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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Visionary Youth

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 834213616
NE · NTEE P30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kwabena Mensah, Executive Director / CEO ($35,843) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 180 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kwabena Mensah — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

180 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 180 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,378 $35,843
$12,95910th
$31,46025th
$53,452Median
$70,17775th
$96,09290th
$35,843This org · 29th
p10$12,959
p25$31,460
p50$53,452
p75$70,177
p90$96,092
$35,843

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 NE 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
Norfolk Casa Inc VA$270,836 Executive Of $76,000 $66,468 2025
Paulding Pregnancy Services Inc GA$269,513 Director $31,425 $29,378 2024
Wetzel-tyler Child Advocacy Center WV$268,458 Executive Director $49,759 $50,091 2024
Whistle Stop Supervised Child Visitation LA$272,097 Executive Director $63,074 $66,481 2023
A Bed 4 Me Foundation Inc FL$268,409 Executive Director $44,750 $40,241 2023
Camp Possibilities Foundation MD$268,393 Executive Director $58,393 $50,757 2024
The Court & Child Advocacy Group Inc IN$267,472 Director $76,792 $77,517 2023
Tecumseh Tomorrows Inc NE$265,257 Secretary $24,485 $25,208 2023
Twenty-one Senses Inc Nfp IL$275,255 Coo $48,800 $45,923 2023
Stark Community Support Network OH$275,381 Executive Director $65,000 $64,009 2024
Project Angel Hugs WI$275,446 Executive Di $64,145 $62,285 2024
Tire Swing Collective Inc GA$263,850 Executive Director / Board Member $84,000 $78,527 2024
Lowndes Valdosta Commission For Children & Youth Inc GA$263,393 Executive Director $24,000 $23,099 2023
Caleb Micah Ministries TX$263,270 President $108,200 $100,630 2024
Rising Leaders Inc OH$277,783 Executive Director $67,848 $68,787 2023
Metro Youth Sports Inc IN$262,683 President $9,000 $8,597 2025
Beautiful Feet Global Outreach Inc TN$262,520 Executive Director $45,990 $46,273 2023
Esthers Heart For Transformation Ministry Inc NC$262,235 Executive Director $39,250 $37,707 2024
The Hearth OR$279,191 Executive Dir. $78,000 $69,336 2023
Soaring As Eagles Outreach Ministry NC$280,536 Executive Director $41,600 $41,145 2023
Advocates For Illinois Children IL$281,076 President $183,365 $167,606 2024
Korean Kids And Orphanage Outreach MI$282,150 Chief Admini $46,400 $44,528 2024
Jacob's Bridge To Learning Inc OK$258,264 Founder / Director $21,000 $21,499 2024
Choose Mental Health UT$282,867 President $116,283 $110,652 2024
Child Welfare Citizens Board Of Ok OK$257,089 Executive Director $62,000 $63,475 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Kwabena Mensah) 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 180 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,843 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.