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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pink Warrior Advocates

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832498715
TX · NTEE E12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Krystal Haefner, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Krystal Haefner — reported title “DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,698 total compensation of comparable organizations → $422,599 $48,000
$15,26210th
$31,39225th
$59,253Median
$83,07375th
$132,69190th
$48,000This org · 33rd
p10$15,262
p25$31,392
p50$59,253
p75$83,073
p90$132,691
$48,000

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
Augustana Care Foundation MN$376,914 President/ceo $108,350 $107,029 2023
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation KS$376,412 Executive Director $7,099 $7,667 2023
The Transcend Foundation Inc MI$361,083 Secretary $125,875 $129,884 2023
Elevator Constructors Local 5 Charitable PA$400,476 Trustee $96,558 $96,261 2023
Operation Enduring Support Inc TX$404,507 Executive Director $63,500 $61,678 2024
Erie Cancer And Wellness Foundation PA$352,673 Executive Dir. $5,885 $5,698 2024
Margaux's Miracle Foundation Inc FL$339,435 Executive Director $63,312 $57,753 2024
Montana Consortium For Urban Indian MT$425,000 Executive Director $9,600 $10,345 2023
Beacon Hill Foundation MI$330,185 President & Ceo & Trustee $24,270 $24,325 2024
Women's Cancer Research Foundation CA$431,240 President $185,371 $155,428 2024
Libbys Friends AL$436,148 Executive Dir. $30,000 $31,470 2024
The Chandler Project Inc AR$320,872 President $70,500 $79,221 2023
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-nampa ID$317,603 Development Officer $15,885 $16,893 2023
Yoakum Community Hospital Foundation TX$441,581 Ex-officio $35,104 $35,104 2023
Imperial Valley Wellness Foundation CA$314,537 Executive Director $128,140 $104,671 2025
Ghf Community Fund WA$451,308 President/ceo $49,559 $52,224 2020
Anderson Hospital Foundation IL$303,645 Director $54,685 $52,203 2024
Center For Healthy Development VA$298,921 Ceo/president/treasurer $92,232 $86,472 2024
The Julie Fund Inc MA$293,973 Executive Di $60,000 $52,354 2024
Westfields Hospital Foundation Inc MN$293,816 Director & President $64,799 $64,009 2023
Giving Is A Family Tradition MO$292,945 Executive Di $42,000 $43,195 2024
Unspoken Treasure Society Inc FL$285,484 President $82,214 $74,994 2024
The Yaya Foundation For 4h Leukodystophy MN$284,117 Executive Director $150,000 $143,920 2024
Wheel To Walk Foundation OR$276,972 Vp $59,000 $53,202 2024
Richmond Community Services NY$276,866 President/ceo $63,618 $55,820 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 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Krystal Haefner) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.