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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Compassion Outreach

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825001338
CO · NTEE S21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donna Mae Baukat, Executive Director / CEO ($108,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Donna Mae Baukat — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16,256 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,450 $108,200
$25,33910th
$49,47825th
$79,943Median
$91,23875th
$131,68690th
$108,200This org · 84th
p10$25,339
p25$49,478
p50$79,943
p75$91,238
p90$131,686
$108,200

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 CO 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
Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance CO$402,621 Executive Director $62,141 $63,976 2023
Frogtown Neighborhood Association MN$398,273 Co-executive Director $78,525 $80,919 2024
Scranton Tomorrow PA$437,776 President And Ceo $79,061 $82,223 2024
Gedakina Inc VT$386,304 President, E $93,866 $98,530 2024
Leadership Medina County OH$381,116 Executive Director $78,401 $84,367 2025
Center For Rural Outreach And PA$449,354 Executive Di $80,000 $83,200 2024
Vietnamese American Roundtable CA$450,387 Executive Director $98,654 $88,841 2024
Multicultural Coalition Inc WI$453,777 President $67,476 $73,492 2024
Palm Beach County League Of Cities FL$458,020 Executive Di $155,264 $152,114 2024
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition NY$366,005 Executive Di $93,012 $87,653 2024
Okanogan County Community Coalition WA$364,412 Executive Dir $64,895 $62,382 2023
New Haven Rising Inc CT$364,117 Secretary/director $104,206 $101,895 2024
People Organized For Westside Renewal CA$467,982 Exec Director $87,229 $80,873 2023
Naa Kaani Native Program WA$469,335 Executive Director $48,954 $47,059 2023
Pittsburgh Cares PA$351,812 Executive Di $70,414 $73,231 2024
Concerned Citizens Of South Central Los Angeles CA$475,886 Exec Dir/bd Treasurer $110,000 $99,059 2024
Eastside Jewish Commons OR$351,225 Treasurer $30,000 $29,913 2023
Phoenix Community Alliance AZ$344,617 President/ceo- Dpi $24,239 $24,311 2024
Longfellow Community Council MN$491,595 Executive Director $41,392 $42,654 2024
The Urban Outreach Center Of New York City Inc NY$333,938 Executive Director And Secretary $24,670 $23,248 2024
Family Forward Action OR$329,802 Interim Co-executive Director $20,027 $19,969 2023
Charleston Area Justice Ministry SC$497,948 Co-lead Organizer $82,006 $91,856 2023
Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc NY$328,381 President $200,000 $188,476 2024
Sana Roots Co TX$326,496 Ceo $23,592 $25,339 2023
Guardianship Services Of Saginaw MI$504,390 Executive Di $72,136 $79,943 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Donna Mae Baukat) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,200 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.