive Director $150,000 $140,870 2024
Patch Our Planet Inc FL$82,203 Executive Di $71,624 $67,264 2024
Adams Quest PA$81,977 Director $52,631 $52,469 2024
Metro Baptist Center Incorporated IN$83,770 Executive Director/ceo $49,638 $53,875 2023
Hwc Foundation Inc OK$83,936 Ceo $18,950 $20,860 2024
Heart Of Unlimited Boundaries OH$84,571 Executive Di $39,788 $43,373 2023
Latinos For Leadership Excellence CA$81,059 Founder & Board Chair $99,013 $87,996 2023
Shelter Resources Inc LA$80,584 Exective Director $98,572 $108,507 2024
Breaking Ground Inc IL$85,306 Executive Director $5,385 $5,292 2024
Village Resources Incorporated NJ$85,329 Executive Director/ceo $24,500 $22,514 2023
Believe Community Services Inc FL$85,360 Executive Director $325 $315 2023
Waymakers Center TN$80,299 President And Treasurer $22,500 $24,342 2023
Doylestown Business And Community Alliance PA$80,143 Office Manager $20,916 $20,852 2024
Flickinger Learning Center IA$85,672 Executive Director $54,942 $58,589 2025
Recovery Cafe Columbus IN$79,639 Executive Director $12,003 $13,028 2023
Black Child Development Institute Colorado CO$86,471 Affiliate President $31,582 $31,168 2023
Assist - Flathead Valley MT$86,611 System Ceo $37,517 $41,623 2023
True Community Development Corporation NY$86,648 Executive Director $33,150 $30,830 2023
Winchester-frederick-clark Faith VA$86,677 Executive Di $32,656 $32,452 2023
Iglesia Camino Verdad Y Vida NY$78,852 President $9,353 $8,449 2024
Juan Diez Rancheros IA$86,839 Pres/exec Dir $47,537 $52,034 2024
Selflessservice Inc PA$87,194 Executive Di $28,800 $29,560 2023
Mulberry Place Inc AR$78,254 Executive Director $21,642 $25,037 2023
Hope For Grieving Families VA$88,080 Executive Director $47,917 $46,252 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2024 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 TX 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Deanna M Ramirez) 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 145 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,403 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.