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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cwi Labs Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823445435
MD · NTEE J20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gary Officer, Executive Director / CEO ($45,102) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 29 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gary Officer — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

29 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 29 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,986 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,414 $45,102
$17,16910th
$33,44625th
$54,284Median
$77,01675th
$97,89690th
$45,102This org · 38th
p10$17,169
p25$33,446
p50$54,284
p75$77,016
p90$97,896
$45,102

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 MD 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
Maxwell Foundation Inc FL$148,466 President $10,400 $10,450 2024
Star Of Coastal Georgia Inc GA$139,586 Executive Dir. $60,000 $64,529 2024
Southeastern Efforts Developing NC$160,545 Chair $54,750 $60,510 2024
Zee Computer & Information Center Inc MI$125,740 Ceo $31,200 $33,558 2025
Compassion Coffee Llc MN$123,631 President $17,572 $18,572 2024
Cr Works Inc IN$122,171 Director $28,800 $33,446 2023
Dominico American Society Of Queens Inc NY$177,807 Executive Director $3,000 $2,986 2023
Northern Kentucky Chamber Of Commerce KY$112,182 Chamber President $19,288 $22,165 2024
Central Community Development Corp DC$180,869 Vice Chair And Executive Director $32,083 $30,114 2024
Greenforce Training Inc NY$186,411 President $115,131 $111,279 2024
Texas Municipal Police TX$188,769 Executive Director $26,952 $28,838 2024
Dress For Success Greater Chicago IL$189,646 Executive Dir. $37,639 $39,580 2024
Utah Job Opportunities Foundation UT$191,026 President & $48,163 $54,284 2023
Dallas Christian Women's Job Corps TX$98,664 Executive Di $10,800 $11,556 2024
Tompkins County Workers Center Inc NY$192,855 Coordinator $51,729 $51,475 2023
Sacramento Valley Manufacturing Alliance CA$195,345 Executive Dir. $93,600 $86,451 2024
Georgia Job Tips Inc GA$195,653 Ceo $43,839 $47,148 2024
The Exeter Group Ltd IL$204,072 President $60,745 $65,764 2023
Workfaith Birmingham AL$204,207 Executive Director $99,534 $118,414 2023
Crossroads Jobs Inc VA$204,276 Executive Director $33,105 $34,190 2024
Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home MN$204,321 Executive Director $89,960 $97,888 2023
Dress For Success River Cities Inc WV$205,064 Executive Director $42,461 $49,175 2024
Foundation For Pops MI$207,371 Executive Director $69,759 $77,016 2024
Supply Chain Oki OH$210,740 President $66,609 $75,461 2024
May Coalition Inc NC$212,566 Executive Director $86,063 $97,927 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Gary Officer) 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 29 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,102 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.