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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Journey Forward Mentoring

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820977074
TX · NTEE O30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anjulie Ponce, Executive Director / CEO ($57,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,529 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,496 $57,500
$29,22610th
$39,89425th
$58,279Median
$81,25275th
$128,48690th
$57,500This org · 42nd
p10$29,226
p25$39,894
p50$58,279
p75$81,252
p90$128,486
$57,500

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 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
Volunteers For Youth Inc NC$321,949 Executive Dir. $43,885 $44,030 2024
Champions Of Youth Inc IN$285,623 Executive Dir. $55,120 $58,109 2023
San Miguel Mentoring Program CO$329,675 Executive Di $93,170 $86,749 2024
You Can Mentor Inc TX$331,294 Executive Dir. $157,000 $152,496 2024
Buffalo & Western New York NY$274,371 Secretary $12,000 $10,529 2024
House Of Shiloh Family Services Inc TX$342,758 Director $60,000 $58,279 2024
Joshua And Caleb Leadership Centre OH$344,929 President $73,658 $75,754 2024
Maine Sports Group ME$254,847 Secretary $31,200 $30,336 2024
Trusted Mentors Inc IN$360,676 Executive Director $45,972 $48,465 2023
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The Upstate SC$362,983 Ceo $63,844 $64,673 2024
Man Up Mentoring Inc FL$247,790 Executive Director And Co-founder $39,200 $35,757 2024
Great Life Mentoring OR$373,727 Executive Director $99,781 $89,975 2024
Miracle League Of Connecticut Inc CT$227,040 Executive Director $73,275 $66,712 2024
Mosaic Mentoring Of North Alabama Inc AL$222,541 Ceo $49,900 $53,892 2023
Speakhire Inc NY$398,262 Exe. Director $140,275 $126,717 2023
The Mentoring Partnership Of Sw Pa PA$403,179 Executive Director $139,996 $135,562 2024
The Hampton's Academy Inc IN$418,758 Ceo $33,229 $34,026 2024
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Information Center Of La LA$428,589 Contractor $23,180 $24,784 2024
Athletes For Kids WA$438,031 Executive Director $81,020 $72,515 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Anjulie Ponce) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,500 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.