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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Twenty-one Senses Inc Nfp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832832419
IL · NTEE P30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danielle Heaton, Executive Director / CEO ($48,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 183 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Danielle Heaton — reported title “COO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

183 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 183 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,178 $48,800
$13,83410th
$33,87925th
$56,905Median
$74,35975th
$101,77790th
$48,800This org · 40th
p10$13,834
p25$33,879
p50$56,905
p75$74,359
p90$101,777
$48,800

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 IL 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
Stark Community Support Network OH$275,381 Executive Director $65,000 $68,018 2024
Project Angel Hugs WI$275,446 Executive Di $64,145 $66,187 2024
Rising Leaders Inc OH$277,783 Executive Director $67,848 $73,096 2023
Whistle Stop Supervised Child Visitation LA$272,097 Executive Director $63,074 $70,646 2023
The Hearth OR$279,191 Executive Dir. $78,000 $73,679 2023
Norfolk Casa Inc VA$270,836 Executive Of $76,000 $70,631 2025
Visionary Youth NE$270,255 Executive Director $35,843 $38,089 2024
Soaring As Eagles Outreach Ministry NC$280,536 Executive Director $41,600 $43,722 2023
Paulding Pregnancy Services Inc GA$269,513 Director $31,425 $31,217 2024
Advocates For Illinois Children IL$281,076 President $183,365 $178,104 2024
Wetzel-tyler Child Advocacy Center WV$268,458 Executive Director $49,759 $53,229 2024
A Bed 4 Me Foundation Inc FL$268,409 Executive Director $44,750 $42,761 2023
Camp Possibilities Foundation MD$268,393 Executive Director $58,393 $53,937 2024
Korean Kids And Orphanage Outreach MI$282,150 Chief Admini $46,400 $47,318 2024
Choose Mental Health UT$282,867 President $116,283 $117,584 2024
The Court & Child Advocacy Group Inc IN$267,472 Director $76,792 $82,372 2023
Tecumseh Tomorrows Inc NE$265,257 Secretary $24,485 $26,787 2023
Heart For Home MI$286,517 Co-ceo $19,615 $20,003 2024
Tire Swing Collective Inc GA$263,850 Executive Director / Board Member $84,000 $83,446 2024
Lowndes Valdosta Commission For Children & Youth Inc GA$263,393 Executive Director $24,000 $24,546 2023
Caleb Micah Ministries TX$263,270 President $108,200 $106,934 2024
Metro Youth Sports Inc IN$262,683 President $9,000 $9,135 2025
Montrose Grace Place TX$287,895 Executive Director $18 $17 2024
Beautiful Feet Global Outreach Inc TN$262,520 Executive Director $45,990 $49,172 2023
Girls On The Run Of Nebraska NE$288,086 Executive Di $91,787 $95,023 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Danielle Heaton) 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 183 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,800 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.