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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Griffith Centers For Children

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841305699
CO · NTEE T30J
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tania Sossi, Executive Director / CEO ($144,760) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Tania Sossi — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,702 total compensation of comparable organizations → $266,587 $144,760
$8,77310th
$24,31425th
$35,694Median
$49,11875th
$119,00690th
$144,760This org · 91st
p10$8,773
p25$24,314
p50$35,694
p75$49,118
p90$119,006
$144,760

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
The Opaline Fund CA$28,311 Treasurer/asst. Sec./direc $50,736 $45,689 2024
Tesomas Alumni Camping Trust WI$31,588 Scout Executive/secretary $41,309 $44,992 2024
Tena & Fred Oates Foundation SC$31,843 Secretary $245,029 $266,587 2024
Norman And Judith Jo Kreiss Family Fdn CA$25,866 Treasurer $3,000 $2,702 2024
Anoka Hennepin Credit Union MN$33,076 Treasurer $39,821 $42,247 2023
Ncf Corporation FL$25,000 Former Director/president $42,642 $43,011 2023
Wagner Descendant's Foundation IL$33,620 Secretary $121,518 $128,269 2023
Make A Difference Endowment Inc AL$24,472 President/ Executive Direc $182,459 $211,642 2023
Albi Fund Institute And Lab CA$24,309 President & Ceo (As Of 12/1/2024) $25,798 $23,232 2024
Zlotoff Family Support Foundation MI$34,634 Treasurer $26,189 $28,191 2024
Unc Health Rockingham NC$36,401 Director $47,207 $52,371 2023
Hope Church Endowment Fund MI$36,762 Director $50,000 $55,412 2023
Gershenson Family Support Foundation MI$37,876 Secretary/treasurer $26,189 $28,191 2024
Irving B Fine Family Foundation OH$20,344 Trustee & Treasurer Thru 5/4/2023 $40,331 $45,864 2023
Local 2222 Ibew Benevolent Fund Tr MA$38,181 President Trustee/ Retired 12/2023- Deceased $8,510 $8,210 2023
Shaevsky Family Foundation MI$38,406 Treasurer $26,189 $28,191 2024
Foundation Property Inc PA$38,813 President/ceo $23,750 $25,430 2023
Btcf Resources Inc MA$39,006 Interim President/ceo, Eff. 9/2024 $38,088 $35,694 2024
North Hudson Community Action Foundation Inc NJ$39,288 Director $3,399 $3,083 2025
Boston Charitable Trust Fund MA$39,359 Cfo, Collector-treasurer $27,099 $25,396 2024
Hudson Headwaters Health Foundation Inc NY$40,105 Ceo Of Hhhn & Ex Officio $86,967 $81,956 2024
Perlman Family Foundation Inc NJ$41,826 Secretary And Treasurer $11,500 $11,025 2023
Ccarc Foundation Inc CT$43,262 Ceo $22,077 $22,225 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Tania Sossi) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $144,760 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.