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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Helping Establish Assistance Resource

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824529973
CA · NTEE P62
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jo Ann Goodwin, Executive Director / CEO ($26,120) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 41 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jo Ann Goodwin — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

41 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 41 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,249 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,400 $26,120
$32,88410th
$67,36925th
$88,498Median
$110,43975th
$141,34290th
$26,120This org · 5th
p10$32,884
p25$67,369
p50$88,498
p75$110,439
p90$141,342
$26,120

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 CA 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
Tip Of Southern Nevada Inc NV$444,032 Ceo $101,028 $113,912 2024
Advocates Victim Assistance Team Of CO$447,591 Executive Di $90,646 $97,770 2024
Corries House MN$471,931 Executive Dir. $35,600 $39,569 2024
Thistle And Bee Enterprises Inc TN$417,650 Ceo $120,558 $146,755 2023
Hidden Water Inc NY$414,681 Founder And Executive Director $155,820 $158,383 2024
Instituto De Psicotraumatologia De Pr Inc PR$477,403 Director $91,112 $88,498 2024
Season Of Justice Corporation IN$480,919 Executive Director (Jan - Jul) $66,278 $78,620 2024
Share The Love Ocala Inc FL$408,881 Director $29,000 $30,645 2024
Underground Ne CT$408,097 Executive Director $84,000 $88,592 2024
Courageous And Free Inc FL$407,934 President $28,769 $30,401 2024
The Traron Center DC$485,850 Founderpresident $87,612 $86,480 2024
End Slavery Ga GA$389,684 Director $46,400 $54,029 2023
Compassion To Act Incorporated NC$387,192 Board Member, President $61,167 $71,092 2024
International Networks Of Hearts CA$383,527 Ceo $72,000 $72,000 2023
Healing Hearts And Families NE$510,968 Executive Di $66,952 $81,001 2024
Casa Of Lafourche Inc LA$377,414 Executive Director $4,238 $5,249 2024
Food Yoga International Inc DE$375,886 President $29,000 $32,884 2023
Nurturing Center Inc SC$516,831 Executive Di $71,553 $81,803 2025
New York City District Council Of NY$369,950 Director $152,881 $155,395 2024
Empowerment Collaborative Of NY$365,852 Executive Director $43,047 $43,755 2024
Rivercross Inc NC$358,879 Executive Di $78,600 $91,354 2024
Hostage Us Inc VA$538,976 Executive Director $130,138 $141,342 2024
Professional Christian Counseling S TX$352,504 Owner $62,245 $70,038 2024
Alternatives To Violence NM$548,228 Executive Director $87,678 $109,210 2023
Connected Kids Inc OK$342,444 Ceo And Founder $125,000 $159,400 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Jo Ann Goodwin) 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 41 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,120 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.